you can start of with chimchar
piplup
or turtwig
piplup would be the worst because its third evolvation is water and steel
chimcar would the 2nd best because fire can beat steel
and the the best is turtwig cause its evolvation is ground and ground can beat steel and fire
Chimchar - Fire
Piplup - Water
Turtwig - Grass
The Starter Pokémon in Pokémon Platinum are Chimchar, Piplup and Turtwig.
starter Pokemon
Chimchar, piplup, and turtwig.
Pick him as your starter
Piplup
You can get another starter if you get all the sinnoh pokemon. Proffeser rowan will ofer a johto starter.
you get piplup as a starter in Pokemon diamond/pearl/platinum
YOU GET THE STARTER POKEMONS FROM THE BEGINNING!! JUST FOLLOW THE STORYLINE!!
pick it as your starter
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Global Trade Station
It's a starter Pokemon from Professor Rowan in Sinnoh
you cant in platinum but you could trade from Diamond and Pearl or another Platinum.