Quote Originally Posted by Zallarion View Post
Very helpful, but i'm gonna trade them to platinum, friends idea.. o.o
I know you're trading them to Platinum. That's why you're free to use the starter from Platinum as an HMer; because you're bringing in a Torterra battler from elsewhere. Or are you insisting you be able to trade the HMers into Platinum from elsewhere, too? There's really no reason to need that...with the possible exception of a Thieving Starly/Staraptor, you'll never need to send your HMers into combat.

Or maybe you're saying you need the HMers for getting through whichever game you're building this team in before sending them into Platinum. In that case, Turtwig does lose its viability as an HMer because you need to make it a battler...let's see...

BIDOOF (Catch in Route 201/2)
Cut
Rock Smash
Dig

STARLY (Catch in Route 201/2)
Fly
Defog
Thief

PSYDUCK (Catch in Oreburgh Gate basement)
Strength
Flash
Waterfall

...and either Bidoof or Psyduck will need to evolve in order to learn Rock Climb, although another option if you don't like raising HMers is to catch a wild Bibarel as you pass through Route 212, and replace Bidoof with it (if you get the Dig TM before catching Bibarel, don't teach it to Bidoof because there's only one TM 28 in the game.)