Any False Swipe users that are also good playthrough Pokémon for DPP?

So I am looking a playthrough one of the Gen 4 games, Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum. I want to catch as many Pokémon as possible whilst playing through the main story. So, I am looking for a story-viable Pokémon that I can get early that can use false swipe and status moves to make catching Pokémon as easy as possible. What are my options? I am asking here because all lists I have found mention Pokémon that require the Gen 3 games or are national dex Pokémon.

Thank you for any help

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I somehow completely forgot that the question asked about Pt as well as DP. Pt gives you a bunch of options that are either post-game exclusive or just more difficult to get in DP.

Gliscor @ earth plate/sky plate/expert beltAbility: hyper cutterEVs: 100 Spe- earthquake- aerial ace- swords dance- false swipe/stone edgeStone edge covers ice and flying.

Gallade @ mind plate/fist plate/expert beltEVs: 100 Spe- brick break/close combat- psycho cut/zen headbutt- swords dance- false swipe/night slash/rock slide/stone edgeZen headbutt averages more damage than psycho cut, but it requires shards to learn. Night slash covers psychic and ghost. Rock slide and stone edge cover flying. Kirlia also learns hypnosis at level 50, if you’re willing to carry a Kirlia with 38 HP and 65 special attack all the way to Victory Road.

Scyther @ silver powder/sky plate/expert beltAbility: technicianEVs: 100 Atk- wing attack- X-scissor- swords dance- false swipe/brick breakBrick break covers ice, rock, and steel.

Weavile @ black glasses/never melt ice/expert beltEVs: 100 Atk- ice punch- night slash- swords dance- false swipe/digDig covers fire, rock, and steel.

If you can get a trade and a metal coat from the underground, I would recommend Scizor. Scizor has great typing with only one weakness, and it has a great defense. Scizor also has good recovery with roost and has great priority moves with bullet punch and quick attack, which help scizor’s low speed. For catching Pokemon, scizor knows toxic, which badly poisons the opposing Pokemon, and makes it easier tocatch, even though it may die from the poison. To help scizor’s low speed, scizor also learns agility and tailwind, the latter of which is a great setup move for scizor and other Pokemon on the same team. if another Pokemon uses trick room, this can make scizor a fast Pokemon. Scizor’s attack is also great allowing it to be a good offense option for your team. Scizor can improve its already high defense with the move Iron defense. For boosting attack, Swords dance is very good for boosting its already high attack. For a STAB move, I recomend Iron Head or X-scissor, Since both are physical STAB moves. One con to scizor is that scizor doesn’t have a good special attack and special defense. Good items for scizor are the focus band, focus sash, leftovers (good for any Pokemon), and the muscle band. I recomend EV training for Attack and Defense Since these are Scizor’s good stats. For EV training, I recommend Farming goldeen and seaking for attack, and hippopotas for defense EV’s. I also recomend saving money to buy proteins and irons from the Veilstone department store. The best ability for scizor would be technician. Technician would be the best because all moves under 60 damage get boosted, which is good for the aforementioned bullet punch. Overall, scizor is a very effective Pokemon in many ways that also knows false swipe. If there is anything I missed or got incorrect (Eg. strategy, EVs, Moves), please let me know and I will update it.

The probable best False Swipe Pokémon for D/P isAbsol, with access to False Swipe and Thunder Wave, while also having great in-game value. The problem is you can only encounter Absol through a horde battle on Route 213.

Probably the most convenient Pokémon to choose would beKricketune. The Pokémon is easy to find although it provides worse in-game value. Kricketune’s choice of status in Toxic isn’t extremely safe, so you would probably need someone to put the Pokémon your trying to catch asleep first(or paralyzed). Hope I could help!