After overcoming Victory Road, your next challenge will be to conquer the Elite Four in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl on your road to becoming the Sinnoh region Champion.
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How To Beat Aaron In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
The first member of the Elite Four that you will face is Aaron, whose team is mostly made up of Bug-type Pokémon. Your best choice here is to rely on both Fire and Flying-type moves to knock out each of his Pokémon.
It is only Drapion that you will need to change your tactics for, as you will need to expose its weakness to Ground-type moves to make sure that your team doesn’t suffer too much damage from it. Earthquake, as always, would be a popular choice to consider.
Aaron’s Team In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
Dustox
Level: 53
Type: Bug and Poison
Hold Item: Black Sludge
Weakness: Fire, Flying, Psychic or Rock
Beautifly
Level: 53
Type: Bug and Flying
Hold Item: Wise Glasses
Weakness: Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice or Rock
Vespiquen
Level: 54
Type: Bug and Flying
Hold Item: Sitrus Berry
Weakness: Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice or Rock
Heracross
Level: 54
Type: Bug and Fighting
Hold Item: Flame Orb
Weakness: Fire, Flying or Psychic
Drapion
Level: 57
Type: Poison and Dark
Hold Item: Scope Lens
Weakness: Ground
How To Beat Bertha In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
When facing Bertha, it was her Quagsire and Whiscash that we had found hardest to overcome. Having chosen Piplup as our starter Pokémon, we came to rely on Technical Machines (TMs) to teach Empoleon Grass Knott – a Grass-type move – so that we could deal four times the damage to them and knock them out quickly.
Other than that, Water-type moves will easily help you keep the upper hand throughout the rest of this battle. Which was good for us, seeing as we had Empoleon to rely on.
Bertha’s Team In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
Quagsire
Level: 55
Type: Water and Ground
Hold Item: Leftovers
Weakness: Grass
Sudowoodo
Level: 56
Type: Rock
Hold Item: Sitrus Berry
Weakness: Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel or Water
Golem
Level: 56
Type: Rock and Ground
Hold Item: Soft Sand
Weakness: Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel or Water
Whiscash
Level: 55
Type: Water and Ground
Hold Item: Rindo Berry
Weakness: Grass
Hippowdon
Level: 59
Type: Ground
Hold Item: Chesto Berry
Weakness: Grass, Ice or Water
How To Beat Flint In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
Your third battle is against Flint, who had earlier asked you to re-energise Sunyshore City Gym Leader Volkner’s passion for battling. Now it’s his turn to show you how he earned his place in the Pokémon League as a Fire-type user.
However, he doesn’t solely rely on Fire-type Pokémon. What you will see from Flint’s team below, is that most of his Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. You will need to think about Fighting-type moves to counter Lopunny and others to make sure that you can knock out Drifblim with ease.
Flint’s Team In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
Rapidash
Level: 58
Type: Fire
Hold Item: Wide Lens
Weakness: Ground, Rock or Water
Steelix
Level: 57
Type: Steel and Ground
Hold Item: Life Orb
Weakness: Fighting, Fire, Ground or Water
Drifblim
Level: 58
Type: Ghost and Flying
Hold Item: Sitrus Berry
Weakness: Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice or Rock
Lopunny
Level: 57
Type: Normal
Hold Item: Leftovers
Weakness: Fighting
Infernape
Level: 61
Type: Fire and Fighting
Hold Item: Focus Sash
Weakness: Flying, Ground, Psychic or Water
How To Beat Lucian In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
Lucian’s team are all Psychic-type, although, as you can see from the list below, their weak points differ from each other. You will want to clear his Pokémon as quickly as you can, which seems like an obvious statement to make but this isn’t a battle that you will want to drag out. Make sure to use your strongest moves, and get ready with Fire-type moves once Lucian chooses Bronzong as his next Pokémon.
Lucian’s Team In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
Mr. Mime
Level: 59
Type: Psychic
Hold Item: Light Clay
Weakness: Bug, Dark or Ghost
Girafarig
Level: 59
Type: Normal and Psychic
Hold Item: Mental Herb
Weakness: Bug or Dark
Medicham
Level: 60
Type: Fighting and Psychic
Hold Item: Muscle Band
Weakness: Flying or Ghost
Alakazam
Level: 60
Type: Psychic
Hold Item: Life Orb
Weakness: Bug, Dark or Ghost
Bronzong
Level: 63
Type: Steel and Psychic
Hold Item: Sitrus Berry
Weakness: Fire
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