Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl: How To Beat Elite Four & Champion, Cynthia

As you adventure through Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you'll take on eight gym battles and collect badges from them before you can face the Elite Four and the Champion. These are a tough bunch to battle, and there's no stopping to retreat to a Pokémon Center between them, either.

In this guide, we explain how to beat the Elite Four and the Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia, in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

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How To Beat the Elite Four

A Pokémon Trainer standing inside the Pokémon League building in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
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After you have finally collected all your gym badges from the eight gyms across Sinnoh, your next task in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is to take on the Elite Four. This is no easy task at all. You'll need to ensure you have a strong party of varying Pokémon, or extremely strong Pokémon.

Below, we have introduced each of the Elite Four and their Pokémon that you'll need to counter.

Elite Four's Aaron

Aaron is the first of the Elite Four, and his team features a wealth of strong bug-type Pokémon. Having a strong fire-type in your party will help out against him substantially.

Below, we have listed Aaron's Pokémon, their type, approximate level, and weaknesses:

Pokemon
Type
Approximate Level
Weaknesses
Dustox
Bug, Poison
53
Flying, Fire, Psychic, Rock
Beautifly
Bug, Flying
53
Flying, Fire, Ice, Electric
Vespiquen
Bug, Flying
54
Flying, Fire, Ice, Electric
Heracross
Bug, Fighting
54
Flying, Fire, Psychic, Fairy
Drapion
Poison, Dark
57
Ground

Elite Four's Bertha

Bertha is the second of the Elite Four that you'll face. Her team will be made up of multiple types of Pokémon, but primarily you'll want to focus on countering ground and rock-types.

Below, we have listed Bertha's Pokémon, their type, approximate level, and weaknesses:

Pokemon
Type
Approximate Level
Weaknesses
Quagsire
Water, Ground
55
Grass
Whiscash
Water, Ground
55
Grass
Sudowoodo
Rock
56
Grass, Water, Steel, Ground, Fighting
Golem
Rock, Ground
56
Ground, Grass, Water, Steel, Ice, Fighting
Hippowdon
Ground
59
Grass, Water, Ice

Elite Four's Flint

Flint is the third, and next, Elite Four you will need to defeat. Flint is rather troublesome with his strong mixture of both fire and steel-types. For those with a water-type, you'll want to utilise them the most in this battle.

Below, we have listed Flint's Pokémon, their type, approximate level, and weaknesses:

Pokemon
Type
Approximate Level
Weaknesses
Rapidash
Fire
58
Ground, Rock, Water
Steelix
Steel, Ground
57
Ground, Water, Fire, Fighting
Lopunny
Normal
57
Fighting
Drifblim
Ghost, Flying
58
Rock, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Electric
Infernape
Fire, Fighting
61
Ground, Water, Flying, Psychic

Elite Four's Lucian

Lucian is the fourth member of the Elite Four that you'll need to take on before moving onto the Champion. Lucian boasts an awfully strong team of psychic-type Pokémon that can be tricky to counter. For this battle, you'll want to make the most of your bug, ghost, and dark-type Pokémon.

Below, we have listed Lucian's Pokémon, their type, approximate level, and weaknesses:

Pokemon
Type
Approximate Level
Weaknesses
Mr. Mime
Psychic, Fairy
59
Steel, Ghost, Poison
Girafarig
Normal, Psychic
59
Bug, Dark
Medicham
Fighting, Psychic
60
Ghost, Flying, Fairy
Alakazam
Psychic
60
Bug, Ghost, Dark
Bronzong
Steel, Psychic
63
Ground, Fire, Dark, Ghost

How To Beat the Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia

Cynthia, the Sinnoh Champion, in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
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Last, but not least, is the illusive Cynthia. You will have encountered the Champion around Sinnoh as she gently helps you out here and there. She has a mixed team that are notoriously tough to counter, especially her Lucario. We recommend making sure your Pokémon out-level here, and making the most of their weaknesses, outlined below.

Below, we have listed Cynthia's Pokémon, their type, approximate level, and weaknesses:

Pokemon
Type
Approximate Level
Weaknesses
Spiritomb
Ghost, Dark
61
Fairy
Roserade
Grass, Poison
60
Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic
Gastrodon
Water, Ground
60
Grass
Lucario
Fighting, Steel
63
Ground, Fire, Fighting
Milotic
Water
63
Grass, Electric
Garchomp
Dragon, Ground
66
Ice, Dragon, Fairy

With this in hand, and your Pokémon levelled appropriately, you should take your place as the League Champion in no time at all. After successfully doing this, we recommend looking at how to unlock the National Pokédex and then trying to capture all the legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

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