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How to Beat Gardenia: Eterna City Gym Guide

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Pokemon BDSP Gardenia Gym

This guide covers everything you need to know to beat the Eterna City Gym Leader, Gardenia, in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, a Pokemon remake for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn about Gardenia's Pokemon team, Gardenia's type specialty, recommended Pokemon to use against Gardenia, and how to beat the Eterna City Gym.

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Gardenia's Pokemon Team and Types

Type and Suggested Level

Type Specialty Pokemon Grass Type Icon
Suggested Level Lv. 22 ~ Lv. 25

Gardenia's Pokemon

Pokemon Type Ability / Item Moves
Pokemon BDSP CherubiCherubi
(Lvl. 19) 		Pokemon Grass Type Icon Chlorophyll ・Grass Knot
・Growth
・Dazzling Gleam
・Safeguard
Pokemon BDSP TurtwigTurtwig
(Lvl. 19) 		Pokemon Grass Type Icon Shell Armor
Miracle Seed 		・Grass Knot
・Razor Leaf
・Reflect
・Work Up
Pokemon BDSP RoseradeRoserade
(Lvl. 22) 		Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Technician
Sitrus Berry 		・Grass Knot
・Petal Blizzard
・Poison Sting
・Stun Spore

Gardenia's Eterna Gym Puzzle

You will have to navigate through the maze of trees inside the Eterna City gym as you try and locate the different gym trainers. Only after finding and defeating four of the gym trainers will you be able to face the Grass-type Gym Leader, Gardenia.

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Gardenia's Trainers Locations

Trainer Location
Lass Caroline
BDSP - Gardenia Trainer 1
Northwest
From the main entrance, travel north. Enter the small path near the green platform and walk south.
Aroma Lady Jenna
BDSP - Gardenia Trainer 2
Southwest
From Lass Caroline's location, travel south. At the end of the field, turn right.
Aroma Lady Angela
BDSP - Gardenia Trainer 3
Center
From the main entrance, walk forward and enter the area with three shrubs. Go behind the shrubs to find trainer Aroma Lady Angela.
Beauty Lindsay
BDSP - Gardenia Tainer 4
Northeast
From the main entrance, go east and then north. At the end of the field, turn left.

How to Beat Gardenia

Use Flying and Fire Type Pokemon

Players who chose Chimchar as a starter should have a Monferno by this point and will be able to make quick work of this gym battle. Another fire-type option available can be to catch the wild Ponyta available east of Eterna City in Route 211.

As for Flying-type options, players who have Staravia, Zubat, or Drifloon will have the upper hand against Gardenia's multiple Grass-types. You may even trade a Buizel for a Chatot in the nearby Eterna Condominiums. Chatot learns Chatter at Level 21 which is likely to be the strongest Flying-type move you can access at this stage of the game.

Prepare Status Healing Items and Berries

Gardenia's Roserade can be a pain to handle if it is able to spread status conditions to your team. With access to both Stun Spore and Poison Sting, it is likely to cripple members of your team one way or another. Preparing Status Healing items such as Antidotes or Paralyze Heals or even Cheri and Pecha Berries will better equip you for the battle.

Best Team to Beat Gardenia

When Starting with Turtwig

Best Team to Beat Gardenia When Starting With Turtwig
Pokemon BDSP StaraviaStaravia Pokemon BDSP PonytaPonyta Pokemon BDSP GrotleGrotle

Trainers who started with Turtwig will probably want their turtle to sit this battle out. Netiher Turtwig nor Grotle are really well-equipped to handle Gardenia's team. Instead they'll have to rely on other party members to handle these Grass-types.

The most accessible Flying-type is probably Staravia and should be able to handle most of Gardenia's team without any major issues. Have some recovery items ready just in case!

When Starting with Chimchar

Best Team to Beat Gardenia When Starting With Chimchar
Pokemon BDSP MonfernoMonferno Pokemon BDSP StaraviaStaravia Pokemon BDSP RoseliaRoselia

Compared to the first gym battle, Trainers who started with Chimchar will have a cinch with Gardenia's gym. The battle can be pretty straightforward. We recommend building up your Attack Stat by using Power-Up Punch against Gardenia's Cherubi and Turtwig before using Flame Wheel against Roserade. This approach is the most efficient way of dealing the most damage against her entire team.

When Starting with Piplup

Best Team to Beat Gardenia When Starting With Piplup
Pokemon BDSP StaraviaStaravia Pokemon BDSP PonytaPonyta Pokemon BDSP PrinplupPrinplup

It may not be the best idea to bring a water-type to a grass fight, but at least Prinplup can use Peck to fight back to a certain degree. Ultimately, we do not recommend relying on Prinplup's flying-type move to overcome this battle as Peck doesn'tr eally pack the punch needed to take the foes down.

As with Turtwig Trainers, you can instead opt to use an actual Flying-type to deal super-effective damage against the grass-types in this gym. Alternatively, trainers may find a Ponyta east of Eterna City as one of the few Fire types available in the game.

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