This is an Elite Four walkthrough and list of members in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Read on to learn how to beat the Elite Four, Elite Four teams, their levels, as well as the rewards you get after each battle.

All Elite Four Guides
All Elite Four	All Elite Four Rematches

List of Elite Four Members and Types

1st Elite Four	2nd Elite Four	3rd Elite Four	4th Elite Four
Aaron	Bertha	Flint	Lucian
Champion Cynthia (Varied)

Elite Four Walkthrough

Elite Four Aaron (Bug)

Type Specialty
Other Types Used
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Elite Four Aaron Guide

Aaron's Pokemon

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Dustox (Lvl. 53)		Shield Dust Black Sludge	・Toxic ・Bug Buzz ・Moonlight ・Light Screen
Beautifly (Lvl. 53)		Swarm Wise Glasses	・Bug Buzz ・Shadow Ball ・Psychic ・Quiver Dance
Vespiquen (Lvl. 54)		Unnerve Sitrus Berry	・Acrobatics ・Attack Order ・Aerial Ace ・Defend Order
Heracross (Lvl. 54)		Guts Flame Orb	・Earthquake ・Rock Slide ・Facade ・Brick Break
Drapion (Lvl. 57)		Sniper Scope Lens	・Cross Poison ・Night Slash ・Earthquake ・X-Scissor

Tips to Beat Elite Four Aaron

Key Strategies for Elite Four Aaron
✓ Attack his Pokemon with Flying and Fire type moves. ✓ Hit Heracross with a 4x super effective Flying type move. ✓ Drapion's only weakness is Ground type moves.

Aaron is the first Elite Four member that you'll encounter inside the Pokemon League. Aaron will put out Bug-type Pokemon and use a Full Restore once his Pokemon is low on health. As much as possible, defeat his Pokemon in one hit. Use a Flying-type or a Fire-type move with a high power to take them all out.

Best Pokemon to Beat Aaron

Recommended Pokemon
Staraptor	Rapidash	Garchomp

Elite Four Bertha (Ground)

Type Specialty
Other Types Used
Suggested Level.	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Elite Four Bertha Guide

Bertha's Pokemon

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Quagsire (Lvl. 55)		Water Absorb Leftovers	・Recover ・Toxic ・Earthquake ・Surf
Sudowoodo (Lvl. 56)		Rock Head Sitrus Berry	・Double-Edge ・Head Smash ・Sucker Punch ・Low Kick
Golem (Lvl. 56)		Sturdy Soft Sand	・Rock Polish ・Heavy Slam ・Earthquake ・Stone Edge
Whiscash (Lvl. 55)		Hydration Rindo Berry	・Bulldoze ・Ice Beam ・Belch ・Hydro Pump
Hippowdon (Lvl. 59)		Sand Stream Chesto Berry	・Ice Fang ・Earthquake ・Crunch ・Rest

Tips to Beat Elite Four Bertha

Key Strategies for Elite Four Bertha
✓ Attack Quagsire and Whiscash with Grass type moves. ✓ Watch Out for Quagsire's Water Absorb Ability. ✓ Break Golem's Sturdy before hitting it with a super effective move.

Bertha is your next opponent, which specializes in Ground-type. Ground-type Pokemon are strong against Fire-type. If you have Fire-type Pokemon, don't use it in battle; the Earthquake move will hit any Fire-type Pokemon pretty hard. Use Grass-type moves to defeat her Pokemon; they are weak against it.

Best Pokemon to Beat Bertha

Recommended Pokemon
Roserade	Gyarados

Elite Four Flint (Fire)

Type Specialty
Other Types Used
Suggested Level.	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Elite Four Flint Guide

Flint's Pokemon

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Rapidash (Lvl. 58)		Flame Body Wide Lens	・Flame Charge ・Iron Tail ・Poison Jab ・Hypnosis
Steelix (Lvl. 57)		Sheer Force Life Orb	・Thunder Fang ・Fire Fang ・Iron Tail ・Crunch
Drifblim (Lvl. 58)		Unburden Sitrus Berry	・Strength Sap ・Minimize ・Baton Pass ・Will-O-Wisp
Lopunny (Lvl. 57)		Cute Charm Leftovers	・Mirror Coat ・High Jump Kick ・Quick Attack ・Fire Punch
Infernape (Lvl. 61)		Iron Fist Focus Sash	・Fire Punch ・Thunder Punch ・Close Combat ・Mach Punch

Tips to Beat Elite Four Flint

Key Strategies for Elite Four Flint
✓ Watch out for Rapidash's Hypnosis. ✓ Use Special moves against Steelix. ✓ Defeat Lopunny with Physical moves. ✓ Counter Drifblim's Minimize with moves that never miss. 　➤ Watch out for Drifblim's Baton Pass. Flint ususally switches to Infernape after. ✓ Chip at Infernape's health before taking it out so the Focus Sash does not activate.

Flint is the third Elite Four member that you'll encounter. He specializes in Fire-types, but he only has two Pokemon that are Fire-type; Rapidash and Infernape. Both are weak against Water-type and Ground-type.

Best Pokemon to Beat Flint

Recommended Pokemon
Gyarados	Staraptor	Luxray	Gastrodon

Elite Four Lucian (Psychic)

Type Specialty
Other Types Used
Suggested Level.	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Elite Four Lucian Guide

Lucian's Pokemon

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Mr. Mime (Lvl. 59)		Filter Light Clay	・Light Screen ・Reflect ・Psychic ・Dazzling Gleam
Girafarig (Lvl. 59)		Sap Sipper Mental Herb	・Light Screen ・Psychic ・Thunderbolt ・Trick Room
Medicham (Lvl. 60)		Pure Power Muscle Band	・Zen Headbutt ・High Jump Kick ・Thunder Punch ・Ice Punch
Alakazam (Lvl. 60)		Magic Guard Life Orb	・Nasty Plot ・Psychic ・Future Sight ・Shock Wave
Bronzong (Lvl. 63)		Levitate Sitrus Berry	・Gyro Ball ・Earthquake ・Payback ・Trick Room

Tips to Beat Elite Four Lucian

Key Strategies for Elite Four Lucian
✓ Watch out Mr. Mime's Reflect or Light Screen. 　➤ You can break the barrier with Brick Break. ✓ Lower Medicham's Attack with Intimidate. ✓ Use a super effective Physical move to defeat Alakazam. ✓ Watch out for Bronzong's Trick Room.

The next Elite Four member that will challenge you is Lucian. All of his Pokemon are Psychic-type, which has a weak defense against Dark-type and Ghost-type. Use both moves to defeat his team. However, for Bronzong, it is best to use Fire-type moves. But if you don't have one, a Fighting-type is good enough to beat it.

Best Pokemon to Beat Lucian

Recommended Pokemon
Gyarados	Gengar	Garchomp

Champion Cynthia (Varied)

Type Specialty	All Around
Suggested Level.	Lv. 75 ~ Lv. 80

How to Beat Champion Cynthia Guide

Cynthia's Pokemon

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Spiritomb (Lvl. 61)		Pressure Sitrus Berry	・Shadow Ball ・Dark Pulse ・Psychic ・Sucker Punch
Roserade (Lvl. 60)		Poison Point Expert Belt	・Dazzling Gleam ・Shadow Ball ・Sludge Bomb ・Energy Ball
Gastrodon (Lvl. 60)		Storm Drain Leftovers	・Scald ・Earthquake ・Sludge Bomb ・Rock Tomb
Lucario (Lvl. 63)		Inner Focus Wise Glasses	・Aura Sphere ・Dragon Pulse ・Flash Cannon ・Nasty Plot
Milotic (Lvl. 63)		Marvel Scale Flame Orb	・Recover ・Mirror Coat ・Ice Beam ・Scald
Garchomp (Lvl. 66)		Rough Skin Yache Berry	・Dragon Claw ・Earthquake ・Swords Dance ・Poison Jab

Tips to Beat Champion Cynthia

Key Strategies for Champion Cynthia
✓ Defeat Spiritomb with a High Power Attack or Fairy Type Move. ✓ Heal your Pokemon during Gastrodon and Roserade. ✓ Use a Physical move on Milotic before finishing it off with Special moves. ✓ Quickly defeat Lucario with super effective moves. ✓ Lower Garchomp's Attack stat with Intimidate. 　➤ Let Gyarados learn the move Ice Fang.

Cynthia is the Pokemon League Champion and the last trainer to challenge. Unlike the previous members, she doesn't stick to one type of Pokemon. The first Pokemon she'll send is Spiritomb. Spiritomb only has one weakness being Fairy-types, it would be wise to send one out to deal with it.

To beat the rest of her Pokemon, think about their weakness. Roserade is a Grass and Poison-type. Using your strongest Fire-type Pokemon against it will do. For Lucario, you can take it down with a Ground-type like an Earthquake move. Then, an Ice-type or Dragon-type for Garchomp. Grass-type Pokemon can beat both Milotic and Gastrodon. But it would be best to use an Electric-type for Milotic like Thunder Punch.

Best Pokemon to Beat Cynthia

Recommended Pokemon
Gyarados	Staraptor	Gastrodon

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Getting the 1st Badge	Getting the 2nd Badge
Getting the 3rd Badge	Getting the 4th Badge
Getting the 5th Badge	Getting the 6th Badge
Getting the 7th Badge	Getting the 8th Badge
Becoming the Champion

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