All Gym Leader Rematch Teams

Rematch Gym Leaders in the post game of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Learn how to beat Gym Leader rematches, the Gym Leaders' rematch teams, and the rematch rewards.

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How to Rematch Gym Leaders

Get the National Dex after Becoming Champion

You can rematch all the Gym Leaders once you obtain the National Dex after becoming champion. After exiting Prof. Rowan's lab, Roark will will pop up and tell you about the rematches. You can battle the Gym Leaders at any order, and you do not need to battle the trainers in the gym.

How to Unlock the National Dex

Getting the National Dex before Becoming Champion

If you complete the National Dex before becoming champion, you first need to enter and exit Prof. Rowan's lab to trigger the interaction between you and Roark once you have become champion. You will not be able to rematch the Gym Leaders until you have had the interaction.

Rematch Gym Leaders Once Per Day

You can challenge all Gym Leaders for a rematch once per day. After defeating them, you need to wait for the day to pass to challenge them again.

Take note that you can battle all of the Gym Leaders in a single day, in case you want to raise the level of some of your Pokemon!

All Gym Leader Rematch Teams

Oreburgh City Gym Leader (Rock)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Roark in a Rematch Battle

Roark's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Tyranitar (Lvl. 68)		Sand Stream Smooth Rock	・Crunch ・Stone Edge ・Roar ・Stealth Rock
Aerodactyl (Lvl. 66)		Unnerve Scope Lens	・Stone Edge ・Roar ・Roost ・Stealth Rock
Armaldo (Lvl. 70)		Swift Swim Sitrus Berry	・Stone Edge ・X-Scissor ・Brine ・Earthquake
Probopass (Lvl. 68)		Sand Force Focus Sash	・Power Gem ・Flash Cannon ・Body Press ・Discharge
Relicanth (Lvl. 64)		Rock Head Choice Band	・Head Smash
Rampardos (Lvl. 72)		Sheer Force Life Orb	・Stone Edge ・Iron Tail ・Zen Headbutt ・Head Smash

Tips to Beat Roark's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Roark Rematch
✓ Quickly defeat Tyranitar with Fighting-type moves. ✓ Use super effective moves on Aerodactyl and Armaldo. ✓ Watch out for Probopass' Focus Sash. 　➤ Chip at its health before taking it out completely. ✓ Relicanth is locked to one move, so bring out a Pokemon that can resist it. ✓ Drapion's only weakness is Ground-type moves.

Since Roark is the first Gym Leader of the region, his rematch team is significantly stronger than your last battle with him. However, his rematch team is especially weak to Fighting-type moves, so it is best to have one on your team when facing him the second time.

Make sure to watch out for his Armaldo and Probopass as they carry moves that are not typical for Rock-type Pokemon such as X-Scissor for Grass-types and Discharge for Water-types.

Best Pokemon to Beat Roark's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Gyarados	Roserade	Lucario	Garchomp

Eterna City Gym Leader (Grass)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Gardenia in a Rematch Battle

Gardenia's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Jumpluff (Lvl. 66)		Chlorophyll Heat Rock	・Giga Drain ・Sleep Powder ・Leech Seed ・Sunny Day
Sunflora (Lvl. 70)		Solar Power Choice Scarf	・Solar Beam
Cherrim (Lvl. 69)		Flower Gift Focus Sash	・Petal Blizzard ・Solar Beam ・Growth ・Sunny Day
Breloom (Lvl. 68)		Poison Heal Toxic Orb	・Focus Punch ・Leech Seed ・Substitute ・Spore
Torterra (Lvl. 68)		Overgrow Life Orb	・Wood Hammer ・Earthquake ・Stone Edge ・Iron Tail
Roserade (Lvl. 72)		Natural Cure Power Herb	・Solar Beam ・Sludge Bomb ・Grassy Terrain ・Sunny Day

Tips to Beat Gardenia's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Gardenia Rematch
✓ Take advantage of Sunny Day by using Fire-type moves. ✓ Watch out for Torterra's Stone Edge and Earthquake. ✓ Inflict a status condition on Breloom to disable the Toxic Orb. ✓ Chip at Cherrim's health before taking it out completely to not activate the Focus Sash. ✓ Roserade can use the Power Herb to use Solar Beam in a single turn without sunny weather.

Gardenia's team is especially weak to Fire and Flying-type moves, and is easy to take out with a handful of Pokemon of either of these two types. The Sunny Day strategy that Gardenia uses often fails on her since it also powers up any Fire type moves you use.

The only real threat is her Torterra and Breloom since Torterra can one shot a dual type like Charizard with a single Stone Edge. Meanwhile, Breloom can slowly whittle down your health with Leech Seed, while keeping up its own health with Toxic Orb and Poison Heal.

Best Pokemon to Beat Gardenia's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Charizard	Heat Rotom	Staraptor

Veilstone City Gym Leader (Fighting)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Maylene in a Rematch Battle

Maylene's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Hitmontop (Lvl. 64)		Intimidate Expert Belt	・Close Combat ・Stone Edge ・Sucker Punch ・Brick Break
Breloom (Lvl. 66)		Technician Life Orb	・Bullet Seed ・Mach Punch ・Rock Tomb ・Force Palm
Heracross (Lvl. 68)		Guts Flame Orb	・Megahorn ・Close Combat ・Facade ・Stone Edge
Infernape (Lvl. 70)		Blaze White Herb	・Flare Blitz ・Close Combat ・Acrobatics ・Overheat
Medicham (Lvl. 72)		Pure Power Choice Band	・High Jump Kick ・Zen Headbutt ・Fire Punch ・Thunder Punch
Lucario (Lvl. 74)		Justified Focus Sash	・Aura Sphere ・Flash Cannon ・Water Pulse ・Vacuum Wave

Tips to Beat Maylene's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Maylene Rematch

✓ Use special moves against Hitmontop to counter its Intimidate. ✓ Set up Reflect to withstand physical attacks. ✓ Lower the Attack of Maylene's Pokemon with Intimidate. ✓ Quickly defeat Heracross with Flying type moves before the Flame Orb activates. ✓ Anticipate Medicham's moves and switch out to a Pokemon that resists it. ✓ Chip at Lucario's health before taking it out completely to not activate the Focus Sash.

Though Gardenia's team is especially weak against Flying-type Pokemon, most of her team will have strong Rock or Electric-type coverage moves to deal with them. If you decide to bring Flying-type Pokemon into battle, make sure they have high enough Speed to quickly take her Pokemon down.

A Ground-type Pokemon is also a great choice to bring to the rematch since it can help deal with Pokemon like Medicham, Infernape, and Lucario.

Best Pokemon to Beat Maylene's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Togekiss	Staraptor	Garchomp

Pastoria City Gym Leader (Water)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Crasher Wake in a Rematch Battle

Crasher Wake's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Politoed (Lvl. 68)		Drizzle Damp Rock	・Surf ・Ice Beam ・Focus Blast ・Perish Song
Kingdra (Lvl. 68)		Swift Swim Chesto Berry	・Hydro Pump ・Dragon Pulse ・Ice Beam ・Rest
Ludicolo (Lvl. 68)		Swift Swim Sitrus Berry	・Energy Ball ・Hydro Pump ・Substitute ・Teeter Dance
Huntail (Lvl. 70)		Swift Swim Focus Sash	・Crunch ・Aqua Tail ・Ice Fang ・Shell Smash
Gyarados (Lvl. 70)		Intimidate Wacan Berry	・Aqua Tail ・Stone Edge ・Earthquake ・Dragon Dance
Floatzel (Lvl. 72)		Swift Swim Life Orb	・Aqua Tail ・Brick Break ・Crunch ・Ice Fang

Tips to Beat Crasher Wake's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Crasher Wake Rematch
✓ Stop the rain with a weather changing Abilities like Snow Warning ✓ Watch out for Ice-type coverage moves when using Grass-types. ✓ Watch out for Gyarados' Earthquake. ✓ Use Fairy-type moves against Kingdra. ✓ Quickly defeat Ludicolo with a super-effective move from a fast Pokemon.

To defeat Crasher Wake, it is best to stick with Electric type Pokemon since most of his team will have Ice-type coverage moves to use against Grass-types. However, you can also use a Grass-type Pokemon that cancels out its Ice-type weakness, such as Abomasnow.

Gyarados is the Pokemon to look out for since it has the move Earthquake which can take out any Electric-type in one hit. It also has a Wacan Berry which allows it to resist a single Electric-type move.

Best Pokemon to Beat Crasher Wake's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Rotom	Abomasnow	Togekiss

Hearthome City Gym Leader (Ghost)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Fantina in a Rematch Battle

Fantina's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Drifblim (Lvl. 68)		Flare Boost Flame Orb	・Shadow Ball ・Thunderbolt ・Psychic ・Strength Sap
Banette (Lvl. 65)		Cursed Body Iron Ball	・Shadow Sneak ・Sucker Punch ・Snatch ・Trick
Dusknoir (Lvl. 70)		Pressure Sitrus Berry	・Shadow Sneak ・Earthquake ・Will-O-Wisp ・Confuse Ray
Mismagius (Lvl. 70)		Levitate Expert Belt	・Shadow Ball ・Energy Ball ・Mystical Fire ・Dazzling Gleam
Froslass (Lvl. 72)		Cursed Body Focus Sash	・Hex ・Frost Breath ・Will-O-Wisp ・Destiny Bond
Gengar (Lvl. 72)		Cursed Body Life Orb	・Hex ・Sludge Bomb ・Focus Blast ・Toxic

Tips to Beat Fantina's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Crasher Wake Rematch
✓ Take advantage of Drifblim's Flame Orb by using the move Hex. ✓ Use Heat Rotom against Dusknoir. ✓ Switch to a low speed Pokemon against Banette. ✓ Use a Fire-type Pokemon against Mismagius and Froslass. 　➤ Chip at Froslass' health before taking it out to not activate the Focus Sash. ✓ Quickly defeat Gengar or Use a Poison-type Pokemon.

Though Fantina is a Ghost type Gym Leader, Fire-type Pokemon are actually a great counter against her team as they are immune to the move Will-O-Wisp and resist many of Mismagius' and Froslass' moves. However, it is still best to get Fire-types that have Dark or Ghost-type moves to inflict super-effective damage.

A Pokemon with the Levitate Ability is also great for dealing with Dusknoir, and a Poison-type is also a good idea in case you are struggling with Gengar.

Best Pokemon to Beat Fantina's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Houndoom	Heat Rotom	Drapion

Canalave City Gym Leader (Steel)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Byron in a Rematch Battle

Byron's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Skarmory (Lvl. 69)		Sturdy Leftovers	・Steel Wing ・Stealth Rock ・Iron Defense ・Taunt
Steelix (Lvl. 69)		Sheer Force Life Orb	・Iron Tail ・Earthquake ・Ice Fang ・Crunch
Magnezone (Lvl. 70)		Analytic Focus Sash	・Thunderbolt ・Flash Cannon ・Light Screen ・Magnet Rise
Empoleon (Lvl. 70)		Torrent Expert Belt	・Hydro Pump ・Flash Cannon ・Ice Beam ・Roar
Aggron (Lvl. 71)		Rock Head Choice Scarf	・Head Smash
Bastiodon (Lvl. 72)		Sturdy Lum Berry	・Heavy Slam ・Metal Burst ・Roar ・Stealth Rock

Tips to Beat Byron's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Crasher Wake Rematch
✓ Work around Skarmory's Stealth Rock. ✓ Switch to a Pokemon resistant to Head Smash for Aggron. ✓ Watch Out for Steelix's Earthquake. ✓ Send out a Pokemon that resists Empoleon's moves. ✓ Use Magnezone's other weaknesses aside from Ground. ✓ Beat Bastiodon with Fighting or Ground-type moves.

Byron can easily be beaten with a good Fighting and Fire-type Pokemon combo like Lucario and Charizard. It is also important to bring a Pokemon that is immune or resistant to Ground-type moves to deal with Steelix's Earthquake.

We also recommend bringing a Pokemon that is heavily resistant to Rock-type moves to deal with Aggron and to take minimal damage from Stealth Rock each time it is switched in.

Best Pokemon to Beat Byron's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Lucario	Charizard	Garchomp

Snowpoint City Gym Leader (Ice)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Candice in a Rematch Battle

Candice's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Abomasnow (Lvl. 68)		Snow Warning Icy Rock	・Wood Hammer ・Ice Punch ・Earthquake ・Aurora Veil
Jynx (Lvl. 70)		Dry Skin Focus Sash	・Blizzard ・Focus Blast ・Sweet Kiss ・Lovely Kiss
Mamoswine (Lvl. 68)		Snow Cloak Expert Belt	・Ice Shard ・Earthquake ・Stone Edge ・Double Team
Froslass (Lvl. 70)		Snow Cloak Sitrus Berry	・Blizzard ・Shadow Ball ・Double Team ・Aurora Veil
Glaceon (Lvl. 70)		Ice Body Leftovers	・Blizzard ・Freeze-Dry ・Baby-Doll Eyes ・Double Team
Weavile (Lvl. 72)		Pressure Life Orb	・Ice Shard ・Night Slash ・Brick Break ・X-Scissor

Tips to Beat Candice's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Crasher Wake Rematch
✓ Watch out for Snow Warning and Blizzard. ✓ Use 4x super effective Fire-type moves on Abomasnow. ✓ Defeat Mamoswine with Water or Fighting type moves. ✓ Fire-type moves to more damage to Jynx due to Dry Skin. ✓ Beat Glaceon with special moves to work around Baby-Doll Eyes. ✓ Use 4x super effective Fighting-type moves on Weavile.

You can defeat Candice with a similar team you used for Byron since both of their Pokemon are weak to Fire and Fighting-type moves. However, it is also best to bring a Water or Fighting-type Pokemon that can deal with Mamoswine without taking any super-effective damage.

It is also important to watch out for Abomasnow's Snow Warning, which causes a hailstorm when it enters the field, and Blizzard, which is a powerful Ice type move that always hits in hail.

Best Pokemon to Beat Candice's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Lucario	Charizard	Gyarados

Sunyshore City Gym Leader (Electric)

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

How to Beat Volkner in a Rematch Battle

Volkner's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Pelipper (Lvl. 70)		Drizzle Damp Rock	・Hydro Pump ・Hurricane ・Ice Beam ・U-turn
Raichu (Lvl. 70)		Lightning Rod Choice Scarf	・Thunder ・Surf ・Focus Blast ・Volt Switch
Luxray (Lvl. 70)		Intimidate Focus Sash	・Ice Fang ・Play Rough ・Volt Switch ・Electric Terrain
Lanturn (Lvl. 66)		Volt Absorb Expert Belt	・Thunder ・Surf ・Ice Beam ・Volt Switch
Jolteon (Lvl. 68)		Quick Feet Toxic Orb	・Thunder ・Reflect ・Shadow Ball ・Volt Switch
Electivire (Lvl. 75)		Motor Drive Life Orb	・Thunder ・Flamethrower ・Cross Chop ・Earthquake

Tips to Beat Volkner's Rematch Team

Key Strategies for the Crasher Wake Rematch
✓ Watch out for Water and Ice-type coverage moves. ✓ Use Electric-type moves on Pelipper. 　➤ Use weather changing moves or abilities to get rid of the rain. ✓ Switch to Gastrodon while Raichu is locked on to Surf. ✓ Luxray holds a Focus Sash and has Intimidate. ✓ Use a Pokemon immune to Earthquake for Electivire.

Though Ground-type Pokemon are the obvious choice to use against the Electric-type Gym Leader, keep in mind that Volkner's Pokemon have Water and Ice-type coverage moves to use against Ground-type Pokemon.

A great counter for this is to use Gastrodon since it cancels out those weaknesses with its Water typing. If you have a Gastrodon with the ability Storm Drain, you can also use Volker's Water type moves against him by increasing the Special Attack of your Pokemon.

Best Pokemon to Beat Volkner's Rematch Team

Recommended Pokemon
Gastrodon	Flygon	Luxray

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