How to Beat Maylene in a Rematch Battle

Rematch Maylene, the Eterna City Gym Leader, in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Read on to find out how to rematch and beat Maylene, Maylene's rematch team, her rematch rewards, and the best Pokemon to beat her rematch team.

How to Rematch Gym Leader Maylene

Get the National Dex

To rematch Maylene and all the other Gym Leaders, you first need to get the National Dex after becoming champion by seeing all the Pokemon native to the Sinnoh Pokedex. After exiting the lab, Roark will pop up to tell you about the rematches.

How to Unlock the National Dex

Head to the Veilstone City Gym

After getting the National Dex, you can head straight to the Veilstone City Gym and talk to Maylene to immediately start the rematch battle.

Maylene's Rematch Team and Types

Type and Suggested Level

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 70 ~ Lv. 75

Maylene's Rematch Pokemon

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

Maylene's Rematch Reward

How to Beat Maylene's Rematch Team

Use Special Moves on Hitmontop

Hitmontop is usually the first Pokemon in Maylene's party and has the ability Intimidate, which will lower your Pokemon's Attack. It is best to place a Special Attacker, such as Togekiss, at the front of your party that will not be held back by the loss of Attack.

Set Up Reflect to withstand Physical Attacks

Most of Maylene's Pokemon are Physical Attackers, so you can protect your party against Physical attacks by setting up a Reflect. The advantage of Reflect is that it can last for several turns, but you will need to put up a new one once it fades.

Lower Her Pokemon's Attack with Intimidate

As mentioned above, most of Maylene's Pokemon are Physical Attackers, as such they have very high Physical Attack. You can counter this by switching in a Pokemon with Intimidate, such as Staraptor, to lower their Attack.

Quickly Defeat Heracross with Flying Type Moves

Heracross hits hard after the first turn due to Flame Orb and Guts boosting its Attack. Take it out on the first turn before the Flame Orb activates with a fast Flying type Pokemon to avoid getting hit by Stone Edge.

Anticipate Medicham's Moves and Switch Out Pokemon

When Medicham enters the field, it will likely pick the most effective move against your current Pokemon. This move will have incredible power due to Pure Power and Choice Band, but it will get locked into that move until it leaves the field.

The best work around for Medicham is to simply switch to a Pokemon that will resist that move. As an example, if you had a Flying type on the field when Medicham was brought in, it would likely use Thunder Punch, so it is best to switch to a Ground type Pokemon.

Lucario Holds a Focus Sash

Maylene's Lucario carries a Focus Sash, so it best to bring out a Pokemon that can withstand at least one attack from it. Lucario will not go down in one attack, so chip at its health with a weaker move before finishing it off with a super effective attack like Earthquake.

Best Pokemon to Beat Maylene's Rematch Team

Pokemon	Recommended Moves
Togekiss	・Dazzling Gleam (TM21) ・Air Slash (On Evolution) ・Reflect (TM33) ・Great type advantage against most of Maylene's Pokemon. ・Heracross and Breloom are 4x weak to Flying. ・Reflect can lessen damage from Physical attacks.
Staraptor	・Aerial Ace (Lv. 28) ・Close Combat (On Evolution) ・Brave Bird (Lv. 49) ・Great type advantage against most of Maylene's Pokemon. ・Heracross and Breloom are 4x weak to Flying. ・Intimidate lowers the Attack stat of her Pokemon.
Garchomp	・Bulldoze (Lv. 18) ・Dragon Claw (Lv. 42) ・Earthquake (TM26) ・Can be switch out against Medicham when locked on to Thunder Punch. ・Great type advantage against Lucario. ・Above average defenses.

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