How to Beat Commander Jupiter (Eterna City)

This guide covers everything you need to know to beat Commander Jupiter at Eterna City in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Read on to learn about Commander Jupiter' Pokemon team on your first encounter, Commander Jupiter's type specialty, recommended Pokemon to use against Commander Jupiter.

Commander Jupiter First Encounter

Type and Suggested Level

Type Specialty
Suggested Level	Lv. 20 ~ Lv. 25

Commander Jupiter' Pokemon

Pokemon	Type	Ability / Item	Moves
Zubat (Lvl. 18)		Inner Focus	・Absorb ・Supersonic ・Mean Look ・Poison Fang
Skuntank (Lvl. 20)		Aftermath Sitrus Berry	・Flamethrower ・Poison Gas ・Acid Spray ・Snarl

How to Beat Commander Jupiter

KO Zubat with an Electric-type Move

If you managed to catch yourself a Shinx early in the game, it should have evolved into Luxio by the time you reach this battle. Luxio's Thunder Shock or Spark should easily take out Commander Jupiter's Zubat.

Beat Skuntank by Outnumbering It

After defeating Zubat, you may choose to keep Luxio active for the rest of the battle. Either way, Commander Jupiter's signature Pokemon, Skuntank will not be able to beat a team with a numbers advantage despite the HP recovery it has with Sitrus Berry.

A Pokemon with a Ground-type move would also be really good in this battle. This would be a great match for Gible if you managed to get one from the Wayward Cave. It learns Bulldoze at level 18, which would be very useful against Skuntank.

Best Team to Beat Commander Jupiter

When Starting with Turtwig

Best Team to Beat Commander Jupiter Starting With Turtwig
Luxio	Gyarados	Gabite

Luxio's Thunder Shock or Spark can easily KO Jupiter's Zubat. Commander Jupiter's Zubat will also fail to deal meaningful damage to Luxio, allowing us to keep it in the active position should we choose.

Gabite (If you have already evolved your Gible at this point.) is a great Pokemon for closing out the game against Skuntank.

Whittling down Skuntank's health with our lower leveled Pokemon, while having a higher-leveled Pokemon like Gyarados ready at the back should help us defeat Commander Jupiter.

When Starting with Chimchar

Best Team to Beat Commander Jupiter Starting With Chimchar
Luxio	Gabite	Monferno

Again, Luxio's Thunder Shock or Spark will prove useful against Jupiter's Zubat. Zubat will also fail to deal meaningful damage to Luxio, allowing us to keep Luxio in the active position should we choose.

Our Monferno at this point should be at a higher level than Jupiter's Skuntank. Its usual Fire-type STAB moves can wear down the opposing Skuntank and eventually knock it out. Remember that Skuntank will be holding a Sitrus Berry, so expect to take a few turns to knock it out.

We would ideally have our Gible or Gabite out against Jupiter's Skuntank, which it can easily KO with its STAB Bulldoze.

When Starting with Piplup

Best Team to Beat Commander Jupiter Starting With Piplup
Luxio	Gabite	Prinplup

Luxio once again makes an appearance. Its Thunder Shock and Spark attacks can easily pick off Jupiter's Zubat.

Gible or Gabite's Bulldoze can deal big damage to Skuntank while resisting most of its moves.
A sufficiently leveled Prinplup at the back of the team can finish off Skuntank should Gabite fail to do the job.

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