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Battle plan · Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

How to beat Bertha

Bertha’s team, what hits it hard, and what you can catch before the fight in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. Add your own team to see who to lead with.

Plan with your team

Stuck on a gym or a rival?

Pick one for their whole team, or their type. Pick two for a dual type.

Quick picks for Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Gyms and Team Galactic

Before the Elite Four

Elite Four and Champion

Bertha: 6 good catches.

Their team

  • QuagsireLv 55Water and Ground typeWater AbsorbMoves: Ground and Water
  • SudowoodoLv 56Rock typeMoves: Normal, Rock, Dark and Fighting
  • GolemLv 56Rock and Ground typeMoves: Steel, Ground and Rock
  • WhiscashLv 55Water and Ground typeMoves: Ground, Ice, Poison and Water
  • HippowdonLv 59Ground typeMoves: Ice, Ground and Dark

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 5 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Grass4× · 5/5Water4× · 3/5Ice2× · 2/5Fighting2× · 2/5Ground2× · 2/5Steel2× · 2/5

Good to catch

Catchable before Bertha in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

4 take normal hits from their moves. 2 are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • OctilleryWaterhits 4× with Grass or Water · 5 of 5Hydro Pump · Lv 42takes 1×Catch Remoraid · Pastoria City (Good Rod)
  • CherrimGrasshits 4× with Grass · 5 of 5Petal Blizzard · Lv 41switch out against Whiscash and HippowdonCatch Cherubi · Grand Underground (Grassland Cave)
  • RoseliaGrassPoisonhits 4× with Grass · 5 of 5Petal Blizzard · Lv 45switch out against Whiscash and HippowdonGrand Underground (Grassland Cave)
  • GastrodonWaterGroundhits 4× with Water · 3 of 5Muddy Water · Lv 33takes 1×Grand Underground (Fountainspring Cave)
  • WhiscashWaterGroundhits 4× with Ground or Water · 3 of 5Aqua Tail · Lv 24takes 1×Catch Barboach · Eterna City (Good Rod)
  • SeakingWaterhits 4× with Water · 3 of 5Waterfall · Lv 37takes 1×Catch Goldeen · Lake Verity (Good Rod)

Slot by slot

What to send against each of their Pokémon, and what takes its moves best.

  • QuagsireLv 55Beat it withCherrimhits 4×Petal Blizzard · Lv 41WallAbomasnow takes ½×Catch Snover · Acuity Lakefront
  • SudowoodoLv 56Beat it withOctilleryhits 2×Hydro Pump · Lv 42WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • GolemLv 56Beat it withOctilleryhits 4×Hydro Pump · Lv 42WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • WhiscashLv 55Beat it withOctilleryhits 4×Bullet Seed · Lv 30WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • HippowdonLv 59Beat it withOctilleryhits 2×Hydro Pump · Lv 42WallNothing resists all its moves yet.