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Battle plan · Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

How to beat Cyrus

Cyrus’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

Cyrus: 6 good catches.

Their team

  • HonchkrowLv 45Dark and Flying typeMoves: Flying, Dark and Steel
  • CrobatLv 46Poison and Flying typeMoves: Poison, Flying and Bug
  • GyaradosLv 45Water and Flying typeMoves: Ice, Water, Dark and Ground
  • WeavileLv 48Dark and Ice typeMoves: Steel, Dark, Ground and Flying

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 4 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Rock2× · 4/4Electric4× · 3/4Ice2× · 2/4Fairy2× · 2/4Fighting4× · 1/4Fire2× · 1/4Psychic2× · 1/4Bug2× · 1/4Steel2× · 1/4

Good to catch

Catchable before Cyrus in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

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

  • GastrodonWaterGroundhits 2× with Rock · 4 of 4Ancient Power · Lv 20takes 1×Grand Underground (Fountainspring Cave)
  • NoctowlNormalFlyinghits 2× with Fairy or Psychic · 3 of 4Moonblast · Lv 43switch out against GyaradosCatch Hoothoot · Route 211
  • SteelixSteelGroundhits 2× with Rock or Steel · 4 of 4Rock Slide · Lv 20switch out against Gyarados and WeavileIron Island
  • OctilleryWaterhits 2× with Ice · 2 of 4Ice Beam · Lv 36takes 1×Catch Remoraid · Pastoria City (Good Rod)
  • RampardosRockhits 2× with Rock · 4 of 4Ancient Power · Lv 36weak to 3 of their 4: switch outGet Cranidos · Oreburgh Mining Museum (fossil from the Underground)Brilliant Diamond only
  • SudowoodoRockhits 2× with Rock · 4 of 4Head Smash · learns at 48weak to 3 of their 4: switch outRoute 214Shining Pearl only

Slot by slot

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

  • HonchkrowLv 45Beat it withNoctowlhits 2×Moonblast · Lv 43WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • CrobatLv 46Beat it withSteelixhits 2×Rock Slide · Lv 20WallBastiodon takes ½×Get Shieldon · Oreburgh Mining Museum (fossil from the Underground) · Shining Pearl only
  • GyaradosLv 45Beat it withGastrodonhits 2×Ancient Power · Lv 20WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • WeavileLv 48Beat it withNoctowlhits 2×Moonblast · Lv 43WallNothing resists all its moves yet.