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Battle plan · Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

How to beat Fantina

Fantina’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

Fantina: 6 good catches.

Their team

  • DrifblimLv 32Ghost and Flying typeMoves: Ghost and Flying
  • GengarLv 34Ghost and Poison typeMoves: Ghost, Poison and Fairy
  • MismagiusLv 36Ghost typeLevitateMoves: Ghost, Grass and Fairy

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 3 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Ghost2× · 3/3Dark2× · 3/3Electric2× · 1/3Ice2× · 1/3Ground2× · 1/3Psychic2× · 1/3Rock2× · 1/3

Good to catch

Catchable before Fantina in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

5 take normal hits from their moves. One is weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • SkuntankPoisonDarkhits 2× with Dark · 3 of 3Sucker Punch · Lv 30takes 1×Catch Stunky · Route 206Brilliant Diamond only
  • GyaradosWaterFlyinghits 2× with Dark · 3 of 3Crunch · Lv 24takes 1×Catch Magikarp · Lake Verity (Old Rod)
  • LuxrayElectrichits 2× with Electric or Dark · 3 of 3Bite · Lv 12takes 1×Catch Shinx · Route 202
  • GirafarigNormalPsychichits 2× with Dark or Psychic · 3 of 3Assurance · Lv 10takes 1×Valor Lakefront
  • HippowdonGroundhits 2× with Dark or Ground · 3 of 3Crunch · Lv 20switch out against MismagiusCatch Hippopotas · Grand Underground (Big Bluff Cavern)
  • GolbatPoisonFlyinghits 2× with Dark · 3 of 3Bite · learns at 34takes 1×Catch Zubat · Oreburgh Gate

Slot by slot

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

  • DrifblimLv 32Beat it withSkuntankhits 2×Sucker Punch · Lv 30WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • GengarLv 34Beat it withSkuntankhits 2×Sucker Punch · Lv 30WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • MismagiusLv 36Beat it withSkuntankhits 2×Sucker Punch · Lv 30WallNothing resists all its moves yet.