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Battle plan · Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

How to beat Flint

Flint’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

Flint: 6 good catches.

Their team

  • RapidashLv 58Fire typeMoves: Fire, Steel and Poison
  • SteelixLv 57Steel and Ground typeMoves: Electric, Fire, Steel and Dark
  • DrifblimLv 58Ghost and Flying typeIts moves ignore type matchups
  • LopunnyLv 57Normal typeMoves: Fighting, Normal and Fire
  • InfernapeLv 61Fire and Fighting typeMoves: Fire, Electric and Fighting

Hit it with

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

Water2× · 3/5Ground2× · 3/5Fighting2× · 2/5Rock2× · 2/5Fire2× · 1/5Electric2× · 1/5Ice2× · 1/5Flying2× · 1/5Psychic2× · 1/5Ghost2× · 1/5Dark2× · 1/5

Good to catch

Catchable before Flint in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

6 take normal hits from their moves.

  • GarchompDragonGroundhits 2× with Ground or Dark · 4 of 5Dig · Lv 52takes 1×Catch Gible · Wayward Cave
  • HippowdonGroundhits 2× with Ground or Dark · 4 of 5Earthquake · Lv 44takes 1×Catch Hippopotas · Grand Underground (Big Bluff Cavern)
  • GastrodonWaterGroundhits 2× with Water or Rock · 4 of 5Muddy Water · Lv 33takes 1×Grand Underground (Fountainspring Cave)
  • WhiscashWaterGroundhits 2× with Ground · 3 of 5Earthquake · Lv 40takes 1×Catch Barboach · Eterna City (Good Rod)
  • QuagsireWaterGroundhits 2× with Ground · 3 of 5Earthquake · Lv 52takes 1×Great Marsh
  • MedichamFightingPsychichits 2× with Fighting or Psychic · 3 of 5High Jump Kick · Lv 28takes 1×Catch Meditite · Route 211

Slot by slot

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

  • RapidashLv 58Beat it withGastrodonhits 2×Muddy Water · Lv 33WallTentacruel takes ½×Catch Tentacool · Canalave City (Surf)
  • SteelixLv 57Beat it withHippowdonhits 2×Earthquake · Lv 44WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • DrifblimLv 58Beat it withHippowdonhits 2×Crunch · Lv 20WallSudowoodo takes 0×Route 214 · Shining Pearl only
  • LopunnyLv 57Beat it withMedichamhits 2×High Jump Kick · Lv 28WallNothing resists all its moves yet.
  • InfernapeLv 61Beat it withHippowdonhits 2×Earthquake · Lv 44WallNothing resists all its moves yet.