Best Team for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

It's finally time for the BEST TEAM for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl! It's been a LOOOOONG two weeks worth of waiting, but I hope yo all feel it was worth the wait. I'll be honest, I think this may be my best creation yet and I'm super excited to see what you all think of it!
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[@da_choseno_n_e7193]

Save yourself a few minutes infernape: close combat(heart scale it) flare blitz(lvl 68) acrobatics(lvl52) rock slide(found in mt coronet) Staraptor: brave bird(lvl49) close combat(heart scale) u-turn(veilstone department store) steel wing(route 209 tm) roserade: giga drain(route 209 tm, requires surf) sludge bomb(tm in galactic warehouse) dazzling gleam(veilstone department store shadow ball(tm in route 210) gyarados: waterfall(lvl21) ice fang(heartscale) crunch(lvl 24) dragon dance(lvl 36) clefable moonblast(heartscale) ice beam(veilstone department) thunderbolt(same as ice beam) psychic(same as ice beam) snorlax: body slam(lvl 28) brick break(oreburgh gate tm) earthquake(den of gible in wayword cave) heavy slam(heart scale if munchlax evolves after lvl 32 otherwise it will learn it at lvl 32) hope this helps!

[@BeMadAtTheScuf]

P.s clefable is a bitch to get

[@fyzikal5]

thanks

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

@@BeMadAtTheScuf i found a moonstone the first time i was in the underground. Before even getting the 2nd badge. My 4th or 5th dig

[@quickpawmaud]

Don’t use Steel Wing it sucks use Roost. Steel Wing will do nothing against Elite Four it is 60 power.

[@da_choseno_n_e7193]

@@zaxthork idk(also im not doing that it took me a long time to make this one)

[@danielalonso5026]

One thing I noticed in these games is how many solid dark types you can actually get. Absol, Drapion, Honchkrow, Houndoom... I'd pick any of those over Staraptor since it doesn't bring anything new to the table that Infernape doesn't already have. Also crazy to see how nobody is using Gardevoir when Ralts is so easy to find and it becomes a beast

[@drumsgobam]

I just finished omega ruby and my gardevoir was a fucking monster, never played with it on my team before.

[@ToneArnold]

@@drumsgobam Calm Mind + Psychic makes Gardevoir an absolute demon. If Gardevoir is in a Pokemon game, it's on my team.

[@yorecf9641]

I used Gardevoir and it saved my bacon more than once, especially in rematches.

[@yorecf9641]

@@playtimewithvaun-inarmenia8951 that’s why I didn’t use Gardevoir against Garchomp. Garchomp with Poison Jab also applies to every other fairy type available before the League.

[@blacksheep7741]

So all these dark types of no tyrannitar

[@user-go7jz3nz5h]

For anyone who is tired of using snorlax I have made a moveset for Garchomp: Earthquake (tm 26) Dragon claw/dragon rush (level up) Stone edge/rock tomb(tm 71/39) Swords dance(tm 75)

[@codename618]

As a little extra tip for Cleffa, the Thief TM is in Eterna City, so it's available after requiring Cut. Pretty close to where you can find Cleffa.

[@MyDude._.]

thank you

[@ARMProducts1120]

I think drapion has a shot to be on the team, the fact that you can get it the second you get access to the grand underground (before Gardenia) is nuts since it will have bug bite when you catch it

[@srouse1988]

I ran a Drapion for my playthrough. It crit everything and with sniper it wrecked!

[@michaelaburns734]

The fang moves are really great.

[@luisvelez1952]

@@michaelaburns734 i wish that Ice Fang was more than 65 base power to counter ground types

[@luisvelez1952]

@Black Sheep i would change X scissors for another move for Drapion

[@srouse1988]

@Black Sheep I swapped Ice Fang for Earthquake. Probably should have ran Ice Fang and Earthquake and dropped X Scissor. But Night Slash and Cross Poison wrecked. When I threw a razor claw on it Id crit more often than not.

[@CodieDean]

I went with a pretty unorthodox team on my first playthrough. I had Empoleon, Clefable, Medicham, Gligar (would’ve been Gliscor had the Razor Fang been obtainable before post-game but alas), Crobat and Raichu. It was surprisingly effective! I love using weaker and more underrated mons it is so much more fun in my opinion.

[@_cerp_]

Same

[@michelleferraino684]

Crobat is sooooo underrated! Been a staple on my team for a very long time.

[@jamesbolte8677]

U should have picked chimchar

[@migban4661]

you could've gone on discord to ask someone for a razor fang or something, but I understand that's not an option for some. either way.

[@pleaseno4862]

Honestly I think gligar is kinda deadweight and you should probably invest in levelling a gible up although it takes a but longer

[@GuardianAngel871]

Sweet. I’m also definitely looking forward to the eventual alternate starters editions of BDSP Best Team.

[@raheembarnes5073]

Yeah. I am confused on what to do. I am debating Floatzel or Gastrodon. Which is better.

[@jogonyachickennugget4911]

Huh?

[@kxngrxse1562]

@@raheembarnes5073 gastrodon is better tbh

[@FriscosPolarBear]

Bro thanks for that comment on gyrodos I’ve always thought the same thing especially since it was originally only a water type

[@felix_cris4576]

@@raheembarnes5073 gastradon is better

[@devilrider39000000]

I almost agree with Mystic's best team except Staraptor. I think think its pointless having it, other than nostalgia. Bronzong, Mamoswine, Luxray, or Magnezone would've been better choices.

[@blakestout5276]

Bronzong with Trick Room and Calm Mind is nasty

[@myahrollf8344]

Well Infernape and Roserade are on the team. I guess the other members will be Staraptor, Floatzel, Garchomp, and either Snorlax, Weavile, or some kind of electric type.

[@myahrollf8344]

@Super Sayan Darmanitan what do you mean Staraptor is Flying/Normal

[@aaronpetrie7667]

Currently using roserade was thinking of swapping for sudowoodo thoughts?

[@kingcold298]

So basically his old D&P best team videos but maybe slightly changed due to fairy typing being adding in the updated versions. I'm pretty much running the team and moves from his No restriction Diamond and Pearl video and cheesing the updated version of the "most difficult" pokemon game in history, despite fairy types.

[@adutft3770]

that’s basically my team already lol but my electric type is luxray bc it hits like a tank

[@duskyur]

@@myahrollf8344 they probably think it’d a fighting type bc of close combat

[@Connor-uz8ib]

Haven’t watched yet, but the best Sinnoh team is historically: 1. Infernape 2. Staraptor (now it’s prob Togekiss) 3. Luxray 4. Gastrodon (or Floatzel) 5. Lucario 6. Garchomp

[@dgd48wdf7]

this is another strong team

[@lokekennee8850]

Gyarados/Milotic is the better choice, they’re better than Gastrodon and all of them are wayyy better than Floatzel. Then Luxray is inferior to the likes of Electivire/Magnezone, using Magnezone gives you room to use a psychic/ghost/dark type in place of Lucario spot.

[@dgd48wdf7]

@@Steven-tc4vl good point. how about my team? can u please check my team? im u sing, 1 gyradose 2. gengar 3. roserade 4. fighting type pokemon with 4 arms. ( srry idk the pokemon name in english) 5. The 4 th gen grey bird pokemon, which u can catch from the beggining on route 201. (again idk the name) 6. the UFO looking thunder/steel type pokemon. 6.

[@dgd48wdf7]

@@Steven-tc4vl 🙏

[@garethrodgers178]

I have weviel instead of gastrodon

[@SongJouYoung]

It's crazy how similar this team was to my playthrough - movesets and all. Great video!

[@amoghkhanapurkar9626]

The team which I used actually has super effective damage on each type. Infernape , roserade , togekiss , floatzel , garchomp , weavile is squad i went with!

[@cjskinner7292]

How you got two shiny stone

[@reececollins9212]

Funny seeing Infernape, Roserade and Gyarados together because they were on my favourite team I ever used being in one of my platinum runs, with the other 3 being Surfing Pikachu with a light ball, Garchomp and Porygon-Z. It was also the team I had in Pokémon Battle Revolution so that’s very fun

[@SpiritedFalcon]

Same, I'm planning to catch Roselia soon. My currently team is Monferno, Murkrow and Magikarp, in platinum.

[@robbymanable]

Here’s what I feel the Best Team could be (not the team I personally used, but one with plenty of power behind it) Infernape Roserade Gyarados Togekiss Snorlax Garchomp

[@dangerjamesproductions]

This man has been teasing this for the past week, then there's this and I thought it was Saturday for a moment and I was so ready to watch this. Darn. So close.

[@Mrhoaf]

Thanks for this list! I just beat the Elite Four and Cynthia with this team on the first try. I thought about giving up while tracking down the Moon Stone, but stuck it out and was rewarded with success. All members were lvl 67 - 69 when I started. I lost Gyarados a few times during the E4, but he came through in the end to take out that Garchomp!

[@underminerxd4810]

Empoleon -Surf -ice beam -flash cannon -shadow claw Staraptor -moves in video Roserade -moves in video Garchomp -flamethrower -crunch -dragon claw -earthquake Lucario -aura sphere -meteor mash -dragon pulse -extreme speed Gardevoir -psychic -moonblast -thunderbolt -energy ball

[@robertreynolds7123]

Only two badges in and gastrodon is a pretty great water type to use in all honesty. I personally never understood having a physical water type. Gastrodon is mixed with good coverage

[@Jayson_Tatum]

Try to run it with only special moves. It should be Surf/Scald, Earth Power, Ancient Power, Recover

[@SkullyVGC]

I used: Empoleon, Roserade, Staraptor, Houndoom, Lucario and Froslass. Team is/has been absolutely solid for me

[@aceofspades9216]

that team is sick, i’m using infernape, roserade, staraptor, ambipom, magnezone, and garchomp

[@stickman2276]

Thats cool! I used Empoleon, Gardevoir, Roselia, Snorlax, Togekiss, and mamoswine to beat the Elite four but I've been catching other pokemon like torkoal, scyther, dragonite and charizard.

[@TitoBoy805]

I got 3.5/6 of his suggestions: -Infernape, Roserade, and Gyarados for what he has here. -I went with Magnezone and Garchomp instead. -Gardevoir counts as .5 since it was acknowledged as viable.

[@tristanazevedo9844]

Cool cool! I used Empoleon, Roserade, Gardevoir, Altaria, Frosslass, and Electabuzz

[@vexial12]

My team Infernape, honchkrow, Roserade, Garchomp, electivire, floatzel

[@thedanishfrenchmen9797]

I personally don’t like to use gyarados, so I would roll with gastrodon. You get Shellos right after the first gym, and it has a very good move pool, plus water ground only has grass to worry about😜

[@Jayson_Tatum]

Gyarados is easy mode. Gastro is cooler and is honestly really good

[@FartinSpartin]

Love this team! It's almost exactly what I'm running except I went Gligar over Staraptor. I think he'll managed just fine through the elite 4 with Swords Dance, Roost, Earthquake and Acrobatics. Then I can evolve him into a mighty Gliscor for round two ;)

[@edwardmeyers4466]

I agree with this team, with the exception of Staraptor. This team is missing a dark type, and I don't think I'll need to double down on normal and flying types.

[@mrsndle1]

Honchkrow is an excellent choice

[@edwardmeyers4466]

I thought there wasn't supposed to be version exclusives on these teams

[@mrsndle1]

oh i didn’t know, my bad

[@calebshmanderson]

I would suggest Driftblim then if you can't use Honchrow. Calm Mind, Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt and Psychic/Fly/Strength Sapis a solid moveset for it.

[@Jayson_Tatum]

I would use Drapion

[@johnphileobaua]

I used Infernape, Gastrodon, Drapion, Magnezone, Togekiss, and Garchomp. Infernape is the best starter to use Gastrodon is cool and ground is useful Drapion evolves late, but he learns Night Slash before evolution so he can be good for fantina and he destroys Lucian (being neutral to fairy) Magnezone is easy to get in this game and also helps with a lack of grass on the team Togekiss is funne and, while doesn't learn Energyball Grass Knot is just as useful against Birtha and Air Slash + Scerene Grace is really good Garchomp while another Ground type, doesn't share weaknesses or attack type with Gastrodon. Ground is also useful against Volkner and Flint and just Gastrodon isn't enough imo. The lack of grass does hurt, especially against Birtha and other Ground/Water types, but I think that it can easily wipe a lot of the game.

[@alexcantu3146]

We have the exact same team except I chose Gliscor over Garchomp!

[@johnphileobaua]

@@alexcantu3146 same 4x weakness

[@devins8716]

I used all those Pokémon but lucario instead of drapion but he was on my team

[@johnphileobaua]

@@Steven-tc4vl Don't get me wrong, I love Torterra. But ground removes a ton of the benefits of the grass type, no longer resisting water and grass. Honestly, that alone is why my love for it has waned a bit.

[@TungstenArm]

I’d love to see you do a Best Team for Emerald Eight! The 8-Pokémon team changes things significantly.

[@El_Chucho_Bravo]

I got really lucky in the underground and found and Elekid, which was already holding an electirizer. It helped a lot in the mid to late game. Also, Abomasnow isn’t a bad option for those looking to deal with Garchomp, it can take a couple earthquakes, and stab ice type moves hit real hard. Mamoswine could also probably do something similar.

[@Sean-gs7cp]

@@kitty.miracle yoooo how do you emulate these? could it work on a laptop?

[@GoldPlatedCheese]

Yeah in Pearl I got lucky and found a Magby too, really great assuming you didn’t start the game with a fire type

[@wagnercorella5364]

I never understand why using Staraptor when you have a lot of other Pokémon with stab moves that starpator already has (close combat goes for Infernape) you don’t need another Pokémon with close combat or U-turn, Staraptor is fillling spot you could have filled with a good dark Pokémon

[@lorenzoferrari6365]

Totally agree, i chose honchkrow instead

[@GasperV0]

@@lorenzoferrari6365 or Drapion for some more Psychic coverge as Infernape and Roserade

[@MrPenetroso]

Drifblim is also a good choice

[@yorecf9641]

I went with the classic Weavile.

[@lorenzoferrari6365]

@@GasperV0 i went for honckrow because i also chose garchomp, my other ground type is mamoswine, basically mamoswine is my tank, garchomp my main ground type and honchkrow has shadowball with some other dark and flying moves for cover

[@AceDragonXX]

~My Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Teams~ Infernape - Flamethrower, Close Combat, Rock Slide, Mach Punch Floatzel - Waterfall, Ice Fang, Crunch, Aqua Jet Roserade - Energy Ball, Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, Dazzling Gleam Raichu - Thunderbolt, Surf, Grass Knot, Nasty Plot Honchkrow - Night Slash, Brave Bird, Steel Wing, Psychic Garchomp - Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Iron Head, Stealth Rock Empoleon - Scald, Ice Beam, Grass Knot, Aqua Jet/Stealth Rock Rapidash - Flare Blitz, Megahorn, High Horsepower, Poison Jab Magnezone - Thunderbolt, Flash Cannon, Tri Attack, Mirror Coat Staraptor - Brave Bird, Close Combat, Steel Wing, Quick Attack Gardevoir - Psychic, Moonblast, Shadow Ball, Calm Mind Mamoswine - Icicle Crash, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Ice Shard (Some Pokémon I've caught were from the Grand Underground)

[@robertnathan5250]

I'd personally swap clefable for gardevoir since you can get it earlier and extra stab. I would also swap staraptor with either Absol or Luxray as Star overlaps type wise with Gyrados and Snorlax and coverage wise, most it's move types are covered elsewhere. Just my 2 cents :)

[@jtgrace10]

Great video Mystic! I think it would be cool if you included the best nature that each Pokémon can have in your opinion, based on its stats and strengths!

[@anyaforger844]

adamant/jolly/naive(use naive if ur gonna run mixed) for infernape adamant/jolly for staraptor modest for clefable adamant for snorlax modest/timid for roserade adamant for gyarados

[@anyaforger844]

@@kitty.miracle well tgere are ppl that want the perfecf team so wynaut? (got it hehe)

[@Jayson_Tatum]

Jolly Infernape, Adamant Staraptor, Modest Clefable, Adamant Snorlax, Timid Roserade, Adamant Gyarados

[@nyanchan58]

i used Empoleon and the classics: Staraptor, Luxray, Roserade, Lucario and Garchomp, all the way through league just to relive my childhood. My post-game team currently includes Empoleon, Clefable, Weavile, Snorlax, Togekiss and Tyranitar. I was lucky that my first Cleffa encounter was already holding a moon stone.

[@christianchisholm2932]

what moveset did/ do you have on Luxray? i currently have Luxray on my team and i’ve been having trouble deciding on what would be best.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@christianchisholm2932 Tyrannitar is always a beast 👍🏾

[@Los4rmdagang4]

Your team is pretty legit!!!

[@CormacThunderStar]

I can definitely recommend mamoswine. If mine didn't miss his ice fang it would have beaten Cynthia 6 to 0

[@ayden8297]

Love mamoswine that avalanche goes crazy since he’s slow

[@jeremyknott6684]

I forgot about this Pokémon I need him where can I find??

[@CormacThunderStar]

@@jeremyknott6684 as a rare spawn in one of those swamp caves in the underground

[@DaermaeonBranKor]

I really like this team, but I can’t help but think that Gastrodon would be a better choice over Gyarados, just for team synergy. Plus, it adds a lot of great bull to the team!

[@lordofchaos97]

I have found respect for Gastrodon and Hippowdon

[@Vance731]

I prefer floatzel over gastrodon

[@gizmo66]

You convinced me with clefaible 😁. I got so lucky when I went in the cave you can find cleffa in, not even knowing it was in there, and the first pokemon that popped up was cleffa holding a moon stone 😁. Then I watched your video and eventually swapped togekiss for clefaible

[@tmc31390]

I won’t even lie-I bust out laughing when he started listing off all the Pokémon/trainers Infernape would run roughshod over… that’s why no matter how many play throughs I do, Infernape will always be my starter.

[@domodoeslife4741]

Don't you want a challenge?

[@tmc31390]

@@domodoeslife4741 I want the best Pokémon on my team. Infernape fits the bill. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@justinchristian3441]

My team is pretty basic but has all my favorite Sinnoh pokemon: infernape, staraptor, luxray, roserade, floatzel, garchomp. My first play through is a lot of fun and reminds me of when I first played pearl growing up!

[@ZainxIqbal]

My exact same team. Good taste!

[@Nic_Bloody1905]

Mines the same except Instead of floatzel for my water type I had gastrodon.

[@justinchristian3441]

@@Steven-tc4vl it’s more for the sake of nostalgia since I always preferred how cool Flotzel (and the others) looks. Plus with Garchomp, I have no viable use for Gastrodon.

[@SMITOSHI]

I’m not even gonna say it :(

[@jorgeespinoza2451]

I’ve been a follower of this man for a while! I love all his videos and most of all all his best teams! I use them for my play through sometimes and I love the effort put into it! I want to hear his thoughts on my team. 1) Infernape 2) Crobat 3) Snorlax 4) Clefable 5) Garchomp 6) Magnezone

[@JustinPinedaMedia]

My prediction: Infernape Staraptor Roserade Lucario -or- Snorlax Garchomp Cleafable

[@TheRedcat14]

Altaria and Gallade were gonna be Pokémon I had never used on a “Playthrough” before, until I got them to mid 40’s and Gallade was still missing Leaf Blade and Altaria was still missing Dragon Dance. Both moves aren’t available on the specified Pokémon this Gen, and I’m not sure why. (I’m assuming it’s because you can get Swablu early, but I’m really not sure what happened with Gallade)

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Ah man, this team was simply amazing to see! I cannot wait for the day I use this in action! Great work Mystic!

[@milestheastronaut6363]

I’m excited for the Elite 4 and Cynthia. I just finished the 7th gym. My team right now is: Infernape, Roserade, Azumarill, Gardevoir, Mamoswine and instead of playing again with my fav bird Staraptor, i wanted to try out Altaria. Thoughts and tips?

[@hollowfried]

Torterra, Crobat, Gardevoir, Manaphy, Lucario and Weavile were my pearl one. For diamond I’m doing Infernape, Swampert, Togekiss, Magnezone, Gengar and Mew, trading the mudkip from pearl to make this possible

[@My2CentsVideos]

Snorlax will always be the tank that conquers all. It fears only fighting types. And even they can struggle.

[@Kraiglyndor]

Other recommended Pokémon: 1.) Blissey. Blissey’s Sp.Atk is so high that it can’t be KO’d without a physical move. This means that Pokémon without physical moves, such as 4 of Cynthia’s team (Lucario having Nasty Plot and super effective moves can threaten it a little and it can face off against Gastrodon if needed to wall off a fifth with the right EVs), cannot defeat Blissey. It’s ability, Serene Grace, doubles the chance of secondary effects like Charge Beam’s 70% chance to raise its Sp.Atk or Thunder’s 30% chance to paralyze. Its signature move Soft-Boiled Keeps it healthy long term and can be used outside of battle to heal your other Pokémon in exchange for HP so that you can save Full Heals for only 1 Pokémon. You can throw on Double Team to make it harder to hit or Sing for a clean switch to another Pokémon. The major downsides are it’s abysmal Defense making it weak to all physical moves and weak offensive stats making battles progress slowly Happini is hives to you as an egg in Hearthome City and needs an Oval Stone that can be found in the Lost Tower, or you can find Chansey in the grass of route 209 at 5%. 2.) Crobat. With it’s high speed and good bulk Crobat is one of the best switch in the game. Toss in Crobat and U-Turn out into will allow whatever Pokémon you want to enter unhindered. It has plenty of other useful moves like Pluck (many important battles have berries), Roost (increases bulk, removes flying type for the turn which can be used to resist attacks), and Toxic (toxic stall, with Roost or U-Turn to switch into a Pokémon that resists the opponents attacks that are strong against Crobat and back in when they try to deal with the new typing to maximize not very effective moves). Major downsides of Crobat are its overlap as a switch with Gyarados (both are really bulky and share flying type as an immunity to powerful ground type moves like Earthquake) as well as similar typing with my next recommendation. Zubat and Golbat can be found all around in caves. You evolve it with friendship so if you get it early enough and run around in the underground for a bit then it’s likely to evolve before the third gym. 3.) Drapion. Drapion has really powerful Defense, only one weakness, an immunity to psychic, and high Speed and Attack stats. It’s abilities are Battle Armor to prevent critical hits (pairs well with Black Sludge or Leftovers to heal) or Sniperto boost critical hit damage from 150 to 225% (increasing crit chance with friendship and Scope Lens). You can use its bulk to set up with Swords Dance before sweeping with powerful moves like Earthquake or jump right in with moves like Night Slash, Cross Poison, an X-Scissor that boost crit chance. It also gets moves like Fell Stinger that boosts Attack when it’s the finishing blow and Knock Off to deal with items. Major weaknesses are a somewhat late evolution at Lv40 and that I’ve never used it myself and am just stealing these ideas from others and can’t tell you how good they actually are so you’ll need to experiment a bit for yourself, though the post I heard this from said the bulky setup was able to sweep Cynthia. Scorupi can be found easily in the eastern underground before the second gym if you decide to make the trek across the map. 4.) Honorable Mentions. Milotic - Someone made a Febass calculator that uses the lotto numbers to determine the tiles it can spawn in. Cynthia uses it so you have that for reference. Weavile - Best ice move is locked to an egg move, otherwise pretty good. Togekiss - Like Drapion, I haven’t used it, but I’ve heard good things. Absol - It’s ability Super Luck increases odds of a Pokémon holding it’s held item from 50/5% to 60/20%. It’s a pretty great choice for being your Thief user for hunting Moonstones from Clefable.

[@yorecf9641]

Just have to point out a few corrections: 1) I think you meant to say that Blissey’s special defense is high, not it’s special attack. 2) You mentioned Crobat having overlap with Gyarados and potentially Drapion, but it also has an overlap with Roserade (personal experience in multiple games: it also really isn’t that bulky with only stats higher than 85 are 90 attack and 130 speed). 3) X-Scissor for Drapion doesn’t have an increased crit rate. It has a normal crit rate. 4) The Grand Underground has Pokémon with egg moves, so it’s actually not super hard to find an Ice Punch or Icicle Crash Weavile. I had one along with a Roserade with Extrasensory and a Garchomp with Outrage.

[@Kraiglyndor]

@Yorec F Blissey's Sp.Atk and X-scissor were both typos. Crobat's Speed is high enough that it doesn't need much training. Its HP also adds to its bulk. Mine was able to outspeed Garchomp and take a hit. Its overlap with Gyarados is mainly as a switch when you are on set and aren't given the option to swap pokemon after each match. Weavile's egg move issue is that it's extra difficulty in finding one with the move in the first place. If you're doing a challenge like a nuzlocke where you can only catch one pokemon in each area then even if you're lucky with you're encounter it may not have the right move. Even without you may have to catch multiple before you get it so that's just something extra you have to deal with.

[@yorecf9641]

@@Kraiglyndor it took me 15 minutes to find two Sneasels with Ice Punch (very first I ran into had it, but it had a modest nature). The team in this video also isn’t for a Nuzlocke: you take what you can get with those rules. 85 HP and 80 in each defense for Crobat is also average, but your experience differs from mine. Even when the ones that I’ve used outsped and hit first, they often didn’t do a ton of damage, didn’t take hits all that well and overall didn’t contribute enough to my teams to really justify using it over other Pokémon, in this case a better poison type like Roserade or Drapion and the fire type Infernape doing everything that a flying type can and much more.

[@jordanhansen5934]

Gyarados really saved me during my first bdsp play through. It was my first time playing a Pokemon game and I was playing this game blind (except for having watched Jaiden’s nuzlocke video) so I didn’t have a good team for the fighting type gym. Things were going well until I got to the last of the gym leader’s Pokemon. Lucario. That thing outsped all of my team and one-shot all of them. All, that is, except for my final Pokemon. Gyarados. That thing was so tanky that it barely took any damage from Lucario. Of course, I couldn’t do much damage in return (plus the gym leader kept healing). BUT, I was able to do slightly more damage than them and had access to my own potion supply. In the end Gyarados was able to nab me the win, and I am eternally grateful.

[@splatoonmangafangirl854]

Well The Best Team For Me On My Brilliant Diamond Has To Be Obviously My Infernape Cause He's Lv 100, My Luxray (Lv88), My Starraptor (Lv89), Gardevoir (Lv70), My Machoke (Lv73) And My Dialga Which Is Lv 74 So I Think That's My Best Team

[@PokeFan-tk1iu]

Honestly solid team but I suggest Staraptor-> Mamo/Chomp since even though it not a bad mon it really doesn't offer this team much since everything it can handle also can be dealt with using Ape+Clef anyways. Mamo/Chomp gives you a really solid ground type to switch to help Roserade cover Gyarados 4x electric weakness.

[@YafavoriteLame]

These videos are great can’t wait for the others. I chose pimplup as my starter GO WATER TYPES GO 🤙🏾

[@coopinatormusic6214]

When I play a new Pokemon game, my rule is "Explore a region, commit to the region." Meaning I can only use Pokemon introduced with it. So being Gen 4 mons only, my team was Torterra, Staraptor, Luxray, Floatzel, Drapion, and Bronzong. I just beat Cynthia last night, and Bronzong tanked FOUR Swords Dance-Dragon Claws, TWO of them being him toughing it out, so I could get Damp Rock-Rain Dance up to go into Floatzel with Icicle Plate-Ice Beam.

[@fabriciochirinos6832]

I think that altaria is a better option than staraptor as you can get it as a swablu as soon as you have access to the underground,it has great coverage moves and you can spam dragon dances with it

[@VegaPhil]

My team was - Empoleon, Roserade, Medicham, Dustox, Pachirisu and Mismagius. Had to add a few TM's to make it through the elite four but it was pretty solid

[@heinrichsachs7039]

i think there is no purpose for staraptor on this team, doesnt do anything that infernape cant cover, fly is not needed and u have gyara for intimidate, prolly would put a ground type on the slot

[@Pundae]

I thought the opposite actually and never got a fire type. My altaria took care of anything infernape or staraptor would have easily

[@Stars4kasa]

Yeah I tried using it and it had no use on my team. It was honestly just filling a slot never used. So I used togekiss as my flying type as it gets fairy coverage and serene Grace air slash is always nice.

[@franzmatthew1828]

Infernape - Close Combat (Brick Break), Flare Blitz, Earthquake, Acrobatics Gyarados - Aqua Tail, Avalanche, Crunch, Dragon Dance Gengar - Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb Alakazam - Psychic, Energy Ball, Dazzling Gleam, Psyshock (Calm Mind) Vespiquen - Attack Order (Fell Stinger), Defend Order, Roost, Aerial Ace Personally the best team for me and even used it for myself! Tons of coverage and all of these mons are available BEFORE you even touch the 2nd gym. Left the 6th spot open to fill with whatever you want

[@johnnyhall4335]

Why isn't Lucario included?!

[@Pokelord4500]

Im using Empoleon Move set: Ice beam,flash cannon ,surf(forgot 4th move ) Roserade (using ur move set) Snorlax (didnt know how to get heavy slam) Gardevoir Thunder bolt Psychic Dazzling gleam Calm mind Starapter(your moveset) Magnezone Thunder bolt Flash canon Tri attack (Forgot 4th move ) I used thus team as i have a super effective move against every type

[@rainbowdragon168]

It’s good to see that Roserade in the thumbnail so it might be on the team.

[@estevanperezz]

infernape: close combat(heart scale it) flare blitz(lvl 68) acrobatics(lvl52) rock slide(found in mt coronet) Staraptor: brave bird(lvl49) close combat(heart scale) u-turn(veilstone department store) roost(route 209 tm) roserade: giga drain(route 209 tm, requires surf) sludge bomb(tm in galactic warehouse) dazzling gleam(veilstone department store shadow ball(tm in route 210) gyarados: waterfall(lvl21) ice fang(heartscale) crunch(lvl 24) dragon dance(lvl 36) clefable moonblast(heartscale) ice beam(veilstone department) thunderbolt(same as ice beam) psychic(same as ice beam) snorlax: body slam(lvl 28) brick break(oreburgh gate tm) earthquake(den of gible in wayword cave) heavy slam(heart scale if munchlax evolves after lvl 32 otherwise it will learn it at lvl 32)

[@luckmc1]

I just finished the league with: Mamoswine, electivire, altaria, infernape, crobat and azumarill

[@realloud999]

Wow that's a solid team

[@brainstew1723]

@Dizzasta trade I guess

[@Ivlook]

I am playing BD and never played the original Gen 4 games. For my first play through I like to play with Pokémon which are new to the gen, so my team is: Infernape Gastrodon Drifblim Abomasnow Garchomp … In the last spot I’m currently using Luxray but not overly happy with it. Wish it could learn a few more TMs.

[@ultragamer8816]

Who else has been looking forward to this video for a while

[@geryang3411]

My team for BDSP were the following. Bidoof - Roll-Out, Defense Curl, Grass Knot, Swords Dance Pachirisu - Volt Switch, Charm, Light Screen, Thunder Wave Cherrim - Sunny Day, Growth, Bullet Seed, Solar Beam Infernape - U-Turn, Close Combat, Flamethrower, Solar Beam Altaria - Dragon Pulse, Hurricane, Ice Beam, Solar Beam Bastiodon - Stealth Rock, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Metal Sound I just wanted to use a fun team, so feel free to try it if you wants to give it a go. Note: You can get your whole team assembled right after you get the Explorer Kit and go into the underground. It takes a little bit of time and luck in order to get Swablu and Cherrim as an encounter in the Grand Underground. You will also need to take some time digging for the Armor fossil. Outside of that, you will be ready with all six of your team member, on your way to face Gardenia. Last Note if you really want to try this team: Dig for an everstone for your Bidoof, so you won't break your B buttom during your playthrough please.

[@bnoud11]

I went with: Infernape Gengar Altaria Roserade Alakazam Floatzel With these, I was able to have coverage on every type in the game.

[@krystalsnyder9092]

He said cleanable and I actually cried

[@jacobcamacho5452]

I'm not disrespecting gyarados, but I think gastrodon should take its place here since it has a great type combo, good moves, can be caught only shortly after roark, deal with electric types better, and removes the extra weaknesses to electric and rock

[@PreciseSky]

Yeah Gyarados does not have good typing like it has water/Flying making it bad against rock type

[@retaliaterguitar2]

As a gen 1 to gen 3 fanboy I recently started my Sinnoh playthrough. Started with Infernape, admittedly I think all gen 4 starters were cool but I never felt too strongly about any of them. I bonded and learned to love him through our journey. Admittedly I wish I would've picked Torterra. For the first time ever, I'll probably pick a different starter on my second playthrough

[@theababaaab3350]

Great video as always. Would love to see a ‘Best Post-game Team’ for these games (all Gen 1-4 but no legendaries) with hidden abilities and egg moves

[@MysticUmbreon]

Could you elaborate more on what you mean by postgame? Do you mean like best team for battle tower?

[@theababaaab3350]

@@MysticUmbreon yes, exactly! Thanks for the great content tho, bro!

[@granvilleslocalanarchist4577]

Could you please rate my team lol I’m not sure if it’s a good Infernape Luxray Gyarados I don’t have an idea for the rest so could you like just tell me what could go good with it and what movesets what would be good in it Please

[@Pundae]

Torterra -seed bomb/wood hammer -earthquake -stone edge/crunch -curse/synthesize Altaria -Hurricane -roost/cotton guard -flame thrower -Dragon pulse Weavile -night slash -poison jab -Shadow claw -Ice beam Water Milotic -scald/toxic -recover -protect -Water pulse Gardevoir -thunderbolt -Moonblast -Calm mind -Psychic Scizor l -bullet punch -swords dance/iron defense -x scissor -brick break My team. Milotic is the only one I wasn't sure about, and I tried to come up with a few replacements, eventually just putting in lopunny as a setup mon, but they didn't get much use either because they were underleveled. Gardevior almost single handedly swept Cynthia's entire team because spiritomb let me set up calm mind. Eventually was outsped by garchomp, but scizor cleaned up nicely with priority. I had several different moves picked out, but I couldn't get them do to them being egg or unavailable in this gen for some reason

[@deino4753]

During my second playthrough of BDSP (I own both copies) I had this exact team except for Staraptor (which I substituted Frosslass for) and Snorlax (which I actually wanted to use but opted for Garchomp instead). Frosslass was ass and I regret picking it up. I don't regret Garchomp and it was the first time I ever used a Garchomp in Sinnoh during the main gameplay. The first Cleffa I caught actually had a Moon Stone too. Which made it super easy.

[@ecryloxr89]

Wow, I am bedazzled how fast one can play through a sinnoh game. Can you elaborate, why Froslass didn´t do it for you^^?

[@deino4753]

@@ecryloxr89 an un EV trained Frosslass 3 levels below can not beat a fully ev trained max iv Garchomp. 🤣

[@ecryloxr89]

@@deino4753 Is that the only reason? Because other than Garchomp, there will be plenty of opportunities to shine for it ^^ For example in the league Aarons Beautifly and Vespiqueen, Berthas team exept her 2 water-mons, Flints Driftblim, Cynthia´s Roserade/(Garchomp)/Rematch: Togekiss with an ice-move, Lucians team exept Girafarig with a ghost-move. Add Psychic and Aarons Heracross and Dustox, Flints Infernape (you should be faster) and Cynthias Roserade again are added. As a fast mixed or special attacker with Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Psychic or for Lucians whole team Crunch in addition to Shadow Ball, or additional against Cynthias Milothick (and again all Flying-types) Thunderbolt. So Icebeam (TM), Shadow ball, Psychic (TM) and Thunderbolt (TM) or mayby Hail for Evasion and Boost for Garchomp or Crunch, if Girafarig withstands Icebeams and Thunderbolts. Give it an Item like Expert-belt (boosts very effective moves) and you´re good to go ;) So typewise only these are left to look out for: Aarons Drapion Berthas water-types Flints faster 2 fire-mons, mayby Lopunny and Steelix Lucians Girafarig Cynthias Spiritomb, Lucario, mayby Gastrodon and fast Garchomp/ berry-protected If done right and having a attack lowering nature (if you don´t use crunch) and a boost in SPA or I, or even the Defensive-stat since you´re worried abt Garchomp can benefit it a lot. Please remember, that her Garchomp has a berry that halves the power of your first ice-attack..

[@deino4753]

@@ecryloxr89 honestly, I was able to beat Cynthia without the Frosslass. I just used Gyarados and set up 6 dragon dances against her Milotic. Then just swept. Plus, all of my other mons were able to handle the rest of the E4. I don't think Frosslass is a bad mon. It just isnt great given the amount of cheese the E4 is.

[@coreymcfarland2704]

Mystic: 3 Pokemon can get you through the game Alpharad: P I P L U P

[@killeryago97]

Staraptar isn't really needed when you already have Infernape, I would go with good old Garchomp. Earthquake is a must for Gyarados, would cut Crunch for it.

[@yorecf9641]

That means no Earthquake for Garchomp.

[@killeryago97]

@@yorecf9641 I thought we could get more copies of Earthquake TM. Well, maybe I confused it with post game content.

[@yorecf9641]

@@killeryago97 you can in the post game. You only get one in the main story, as far as I know. Besides, why send out a water/flying type to try to deal with electric types? No real loss, imo.

[@killeryago97]

@@yorecf9641 It's for just in case. I had many situations where my Gyarados used DD, then opponent switched into Electric-type that got outspeed next turn so it became a staple for me. Also, it helped me with Steel-types when my Gyarados was already buffed and I did not want to switch. Thanks for info, I really confused the post game TM 26 with other TMs we can buy.

[@yorecf9641]

@@killeryago97 yeah, I just use a ground type that’s immune to electric attacks. Keeping Crunch actually helped me quite a bit with Lucian and STAB Waterfall + Mystic Water does a nice bit to steel types with the extra benefit of a 20% flinch rate

[@MonkeyMan-tp6lo]

I did a Sinoh only team with Infernape Froslass Magnezone Togekiss Buizel Drapion Loved all of them and they worked great, had all moves to cover. Garchomp didn't last long with my froslass and Togekiss can learn solar beam for grass coverage so I was golden.

[@SpiritProductions99]

I do agree with this team, I'm very excited to see the Empoleon edition for this. Here's my team for Brilliant Diamond: Empoleon Electivire Houndoom Roserade Alakazam and later on I'll have Lucario

[@dogze6744]

I had Empoleon, Staraptor Luxray Roserade Houndoom and Golem -> Garchomp

[@leahj2956]

@DogZe I had almost the same team except instead of Garchomp I ran Mismagius!

[@juliamorann8811]

My team on diamond was Empoleon, Crobat, Roserade, Altaria, Houndoom, and Pachirisu. I sweeped through with my only issue being fighting types. Pachirisu is also great for legendary Pokémon for putting static then having super fang to take half of their active HP.

[@jediclonekag13]

I have a really good feeling that Infernape, Staraptor, Roserade, Togekiss, Garchomp, and Lucario will be on this team.

[@tmc31390]

You were half right, unless you’re speaking of your own team

[@Ediitsaur]

well of course infernape staraptor and roserade will be on the team

[@othamneil8958]

Lucario's fighting type overlaps with infernape, and since steel is only strong against 3 types, (rock, ice, fairy) 2/3 of which is already covered by fighting. So offensively, lucario is basically infernape without fire coverage. I don't think he will include lucario, and without a good answer against flying types without relying on garchomp's rock type coverage that takes sooo long to get, nor togekiss's ancient power, you'd have a hard time using this team.

[@cosmiccat4706]

So the team I ended up using for Shining Pearl was: Infernape, Gyarados, Crobat, Magnezone, Mew, and Garchomp, and lemme just say if I could've done things a bit differently I'd of likely used Snorlax or Hippowdon rather than trying so hard for Garchomp then meanwhile if I were more patient I'd of potentially swapped Mew for something else but the other 4 on my team I'd not swap no matter what because they all did amazingly and I've grown to love all those mons far more than I did before thanks to this nostalgia trip back to Sinnoh. P.S. Good lord I love these games so much revisiting Sinnoh in 2021 has honestly made my end of the year so much better.

[@sethhowell8706]

you should start a series where people send in their teams and you rate them

[@Mxrsrr]

your a genius

[@HushWasHere]

For BD I used Empoleon, Honchkrow, Gardevoir, Hippodown, Electivire, and Ambipom. Only problem for best team would be a version exclusive and a trade mon

[@infinit4558]

What do you think is better? Staraptor or Togekiss? I thought Togekiss was better because of his stats and type combination, but Togekiss needs a shiny stone to evolve, like Roserade. So what should I use? I only know that I'm gonna use my Empoleon.

[@luisvelez1952]

Empoleo beig Garchomps bodyguard is great and formidable

[@grandadmiralthrawn92]

You get three shiny stones in the game. The earliest Shiny Stone isn't available until Iron Island (the others being in one of Spacious Cave Hideaways in the northeast region of the Grand Underground accessed after becoming Champion and Route 228, also after becoming Champion), and even when you get it, the type matchups of the remaining gyms are not favorable for fairy or flying types (steel, ice, and electric). I'd probably go with Staraptor. Me, I went with Crobat, but that's because I've used Staraptor in my original DPP runs and wanted to use something new that was still really good. You do you.

[@PrivateSparky]

Really depends on two factors in my opinion. The damage type on your team. Staraptor is a physical attacker. Togekiss is a special attacker. Which damage type do you need more for the team? Second factor and probably the most important one in my opinion. Togekiss’ ability. Togekiss can have two different abilities. Serene Grace or Hustle. Serene Grace is pretty busted if you spam Air Slash against a slower Pokémon. Hustle is absolutely garbage on Togekiss and it’s honestly a very risky ability in general since it Raises Attack by 50% in exchange for -20% accuracy for all Physical moves. Togekiss’ base attack stat is still lower than it’s special attack even after Hustle and hence why it’s a crappy ability for Togekiss. Staraptor gets Intimidate which is honestly an amazing ability as it basically halves your opponents Attack stat from just simply switching in Staraptor.

[@bobobserver8990]

As someone trying out getting a Roserade I think it is surprising that the Giga Drain TM was brought up, when Roselia learns it at level 30. Then again if you don't know that Budew evolves during the day through happiness and mainly play at night I could see the risk of missing the move, as my Budew ended up given I missed out on a number of moves prior to level 26...

[@364fab]

Maybe it’s just me, but when playing a title it’s always super important to me to use Pokémon from that gen… This is the team I went with, it steamrolled everything I went up against. Empoleon, Roserade, Togekiss, Weavile, Luxray, and Lucario

[@364fab]

Empoleon: scald, ice beam, flash cannon, drill peck Roserade: petal dance, sludge bomb, shadow ball, stun spore Togekiss: dazzling gleam, air slash, psychic, flamethrower Weavile: icicle crash, night slash, x scissor, shadow claw Luxray: wild charge, night slash, fire fang, quick attack Lucario: close combat, meteor mash, earthquake, dragon pulse

[@fIrSt735]

i pretty much do the same, except if charizard is available he's taking 1 spot of my team lol

[@libbyandtai]

You never told us how to get heavy slam LOL

[@darkunit4314]

I always enjoy absol for my dark, with super luck and nightslash, shockwave, focus energy. He slays

[@Lilla_Jätten]

Mystic umbreon: The most hardest annoying pokemon to get a hand on. Me: (Who had catch clefable in Mt. Cornet after using a super repel) ....Thank you god!

[@BluegillTCG]

rate my team 1-10 Infernape, Staraptor, Garchomp, Gyarados, Drapion, and Bronzong

[@jeffreyortiz6040]

Solid 8.5 can't go wrong there

[@Riyagautam704]

9

[@waferz7869]

My team was Empoleon, Luxray, Houndoom, Togekiss, Froslass, Toxicroak

[@BilboSagginsJr]

I had an Empoleon, mew, garchomp, magmortar, electavire, and gengar

[@Riyagautam704]

@@BilboSagginsJr if you can have a gengar so why don't evolving electabuzz ha

[@MrAmazingJeff]

I'm currently playing through Brilliant Diamond whilst aiming for this team and the two annoying ones are definitely Clefable and Snorlax. After about 8 hours of farming I have finally gotten a Moon Stone from Thief-ing it off of a wild Cleffa in Mount Coronet. Getting a Moon Stone took WAY TOO LONG.

[@ckgplayz9428]

The team I used was Empoleon, Roserade, Magmortar, Heracross, Crobat, and Mamoswine

[@colbymitchem4874]

Holy fuck me sideway is this the real ckg playz

[@crezz7480]

ima say 1 thing, clefable can be used as a stored power setter. like its a legit beast. Stored power, cosmic power, moonlight, and charge beam/calm mind. essensially just calm mind and cosmic power to the max and thats the time stored power's total power becomes 360 damage. like nothing can stop it, not joking.

[@joshuabradford6957]

There have been times when I felt I only needed three to get through the game: Infernape, Gyarados, and Jirachi. However, I did grab three more I enjoy using every now and then. Garchomp, Clefable, and Lucario/Murkrow (depending on who I am about to face).

[@Shura143]

I used mismagius and ambipomb just to have the games be a little harder. Mismagius turned out to be plenty strong, I didn't miss Gengar at all. Ambipomb definitely needed careful play to make work. I'd recommend trying weaker Pokemon in these games given they're a little easier overall

[@aFrogEnjoyer]

When you realize that ILCA gave the Gym Leaders and Elite Four Memebers held items to kinda try to make the game 'harder'.

[@felixahfar4292]

they also gave the elite four good natures good items and evs

[@matthewshiell822]

Honestly the team is definitely solid. Now I wanna see you actually Play the game with it and still lose to cynthia because man they made this elite four the hardest elite four ever period.

[@josiahseatriz3086]

I think the best team is Infernape, Starapter, Gyarados, Rosarade, Garchomp, and Snorlax

[@DietersYT]

Snorlax can def be replaced by lots of mons

[@LogosBKC]

That's a heavy physical attack team unless you are using infernape/gyrados/snorlax with some hybrid moves

[@timmaay24]

It really is funny to me how many times he mentioned the department store. When I first got to that I thought it was crazy how many good TMs you could get for so cheap.

[@fcano102]

After searching I found a munchlax in the grand under ground got it with a quick ball AND IT IS HOLDING LEFTOVERS edit: IT HAS THE ABILITY PICK UP

[@JohnSmith-rs5mq]

I did not expect for garchomp to not be here. Not disappointed though. Thank you for the video!

[@spacicle4756]

They nerfed getting Gible early, so it's quite unviable as you wouldn't need it for anything after you obtain strength.

[@Matpit18]

Oh my lord. I used the exact same movesets for my Roserade, Gyarados, and Clefable. Great minds think alike, Mystic! 👍

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Personally, I’m glad that you’re using both Clefable and Snorlax. The former because it’s a great utility Pokémon with its move pool, and the latter because it’s finally easier to catch. I just wish that Honchkrow wasn’t a version exclusive again, because it could be a decent replacement for Staraptor (if only for having a Dark-Type on the team). Incidentally, when you do the other Best Teams with Empoleon and Torterra (when, not if), I hope you’ll consider using other Pokémon that you normally wouldn’t, like you did for the original D/P best teams.

[@joeyteter9383]

The best team for Brilliant Diamond is definitely: Chimecho, Pachirisu, Mothim, Infernape, Gligar and Togekiss. I’ll let you know what the best team for Pearl is once I decide my team, as I just started playing after finishing Diamond lol

[@mono717]

I used Torterra, Luxray, Crobat, Houndoom, Manaphy and Jirachi. Call it cheap using mythicals, but when life hands you a cracked water type and a cracked steel type you take them and run. Jirachi is a flinch champion and can build power later on, and Manaphy comes out the egg with tail glow and it launches its already great sp atk into the stratosphere. Singlehandedly wiped half the elite four, only beaten by flint's infernape.

[@GasperV0]

You can actually get the shiny stone easier, I evolved my Togekiss with it, in Iron Island were you get the egg Lucario, just do all the shit in the island and then as you go deeper to leave out of it's bottom exit there a shiny stone waiting

[@sohailape]

You can also get it very early by catching aipom and pachirisu with pick up or by grinding underground. I got a water stone and 2 thunder stones before GYM 6 from underground.

[@GasperV0]

@@sohailape yeah but he mentioned the pick up method so I wanted to let others know you can get it another way.

[@ultragamer8816]

I’ve been looking forward to this video for a while