Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Player Beats Game With Just One Bidoof

Pokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlaren’t known to be particularly difficult games, and thanks to some modern quality of life features, they are definitely easier than the originalDiamondandPearlon the Nintendo DS. Even so, the Elite Four inPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlcan still pose a challenge to even experienced Trainers, especially when going up against Cynthia.

Cynthia has a powerful Pokemon teamthat includes heavy hitters like a level 63 Lucario and a level 66 Garchomp, soPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlplayers usually have to face her using a team of equally-strong Pokemon. However, somePokemon BDSPplayers decide to make things a little harder on themselves by applying restrictions to their team setup, which is exactly what Reddit user Mudkip727 did.

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Mudkip727 took to thePokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlsubreddit to show off the team they used to defeat Cynthia and become Pokemon League Champion in theSinnoh region. If Mudkip727 is to be believed, their team consisted of a single level 69 Bidoof that they nicknamed Doofy. Bidoof is one of the weaker Pokemon inBrilliant DiamondandShining Pearl, with players rarely featuring the creature as a viable member of their team, so this is an impressive feat to say the least.

According to Mudkip727, their Bidoof had the moves Curse, Crunch, Amnesia, and Quick Attack. They explained that Cynthia’s Spiritomb tries to use physical attacks when going up against a Pokemon whose physical stat is lower than its special stat, which is something that applied to Mudkip727’s Bidoof. Mudkip727 then used Amnesia onSpiritomband so that made it keep using Sucker Punch. Mudkip727 then used this opportunity to spam Curse, boosting their Bidoof and allowing them to take out the rest of Cynthia’s Pokemon team one by one.

There are definitely easier ways to defeat Cynthia, butbeatingPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlwith just a Bidoofis definitely one of the stranger methods. It’s unclear if Mudkip727 only had a Bidoof on their team for the majority of the playthrough or if they had a full team until the end and then decided to use Bidoof, but it’s impressive regardless.

OtherPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlplayers have also used Bidoof to become Pokemon League Champion, with some using a single Bidoof as Mudkip727 did. Others still have used anentire team of Bidoofsto defeat the Elite Four, which is definitely easier than using one Bidoof but should still pose a significant challenge.

Pokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlare out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.