Despite many gamers moving on to Generation 9’sScarletandViolet, aPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlplayer has managed to best the Elite Four with an entire team of unevolved “baby” Pokemon. The feat was accomplished with no shortage of grinding to level up the critters, and plenty of items.
When it comes to making teams that feature their favorite Pokemon, many players are aware that some teams may require more stubborness than others to make it to the end of the game. Personally choosing not to evolve a few party members, much less all six, could make a game likePokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearlsignificantly harder, but not impossible.
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This fact of the franchise was one again proven byReddit user SouthWheel, who decided to challenge the Elite Four with a “baby team” that gave a few creatures left at their first evolutionary stage time to shine. This lineup featuredthe starter Piplup, Gible, Shinx, Ralts, Riolu, and Houndour. It seems that despite there being an official grouping of “Baby Pokemon,” SouthWheel wanted to go for a less restrictive approach to verify the team had plenty of synergy. It worked out in their favor as they’ve made it through the five battles needed to enter the Hall of Fame.
As expected with a lineup with lower stats than their opponents, SouthWheel has expressed in the comments that completing the challenge dealt with sacrificing every member of theBaby Pokemonteam at least once to buy time for another critter to be given items such as revives and potions to stay in the game. When asked what level his team finished the gauntlet at, SouthWheel responded by saying that Piplup was level 81, Riolu was level 63, and the other creatures were roughly in the 70s.
There’s something to be said with regard to how the Elite Four has fallen in terms of difficulty when theBrilliant DiamondandShining PearlElite Four takes a considerate amount of work to beat, while players are disappointed withthe Pokemon League inPokemon ScarletandViolet. Many consider them to be underwhelming and a tad too easy, re-opening the door for difficulty setting discussions inPokemongames once again. Still, SouthWheel’s accomplishment is earning plenty of well-deserved congratulations from other trainers.
Even though the “baby team” name of SouthWheel’s team may be a bit misleading, it still rings true when it comes to an old set of rules.InPokemon Stadium 2, fans could participate in the Little Cup, which specifically required that the creatures trainers used hadn’t evolved yet. These rules still persist in competitivePokemoncircles as an extra set for fans to battle with for fun, which may mean that SouthWheel might have made a viable team out of this challenge.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearlare available on Nintendo Switch.
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