Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Brilliant Diamond Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Brilliant Diamond Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond has 73 different encounter locations with 232 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

4 Ghost Pokémon encounters

5 Dragon Pokémon encounters

8 Steel Pokémon encounters

9 Fighting Pokémon encounters

11 Fairy Pokémon encounters

11 Ice Pokémon encounters

13 Fire Pokémon encounters

13 Electric Pokémon encounters

13 Dark Pokémon encounters

14 Rock Pokémon encounters

22 Psychic Pokémon encounters

23 Bug Pokémon encounters

24 Grass Pokémon encounters

26 Flying Pokémon encounters

26 Ground Pokémon encounters

27 Poison Pokémon encounters

35 Normal Pokémon encounters

52 Water Pokémon encounters

4Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

5Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

8Steel Pokémon
STEEL

9Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

11Fairy Pokémon
FAIRY

11Ice Pokémon
ICE

13Fire Pokémon
FIRE

13Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

13Dark Pokémon
DARK

14Rock Pokémon
ROCK

22Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

23Bug Pokémon
BUG

24Grass Pokémon
GRASS

26Flying Pokémon
FLYING

26Ground Pokémon
GROUND

27Poison Pokémon
POISON

35Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

52Water Pokémon
WATER

Brilliant Diamond Boss Battles

In order to complete a Brilliant Diamond Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 26 Boss battles throughout the Sinnoh region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Barry's Starly to Lucian's Bronzong.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

5 Rival fights

8 Evil Team fights

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Barry might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • - Oreburgh Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Eterna Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Veilstone Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pastoria Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Hearthome Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Canalave Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Snowpoint Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Sunyshore Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Elite Four fights

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Champion

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Rival fights

  • - Route 203

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Hearthome City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pastoria City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Canalave City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Victory Road

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Evil Team fights

  • - Valley Windoworks

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Eterna Building

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Valor Cavern

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Lake Verity

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Galactic HQ

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Galactic HQ

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Spear Pillar

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Spear Pillar

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?