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Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke Guide

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

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Platinum 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 Platinum so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Platinum has 57 different encounter locations with 214 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

6 Fire Pokémon encounters

6 Dragon Pokémon encounters

8 Ghost Pokémon encounters

9 Fighting Pokémon encounters

9 Steel Pokémon encounters

10 Dark Pokémon encounters

12 Electric Pokémon encounters

12 Ice Pokémon encounters

18 Rock Pokémon encounters

19 Grass Pokémon encounters

21 Bug Pokémon encounters

23 Ground Pokémon encounters

24 Psychic Pokémon encounters

25 Poison Pokémon encounters

25 Flying Pokémon encounters

39 Normal Pokémon encounters

43 Water Pokémon encounters

6Fire Pokémon
FIRE

6Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

8Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

9Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

9Steel Pokémon
STEEL

10Dark Pokémon
DARK

12Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

12Ice Pokémon
ICE

18Rock Pokémon
ROCK

19Grass Pokémon
GRASS

21Bug Pokémon
BUG

23Ground Pokémon
GROUND

24Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

25Poison Pokémon
POISON

25Flying Pokémon
FLYING

39Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

43Water Pokémon
WATER

Platinum Boss Battles

In order to complete a Platinum Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 28 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 Piplup to Lucian's Gallade.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

6 Rival fights

9 Evil Team fights

Starter-dependent boss data

Some boss teams change depending on your starter. The static guide below uses the default fire-starter path so the page can be served as plain HTML for search engines and readers.

Gym Leader fights

  • Roark - Oreburgh Gym

    Roark has a team of 3, made up of a level 12 geodude, a level 12 onix & a level 14 cranidos. The level cap for this fight is level 14.

  • Gardenia - Eterna Gym

    Gardenia has a team of 3, made up of a level 20 turtwig, a level 20 cherubi & a level 22 roserade. The level cap for this fight is level 22.

  • Fantina - Hearthome Gym

    Fantina has a team of 3, made up of a level 24 duskull, a level 24 haunter & a level 26 mismagius. The level cap for this fight is level 26.

  • Maylene - Veilstone Gym

    Maylene has a team of 3, made up of a level 28 meditite, a level 29 machoke & a level 32 lucario. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Crasher Wake - Pastoria Gym

    Crasher Wake has a team of 3, made up of a level 33 gyarados, a level 34 quagsire & a level 37 floatzel. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Byron - Canalave Gym

    Byron has a team of 3, made up of a level 37 magneton, a level 38 steelix & a level 41 bastiodon. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

  • Candice - Snowpoint Gym

    Candice has a team of 4, made up of a level 38 piloswine, a level 40 sneasel, a level 42 abomasnow & a level 44 froslass. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Volkner - Sunyshore Gym

    Volkner has a team of 4, made up of a level 46 jolteon, a level 46 raichu, a level 48 luxray & a level 50 electivire. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

Elite Four fights

  • Aaron - Elite Four

    Aaron has a team of 5, made up of a level 49 yanmega, a level 49 scizor, a level 51 heracross, a level 50 vespiquen & a level 53 drapion. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Bertha - Elite Four

    Bertha has a team of 5, made up of a level 50 whiscash, a level 53 gliscor, a level 52 golem, a level 52 hippowdon & a level 55 rhyperior. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

  • Flint - Elite Four

    Flint has a team of 5, made up of a level 52 houndoom, a level 55 flareon, a level 53 rapidash, a level 55 infernape & a level 57 magmortar. The level cap for this fight is level 57.

  • Lucian - Elite Four

    Lucian has a team of 5, made up of a level 53 mr-mime, a level 55 espeon, a level 54 bronzong, a level 56 alakazam & a level 59 gallade. The level cap for this fight is level 59.

  • Cynthia - Champion

    Cynthia has a team of 6, made up of a level 58 spiritomb, a level 58 roserade, a level 60 lucario, a level 60 togekiss, a level 58 milotic & a level 62 garchomp. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

Rival fights

  • Barry - Route 201

    Barry has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 piplup. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Barry - Route 203

    Barry has a team of 2, made up of a level 7 starly & a level 9 piplup. The level cap for this fight is level 9.

  • Barry - Route 209

    Barry has a team of 4, made up of a level 25 staravia, a level 23 roselia, a level 23 ponyta & a level 27 prinplup. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • Barry - Pastoria City

    Barry has a team of 4, made up of a level 34 staravia, a level 32 roselia, a level 32 ponyta & a level 36 prinplup. The level cap for this fight is level 36.

  • Barry - Canalave City

    Barry has a team of 5, made up of a level 36 staraptor, a level 37 heracross, a level 35 roserade, a level 35 rapidash & a level 38 empoleon. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Barry - Pokémon League

    Barry has a team of 6, made up of a level 48 staraptor, a level 48 heracross, a level 49 snorlax, a level 47 roserade, a level 47 rapidash & a level 51 empoleon. The level cap for this fight is level 51.

Evil Team fights

  • Mars - Valley Windoworks

    Mars has a team of 2, made up of a level 15 zubat & a level 17 purugly. The level cap for this fight is level 17.

  • Jupiter - Eterna Building

    Jupiter has a team of 2, made up of a level 21 zubat & a level 23 skuntank. The level cap for this fight is level 23.

  • Cyrus - Celestic Town

    Cyrus has a team of 3, made up of a level 34 sneasel, a level 34 golbat & a level 36 murkrow. The level cap for this fight is level 36.

  • Saturn - Valor Cavern

    Saturn has a team of 3, made up of a level 38 golbat, a level 38 bronzor & a level 40 toxicroak. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Mars - Lake Verity

    Mars has a team of 3, made up of a level 38 golbat, a level 38 bronzor & a level 40 purugly. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Cyrus - Galactic HQ

    Cyrus has a team of 3, made up of a level 44 sneasel, a level 44 crobat & a level 46 honchkrow. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Saturn - Galactic HQ

    Saturn has a team of 3, made up of a level 42 golbat, a level 44 toxicroak & a level 42 bronzor. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Mars & Jupiter - Spear Pillar

    Mars & Jupiter has a team of 6, made up of a level 44 bronzor, a level 44 golbat, a level 46 purugly, a level 44 bronzor, a level 44 golbat & a level 46 skuntank. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Cyrus - Distortion World

    Cyrus has a team of 5, made up of a level 45 houndoom, a level 47 honchkrow, a level 46 crobat, a level 46 gyarados & a level 48 weavile. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

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