Pokemon Diamond & Pearl 4th Gym Leader Maylene Guide

Maylene

Trainer: 4th Gym Leader

Type:

Fighting

Location: Veilstone City

Rewards: Cobble Badge, can now use Fly (TM94)

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Maylene is a Gym Leader whose party consists of Fighting Pokemon. This means Maylene is weak against Flying, Psychic, Fairy Pokemon, since in battle Maylene will use Meditite(Lv.27), Machoke(Lv.27), Lucario(Lv.30), in Pokemon BDSP.

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Where to find and battle the 4th Gym Leader Maylene in Pokemon BDSP

How to find and battle Maylene in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Maylene is Veilstone City's Gym Leader who uses Fighting type Pokemon, and defeating her will give you the Cobble Badge, allowing you to use Fly from the Poketch.

Go into Veilstone City's gym.
Once inside, go straight ahead and to the middle wall and slide it to the left.
Walking back into the small area with the trainer, slide the wall to the left.
Go into the open area between the small rooms to the left and slide the now accessible wall, left.
Now head to the left of that wall you pushed to get into that area and slide it back to the right to make a now open path.
Go back through the small middle room, go to the left, and push the wall to the left.
Head back to the front and walk along the left wall- push the now accessible wall to the right.
Now, go through the path you have made in the small rooms on the left side. Once here, push the wall to the right.
Go to the middle of the room and push the wall next to you, to the right.
Above it, push that wall to the right.
Going to the small right room, push the wall to the right and go through the opening it has made.
Now head back into the small room, through the opening you've made, and push the wall to the right.
Follow the right wall to the back and push the wall to the left.
Go through the small rooms on the right and push the wall at the end of the path to the left.
Finally, go through the small rooms in the middle and challenge Maylene.

Gym Leaders can be rematched after defeating the Elite Four, Champion Cynthia, and obtaining the National Pokedex. You can also challenge the Leaders once every day; their teams will be much stronger, sporting new Pokemon and higher levels. They are also fully EV and IV trained and require a bit of a strategy to deal with.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Maylene Weakness

Maylene is a Fighting Type Trainer. This will mean Maylene's Pokemon are weak against and take More Damage from Flying, Psychic, Fairy Type Moves, and Less Damage from Rock, Bug, Dark Type moves.

You can Click/Tap the Type Icons to view the best pokemon to Counter Maylene Weaknesses


Damage	Types
4.0x More Damage
2.0x More Damage	Flying Psychic Fairy
0.5x Less Damage	Rock Bug Dark
0.25x Less Damage
Immune to Damage

Pokemon BDSP Maylene Pokemon

List of Pokemon Gym Leader Maylene will use in battle, we have included the pokemon moves, ability, and more below.

Pokemon used in the 1st battle against Maylene.


Pokemon	Moves	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
Meditite Lv. 27 Item: Light Clay Ability: Pure Power Raises the Pokémon's Attack stat.
	Bulk Up		—	20	Raises user's Attack and Defense.
	Drain Punch	112.5	100	10	User recovers half the HP inflicted on opponent.
	Flash	—	100	20	Lowers opponent's Accuracy.
	Light Screen	—	—	30	Halves damage from Special attacks for 5 turns.
Machoke Lv. 27 Item: Expert Belt Ability: Guts Guts raises the ability-bearer's Attack by 50% when inflicted by a major status ailment (poison, burn, paralysis, freeze or sleep). If burnt, the Pokémon does not suffer the usual drop in Attack.
	Bulldoze	60	100	20	Lowers opponent's Speed.
	Knock Off	65	100	20	Removes opponent's held item for the rest of the battle.
	Low Sweep	97.5	100	20	Lowers opponent's Speed.
	Rock Tomb	60	95	15	Lowers opponent's Speed.
Lucario Lv. 30 Item: Big Root Ability: Steadfast Raises Speed each time the Pokémon flinches.
	Bulk Up		—	20	Raises user's Attack and Defense.
	Drain Punch	112.5	100	10	User recovers half the HP inflicted on opponent.
	Metal Claw	75	95	35	May raise user's Attack.
	Screech	—	85	40	Sharply lowers opponent's Defense.

Pokemon used in the 2nd (Rematch) battle against Maylene.


Pokemon	Moves	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
Hitmontop Lv. 64 Item: Expert Belt Ability: Intimidate Intimidate lower's the Attack of all opponents by one stage when the ability-bearer switches in (including the start of a battle).
	Brick Break	112.5	100	15	Breaks through Reflect and Light Screen barriers.
	Close Combat	180	100	5	Lowers user's Defense and Special Defense.
	Stone Edge	100	80	5	High critical hit ratio.
	Sucker Punch	70	100	5	User attacks first, but only works if opponent is readying an attack.
Breloom Lv. 66 Item: Life Orb Ability: Technician Technician increases the power of moves - that are usually base power 60 or below - by 50%.
	Bullet Seed	37.5	100	30	Hits 2-5 times in one turn.
	Force Palm	90	100	10	May paralyze opponent.
	Mach Punch	60	100	30	User attacks first.
	Rock Tomb	60	95	15	Lowers opponent's Speed.
Heracross Lv. 68 Item: Flame Orb Ability: Guts Guts raises the ability-bearer's Attack by 50% when inflicted by a major status ailment (poison, burn, paralysis, freeze or sleep). If burnt, the Pokémon does not suffer the usual drop in Attack.
	Close Combat	180	100	5	Lowers user's Defense and Special Defense.
	Facade	70	100	20	Power doubles if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed.
	Megahorn	180	85	10	Using its tough and impressive horn, the user rams into the target to inflict damage.
	Stone Edge	100	80	5	High critical hit ratio.
Infernape Lv. 70 Item: White Herb Ability: Blaze Blaze increases the power of Fire-type moves by 50% (1.5x) when the ability-bearer's HP falls below a third of its maximum (known in-game as in a pinch).
	Acrobatics	55	100	15	Stronger when the user does not have a held item.
	Close Combat	180	100	5	Lowers user's Defense and Special Defense.
	Flare Blitz	180	100	15	User receives recoil damage. May burn opponent.
	Overheat	195	90	5	Sharply lowers user's Special Attack.
Medicham Lv. 72 Item: Choice Band Ability: Pure Power Raises the Pokémon's Attack stat.
	Fire Punch	75	100	15	May burn opponent.
	High Jump Kick	195	90	10	If it misses, the user loses half their HP.
	Thunder Punch	75	100	15	May paralyze opponent.
	Zen Headbutt	120	90	15	May cause flinching.
Lucario Lv. 74 Item: Focus Sash Ability: Justified Justified raises the ability-bearer's Attack by one stage when hit by a damaging Dark-type move.
	Aura Sphere	120	—	20	Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness.
	Flash Cannon	120	100	10	May lower opponent's Special Defense.
	Vacuum Wave	60	100	30	User attacks first.
	Water Pulse	60	100	20	May confuse opponent.