Pokemon Diamond & Pearl 1st Gym Leader Roark Guide

Roark

Trainer: 1st Gym Leader

Type:

Rock

Location: Oreburgh City

Rewards: Coal Badge, TM76, can now use Rock Smash (TM98)

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Roark is a Gym Leader whose party consists of Rock Pokemon. This means Roark is weak against Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, Grass Pokemon, since in battle Roark will use Geodude(Lv.12), Onix(Lv.12), Cranidos(Lv.14), in Pokemon BDSP.

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Where to find and battle the 1st Gym Leader Roark in Pokemon BDSP

How to find and battle Roark in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Roark is Oreburgh City's Gym Leader who uses Rock type Pokemon, and defeating him will give you the Coal Badge, allowing you to use Rock Smash outside of battle.

Location: Oreburgh Mine

Travel to Oreburgh City.
Once in Oreburgh, speak to your Rival infront of the gym- he will tell you the Gym Leader has gone to the mines.
From here you go to Oreburgh Mine, which is located in the far south part of town.
Inside Oreburgh Mine, go down the stairs and through the first doorway.
Following the path to your left, you will find some items and encounter Roark- speaking to him will have him show you how the HM Rock Smash works and make his leave back to the gym.

Below are the steps required to make it through Oreburgh City's gym, where you will encounter Roark at the end.

Go to Oreburgh City.
Enter the Oreburgh Gym located in the middle west of town.
Stepping through the front doors of the gym, you have two options; either go straight ahead and fight two trainers or walk around them by going up the stairs to your left.

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 Roark Weakness

Roark is a Rock Type Trainer. This will mean Roark's Pokemon are weak against and take More Damage from Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, Grass Type Moves, and Less Damage from Normal, Flying, Poison, Fire Type moves.

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


Damage	Types
4.0x More Damage
2.0x More Damage	Fighting Ground Steel Water Grass
0.5x Less Damage	Normal Flying Poison Fire
0.25x Less Damage
Immune to Damage

Pokemon BDSP Roark Pokemon

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

Pokemon used in the 1st battle against Roark.


Pokemon	Moves	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
Geodude Lv. 12 Ability: Rock Head Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.
	Defense Curl	—	—	40	Raises user's Defense.
	Rollout	45	90	20	Doubles in power each turn for 5 turns.
	Stealth Rock	45	—	20	Damages opponent switching into battle.
Onix Lv. 12 Ability: Sturdy Sturdy allows the Pokémon to survive with 1 HP if attacked at full HP with an attack that would otherwise knock it out. It also prevents One-Hit-KO moves (Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine or Sheer Cold).
	Bind	15	85	20	Traps opponent, damaging them for 4-5 turns.
	Rock Throw	75	90	15
	Stealth Rock	75	—	20	Damages opponent switching into battle.
Cranidos Lv. 14 Ability: Mold Breaker Mold Breaker prevents a target's ability from affecting moves that the Mold Breaker Pokémon uses. It only affects abilities that change the power, accuracy or other effects of moves.
	Bulldoze	60	100	20	Lowers opponent's Speed.
	Headbutt	70	100	15	May cause flinching.
	Leer	—	100	30	Lowers opponent's Defense.

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


Pokemon	Moves	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
Tyranitar Lv. 68 Item: Smooth Rock Ability: Sand Stream Sand Stream creates a sandstorm when the ability-bearer enters battle. The effect lasts 5 turns, unless it is cleared via Air Lock or Cloud Nine or replaced by another weather condition.
	Crunch	120	100	15	May lower opponent's Defense.
	Roar	—	—	20	In battles, the opponent switches. In the wild, the Pokémon runs.
	Stealth Rock	—	—	20	Damages opponent switching into battle.
	Stone Edge	150	80	5	High critical hit ratio.
Aerodactyl Lv. 66 Item: Scope Lens Ability: Unnerve Makes the foe nervous and unable to eat Berries.
	Roar	—	—	20	In battles, the opponent switches. In the wild, the Pokémon runs.
	Roost	—	—	10	User recovers half of its max HP and loses the Flying type temporarily.
	Stealth Rock	—	—	20	Damages opponent switching into battle.
	Stone Edge	150	80	5	High critical hit ratio.
Armaldo Lv. 70 Item: Sitrus Berry Ability: Swift Swim Swift Swim doubles the ability-bearer's Speed during rain.
	Brine	65	100	10	Power doubles if opponent's HP is less than 50%.
	Earthquake	100	100	10	Power is doubled if opponent is underground from using Dig.
	Stone Edge	150	80	5	High critical hit ratio.
	X-Scissor	120	100	15	The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes or claws as if they were a pair of scissors. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.
Probopass Lv. 68 Item: Focus Sash Ability: Sand Force Sand Force raises the power of Ground, Rock and Steel type moves by 30% during a sandstorm.
	Body Press	80	100	10	The higher the user's Defense, the stronger the attack.
	Discharge	80	100	15	May paralyze opponent.
	Flash Cannon	120	100	10	May lower opponent's Special Defense.
	Power Gem	120	100	20	The user attacks with a ray of light that sparkles as if it were made of gemstones.
Relicanth Lv. 64 Item: Choice Band Ability: Rock Head Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.
	Head Smash	225	80	5	User receives recoil damage.
Rampardos Lv. 72 Item: Life Orb Ability: Sheer Force Sheer Force increases the power of moves that have beneficial secondary effects by 30%, but removes those additional effects.
	Head Smash	225	80	5	User receives recoil damage.
	Iron Tail	100	75	15	May lower opponent's Defense.
	Stone Edge	150	80	5	High critical hit ratio.
	Zen Headbutt	80	90	15	May cause flinching.