In Diamond and Pearl, Hearthome City’s Gym Leader has kept you waiting. Your victories in Veilstone City and Pastoria City have finally made her want to face you. Her Ghost Gym is the most mysterious in Sinnoh.
Playing Platinum? This step doesn’t concern you: you already beat Fantina in step 13. Skip straight to Route 218 and Canalave City.
- Objective
- Defeat Fantina to earn the fifth Badge
- Gym type
- Ghost
- Rewards
- Relic Badge (Surf outside battle), TM65 Shadow Claw
- Recommended level
- 34 to 38
🚪The Gym of questions
Fly to Hearthome City: the Gym is open. Each room poses a question on a sign; the right answer shows which door to take. A wrong door leads to a trainer. The trainers line up Gastly, Haunter, Misdreavus and Drifloon, from level 26 to 32.
👻Fantina
Fantina
📍 Hearthome GymGhost
Normal and Fighting moves don’t affect Ghost types. Check your team’s moves before going in: a Staraptor with only Normal moves, or a Machoke, would be useless.
Drifblim (Ghost and Flying) fears Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost and Dark. Watch out for Minimize, which raises its evasiveness.
Gengar is the fastest. A Psychic, Ground, Ghost or Dark move brings it down quickly; a Gabite with Earthquake is ideal.
Mismagius, level 36, holds a Sitrus Berry and alternates between Confuse Ray, Psybeam and Shadow Ball. Hit hard with Dark or Ghost moves; a Steel Pokémon resists its attacks.
Fantina gives you the Relic Badge, which at last lets you use Surf outside battle, and TM65 Shadow Claw, a physical Ghost move that often lands critical hits.
🌊The seas of Sinnoh open up
With Surf, a large part of the region becomes accessible: the items by the water that you left behind (Ravaged Path, Valley Windworks, Floaroma Meadow), deep-sea fishing and, soon, the southern waterways. Your next destination is west of Jubilife City, across the sea: Route 218 and Canalave City.
