Spiritomb is one of the rarest Pokémon you can encounter in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Brilliant Pearl. It will be the first Pokémon Cynthia sends out to decide the champion, or you can catch one yourself through some weird passages. If you are having trouble fighting Spiritomb, here are some weak points and strong contrasts against it.
What is Spiritomb weak against?
Spiritomb is a ghost and dark type Pokémon, so it doesn't have many weaknesses. The only type of move that is super effective against it is the fairy type, so if you have a Pokémon with moves like Moonblast, Play Rough, or Dazzling Gleam, those will do the most damage to it early. If you don't have any fairy moves available, focus on your most powerful fire, water, or electric attacks.
Since he's a ghost type, normal and combat moves won't affect Spiritomb at all, and since he's also dark, psychic moves won't affect him either. Poison-type moves are not very effective.
Best counters
The best Pokémon to use against Spiritomb are obviously the fairy types. Togekiss and Clefable come to mind first, but another great choice is Blissey. Other Pokémon that can learn powerful fairy moves include Mew, Palkia, Dialga, Mr. Mime, and Gardevoir. However, if you are using any of these choices, beware of the strong dark moves Spiritomb will counter you with. Fortunately, Spiritomb is quite slow, so you should be able to perform the first attack in most cases. If you are decimated by Spiritomb and unable to perform any fairy moves, use a Pokémon with strong defenses that has elemental attacks to take its hits and slowly take it down.
