Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Player Beats Cynthia Using a Team of Unowns

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Once Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has been completed, it can be difficult to find a reason to keep on playing. Perhaps after an extended period of time, it can feel like the experience is new again, but it can be difficult for some gamers to immediately replay a title.

One method of getting more mileage out of a game is to find new and fun ways to beat the game that are out of the ordinary. Some gamers choose to speedrun a game to try and master it and provide a reason to keep returning, and some like to set themselves seemingly impossible challenges.

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That is what Twitch streamer Matt_the_FossilJock chose to do with Pokemon Shining Pearl after completing the game's Pokemon League by defeating the Elite Four. Matt_the_FossilJock decided to train an entire team of Unown to between level 66 and 69 and defeat the Elite Four, which includes the incredibly difficult Cynthia in a nearly 30-minute long battle.

One of the focal points of the Unown Pokemon is that it can take the form of many letters and symbols, giving players the chance to catch multiple variations of Unown and the streamer decided to nickname his party Team Boobs! by using Unown's to spell out the word in his party.

Unown is a very interesting choice of Pokemon to use to defeat the Elite Four as it can only learn one move, Hidden Power, which is listed as a Normal-type move, but it varies depending on the Pokemon using it. However, in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl only Unown learns the attack, making it a Psychic only move in the game unless a Pokemon is traded from another game with the move.

With a base power of just 60, the move doesn't deal a lot of damage, but