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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (2021)

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I have arrived at Sunyshore City, but I cannot take on the Gym, because Flint will be blocking the entrance, and he asks me to find Volkner, who is likely at the lighthouse. After that, I can then challenge Volkner for the final Gym Badge, and the Trainers in this Gym use Electric-type Pokémon.

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The encounter with Flint when you arrive at Sunyshore City is the first time you ever encounter a member of the Elite Four before the Pokémon League. The Gym Leader is not in the Gym, so you have to explore Sunyshore City, and you do encounter Jasmine, a Gym Leader from the Johto region, and you can access Route 223, but you cannot access the Pokémon League until you have the Hidden Move for Waterfall. There is Julia's house, and she gives you a Ribbon for your Pokémon if you talk to her every day, and in another house, which is by the Munchlax rock, you can get some Pokétch Apps by showing him Pokémon of different Natures, and when he says they will outnumber even the species of Pokémon, there are like 20 Pokétch Apps, and 898 Pokémon currently confirmed, well soon to be over 900 as there are some Pokémon revealed for Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
You can get a Thunder Stone here, which you can use to evolve Pikachu into Raichu, and near the Vista Lighthouse is a hidden Zap Plate, which powers up Electric-type moves, talk to Volkner when you enter the lighthouse, and he will go back to his Gym.
Sunyshore Gym uses Electric-type Pokémon, and as there are only three Electric-type evolution lines, the Trainers use other Pokémon, like Mr. Mime, Kadabra, Bibarel, Steelix, and Medicham, they do know Electric-type moves, and in Platinum, they use Pokémon of the Magnemite and Electabuzz lines, which are in the Sinnoh Dex in Platinum.
Then we have Volkner, the final Gym Leader in the game, and you will need to create a path by rotating the gears by stepping on the switches, and as this game uses the original Diamond & Pearl Dex, he has two Pokémon that are not Electric-type, here is his team.
Raichu: Nuzzle, Volt Switch, Surf, Charge Beam (Shuca Berry)
Ambipom: Fake Out, Thunderbolt, Double Hit, Last Resort (Chople Berry)
Octillery: Octazooka, Focus Energy, Aurora Beam, Charge Beam (Expert Belt)
Luxray: Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Crunch, Iron Tail (Sitrus Berry)

As for Volkner's team in Platinum, he had Raichu, Jolteon, Luxray, and Electivire, so he had a full team of Electric-type Pokémon, and his Electivire was really tough, it didn't have Ice Punch, which would have made it more challenging. Raichu has Surf to cover its type disadvantage against Ground-type, but you can nullify it with Storm Drain Gastrodon or Water Absorb Quagsire if you have them. Ambipom is likely to use Fake Out, and its Last Resort can really hurt if you let it use its other moves, Octillery has Sniper, and if it uses Focus Energy, its moves can deal even more damage, and it has type coverage against Grass-types with Aurora Beam, and his Luxray is not to be underestimated, it knows Ice Fang to deal with Ground-type Pokémon, if you have any Pokémon with Ground-type moves, like Bulldoze or Earthquake, you can use them to deal with Volkner's team, a Fighting-type to deal with Ambipom, it does have a Chople Berry to reduce damage from Fighting-type moves, and an Electric-type to fight Octillery with.
After beating Volkner, he gives you the Beacon Badge, some Stickers, and the TM for Charge Beam, a weak Electric-type move that has a 70% chance of boosting your Special Attack, and there are some non-Electric-type Pokémon that can learn that move, like Alakazam, Octillery, Bronzong, and a few others, but there are some Pokémon that already learn Thunderbolt, which is better to have if they can learn it.
When you leave the Gym, talk to Jasmine, and she gives you TMs for Waterfall, as well as the Hidden Move you can use outside of battle, Waterfall is a good Physical Water-type move, while some like Gyarados and Floatzel can learn it through level up, there are some can learn it through TM, like Azumarill, Quagsire, Octillery, or Bibarel that can make good use of that move.

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