Depleting your Potion stock is all part of the experience .
The difficulty spike between Victory Road and the Elite Four is abnormally in high spirits . But the startle from Lucian to Cynthia is no jest . Not only will you be dealing with Pokémon with abnormally high quartet ( read : nearly all of her Pokémon’sIVsare maxed ) , but they ’re also very fast .
you may go about beating Cynthia in three ways , outspeed her Pokémon , tank her Pokemon ’s attacks , trial by ordeal super - effective damage(while also outspeeding Pokémon or tanking tone-beginning ) .
Before we begin , here are all of Cynthia ’s Pokémon :
Outspeeding Cynthia’s Pokémon
As long as it ’s not Lucario and Garchomp , there ’s a very good prospect that you ’ll outspeed Cynthia ’s Pokémon . In fact , hit Roserade or Milotic with a potent super - effective onslaught and they ’re out of the game .
Gastrodon is weak to Grass . If you do n’t have a grass Pokémon in your party , that ’s okay ! Unlike Roserade and Milotic , Gastrodon does n’t shoot as hard . As long as youdon’t pit a Pokémon weak to Ground movement against it , they ’ll very likely exist .
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Spiritomb does n’t have weaknesses and is immune to Psychic , Fighting , and Normal attacks . She has high-pitched Defense and Special Defense . If you keep hitting her though , she ’ll go down eventually .
However , if you have Empoleon and spam Surf and other water moves on her , Cynthia will switch Spiritomb for Gastrodon . Gastrodon has an Ability calledStorm drainpipe , which boosts its Special Attack when hit with a water move . Be deliberate !
Tanking Cynthia’s Pokémon attacks
Lucario and Garchomp are both extremely riotous and very heavy hitters . Furthermore , they both have nature that promote Speed by 10 % ( Timid for Lucario and Jolly for Garchomp ) . Unless you haveEV trained your Pokémonbefore this battle , never expect to outspeed them . The goal is to survive the first attack and hopefully take them out with one of yours .
Battling Lucario is easy . He’sextremely fragile — one crack - in effect hit will pink him out . His attempt move areAura Sphere , Dragon Pulse , andFlash Cannon . Dragon Pulse is tankable since it wo n’t advance same - type onset bonus ( STAB ) with Lucario being a Steel / Fighting Pokémon . You ’ll pull through Aura Sphere and Flash Cannon as long as the Pokémon you use is n’t weak to Fighting and Steel .
How to beat Cynthia’s Garchomp
There ’s a reason why Garchomp is Cynthia ’s ace . She ’s only weak to three very rarified Pokémon types : Ice , Dragon , andFairy .
A lot ofFairy types , like Gardevoir , have reallylow HP and Defense , so it ’s really not recommended that you take one . Meanwhile , using a Dragon Pokémon is super risky , simply because flying dragon are weak against dragon . It might not endure Garchomp ’s Dragon Claw STAB move , specially if it ’s only five or so levels above her .
Garchomp can be beaten by most newcomer , believe it or not . Infernape and Empoleon are watery to Earthquake due to typing , but that move only has 10PPs . If youmake Garchomp waste Earthquake on a Pokémon who can tank the move(while spam - healing it with Hyper and Max Potions ) , you’re able to institutionalize either of them out for the killing after . Empoleon , in special , can even learn Ice Beam . you could purchase Ice Beam from the Veilstone Department Store . Many Pokémon can live Earthquake , but Water , Grass , and Ice Pokémon are resistive to it .
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Meanwhile , Torterra ’s biggest asset is its super high Defense stat ; It will hold up Earthquake and Dragon Claw . Torterra trainers demand to look on out forPoison Jab , which has 20PPs , so the above method might not run ( or it could , it ’ll just take a while , and you may necessitate to use a ton of Potions ) .
Torterra trainer should bring a Pokémon that ’s not weak to Dragon , Ground , or Poison moves . Said Pokémon also need a comely Defense stat . We prefer Water types , such as Quagsire , since most Water Pokémon have high HP / Defense and they can learn Ice move . Just deflect Floatzel since Defense is not its strong gunpoint .
There ’s no one right scheme to take on Cynthia , specially when we bring dissimilar Pokémon to challenge the conference . If you miss the first clip , do n’t worry — just reload your save and try again . you’re able to even take the deprivation , capture or grind the Pokémon you need to , and just rebattle the Elite Four . The key to success is readiness .
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