blaze through Flint ’s half-hearted squad .
The Fire - type member of the Elite Four is a chip crazy and does n’t realise that he only has two fervidness - case Pokémon . It ’s OK , though ; he figures out what type of Pokémon he ’s suppose to have in his rematches .
notice : This guide is for your first conflict with Flint . His Pokémon and level change in his rematches .

His Team
Flint ’s less - than - hot team consist of five Pokémon :
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Strategy
Rapidash hold aWide Lens , which improves its accuracy . It hopes to landHypnosis(which is only 60 - percent exact ) then follow up withFlame Chargefor focal ratio hike up orIron Tailto take outRock - types . Deal with the Sleep by waiting to wake up or using an item , then wipe Rapidash out .
Steelix can storm you with itsSheer ForceandLife Orb - buffedThunder Fang , which has the potential to eradicate even tankyWaterorFlying - type . Its other move are also all severe , but it ’s a SteelixwithoutSturdyin the close . practice a powerful specialWaterorFiremove to KO it in one go .
Drifblim is a incubus . Strength Sapwill mend it and enfeeble your Attack , Minimizemakes it unimaginable to hit , Will - O - Wispchips your HP and cut your onrush in one-half , it ’s Unburden ability will hike up its Speed when you finally manage to drop it below half HP and it eat its Sitrus Berry , and then it can lead all of its stat buffs over to another Pokémon ( unremarkably Infernape ) with Baton Pass .

Unless you have a marvelously strongGhost , Flying , Ice , Rock , Electric , orDark - typeattack that will one - burgeon forth the tanky Drifblim , do n’t be after on cause an easy scrap . You may require to use Drifblim to set up instead;SpeedandDefensewill be your best admirer function forward if you have a way to buffet them .
Moves guaranteed to collide with or can neutralise enemy stat buffs are also a God - send .
Lopunny is a jack - of - all - trade . It hasCute Charm , Leftovers , andMirror Coatto be defensive , and the eternal rest of its attacks are for impairment . Its stats certainly slant towards attack as well , making its defensive part not all that useful . A solidFighting - typemove can trade with Lopunny without much problem .
Infernape is severe , but it will typically add up in with a ten thousand of buffs from Drifblim , make it lethal . It even has its hide ability , Iron Fist , which increase the mogul of Punch moves . To top it all off , you ca n’t one - shoot it since it hasFocus Sash . You have to withstand at least two setback ; one from the turn , you damage it , then theMach Punchwill attempt to wind up you off with the next tour .
If you burnish yourDefense , then you ’re in good hand . If not , then good luck . GroundandGhost - typePokémon will be your good stake for surviving Infernape .
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