Don't bring Ground, Flying, or Dragon types. Lapras is a special case because it is also partially a Water-type, so you'll want a Grass or Electric Pokémon on hand as well. Melony's Pokémon:Īll of Melony's Pokemon are Ice types, so bring a strong Fire, Fighting, Rock, or Steel Pokémon (preferably Fire), and you decimate them. You'll be given a detector that warns you before falling into a pit so that you can steer yourself in the right direction. Pokémon Shield Gym Mission: This is another mission where you'll need to navigate a collapsible floor. Rock-type attacks are super effective against Fire, Ice, Flying, and Bug, so avoid bringing Pokémon of any of those types. Raihan is the final Gym Leader you challenge before you can enter the Champion Cup. You'll want Pokémon with Ground, Water, Fighting, or Grass moves to easily take them out. Raihan was recently introduced as a Gym Leader in Galar and is possibly the strongest in that region. Barbaracle is Rock/Water, Shuckle is Rock/Bug, and Coalossal is Rock/Fire. Raihan just flat out rules, imo one of the best gym leaders they’ve ever created, possibly the 1 best. You'll be battling Rock-type Pokémon at Gordie's gym, and three have secondary types as well. There’s so much room for really simple yet innovative gym ideas, how they’re so lazy, I’ll never comprehend. You're given a detector that emits a vibration when you get close to a pit, so you know to go in another direction.
Pokémon Sword Gym Mission: Like classic games, you'll need to walk across a collapsible floor without falling into the pits. Yamask is also weak against Water, Grass, and Ice, and Gengar is also weak against Ground and Physic. Mimikyu is also weak against Steel types. All Ghost Pokémon are naturally vulnerable to other Ghost and Dark attacks.
Yamask is Ghost/Ground, Mimikyu is Ghost/Fairy, and Gengar is Ghost/Poison. Allister's Pokémon:Īllister specializes in Ghost types, but three out of four of his Pokémon are dual types, meaning they have another type aside from Ghost. Pokémon Shield Gym Mission: Ride in what looks to be an amusement park ride as you use the left and right thumbsticks to avoid obstacles along your path. Do not bring any Normal, Dark, Ice, Rock, or Steel Pokémon as they are weak against Fighting types. Pangoro is weak against Fighting, Fairy, and Flying, but is immune to Psychic damage. Fighting Pokémon are weak against Fairy, Psychic, and Flying attacks.
Bea's Pokémon:Īll of Bea's Pokémon are Fighting types except for Pangoro, which is Fighting/Dark. The same logic can’t be applied to Leon since his jersey just has the number one on it, but that is pretty self-explanatory considering he is the undefeated Galar Champion.Pokémon Sword Gym Mission: Use your left and right thumbsticks while sliding down a slope and use punching gloves to move yourself. Though since neither of them is a Gym Leader, at least at the start, the meanings do not pertain to a specific type, but only to their character traits. This method of breaking down numbers can also be applied to the three rivals in the game, Bede, Marnie, and Hop, who also have three-digit numbers on their uniforms. 'Bring the storm My partner will send everyone in the stadium flying' From the popular game 'Pokémon Sword and Shield' comes a Nendoroid of the Gym Leader recognized as the strongest in Galar, Raihan He comes with three face plates including a standard expression, a winking expression and a smiling expression, Optional. YouTuber Gaijinhunter recognized the trend and translated each number into the proper format and the digits into the English meaning on Twitter. I’ll avoid names and images since some might be spoilers, but did you know the 3-digit numbers on their uniforms are word play jokes in Japanese? These are hard to follow at times and remind me of how pagers (pocket bell) used to work to send messages- Gaijinhunter November 20, 2019