The upbeat Candice can freeze your story progress with her Ice-type team unless you’re prepared for the frigid encounter.
Note:This guide is for the gym leader battle, not the rematch.
Her Team
Candice switches up the gym leader format thus far, bringing in four Pokémon to fight you:
To our knowledge, Candice will use up to twoFull Restoreswhen her Pokémon are low.
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Strategy
Candice leads off with aSnoverwith anIcy Rock(which will activateHailfor eight turns) and will likely end with an Abomasnow with the same ability. Expect to spend the whole fight taking chip damage from Hail unless you’re able to overwrite it with another weather type.
Sneasel can be threatening if you’re not prepared for its diverse move set.Digwill deal withFireandSteel-typePokémon andMetal Clawcan take downFairyandRock-typePokémon. And with Sneasel’shigh Speed stat, it’s very likely to go first.
On top of all that, it has aChople Berryto drastically lower a super-effective Fighting-type attack, which will likely let it survive one despite its four-times weakness to the type.
Luckily, Sneasel is also very frail, so if you have aFire,Rock,Bug,Steel,Fire, orFairy-typemove on a Pokémon it can’t KO easily, then you should be able to one-shot it.
Medicham is surprising Pokémon for Candice to have considering that it’s not an Ice-type Pokémon. Between its abilityPure Powerand itsExpert Belt, Medicham will do some extreme damage given the chance—especially if it can get aBulk Upor two off. Take it out fast with aFlying,Ghost, orFairy-typemove.
Abomasnow boastssevendifferent weaknesses, including a four-times weakness toFire. It’s also as slow as a snail. Bring out your heaviest hitter with a type-effective move and wipe it out quickly before it can get anAurora Veiloff to buff its defenses and go on a rampage.
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