Crasher Wake has both a powerful personality and a powerful team of Water-type Pokémon, making him a force to be reckoned with. He can be fought as either the third or fourth gym leader.
Note: This guide is for the gym leader fight, not the rematch.
His Team
Wake brings three Pokémon to his gym leader battle:
To our knowledge, he will use up to twoHyper Potionswhen his Pokémon are low.
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Strategy
Gyaradosis the first out. ItsIntimidateability will lower the attack of your first Pokémon, so plan to either switch immediately or use a special attacker.Electric-type attackswill fry Gyarados quickly, butRock-type attackswill get the job done too.
Two of Wake’s three Pokémon knowIce Fang, which makes Flying and Grass-type Pokémon liabilities. This makes taking advantage of Quagsire’sonly weakness(Grass) harder to do, but still doable.
If Quagsire gets off aRain Dance, prepare for a rough time. All Water-type moves used will get a damage buff once it starts raining. Add that onto the same-type attack bonus all his Pokémon will get and you’ll be taking some serious damage from every Water attack even if you resist them.
You canoverwrite Rain Dancewith a weather move of your own or evenuse your own Water-type attacksto take advantage of your opponent’s strategy. This works especially well on Quagsire itself since it takes neutral damage from Water moves.
Between its abilitySwift SwimandAqua Jet(which is guaranteed to hit first in a turn) you likely won’t be out-speeding Floatzel. Your best bet is to either hope your Pokémon can take a hit and then crush Floatzel with anElectricorGrassmove, or bring out a Water-type of your own and trade blows.
If you weather out Wake’s weather and keep yourself healed up, then you should be able to beat Wake’s team in no time!
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