Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Gym Order By Level

Defeating Gym Leaders is one of the main goals when playing Pokémon games. For the longest time, the path to the Elite Four has been the same for everybody, but things are different thanks to the open world in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. You can choose your order of challenging the eight Gym Leaders. Of course, there’s always the best way to do things. This guide will tell you the best Gym order for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, plus how to challenge the Elite Four.

What’s the Best Gym Order for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet?

The best Gym order for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is as follows:

• Cortondo Gym
• Artazon Gym
• Levincia Gym
• Cascarrafa Gym
• Medali Gym
• Montenevera Gym
• Alfornada Gym
• Glaseado Gym

As mentioned, you can choose whatever order you want when challenging the Gym Leaders, but their teams have a set level that doesn’t scale based on your Pokémon. So even though you’re technically free to choose, the game is still recommending a certain order based on the level of the Pokémon the Gym Leaders use.

Note that every Gym Leader uses a Terastallized Pokémon, and you should never go into battle expecting only one type of Pokémon to appear. You can also break up your Gym battle journey by following the other two paths available in Scarlet and Violet, taking on the Titans and the Team Star bases to level up your Pokemon.

Cortondo Gym

• Gym Leader: Katy
• Pokémon Type: Bug
• Recommended Level: 15
• Recommended Pokémon: Fire, Flying, and Rock

Katy’s Pokémon (First Match)

Pokemon	Type	Level
Nymble	Bug	14
Tarountula	Bug	14
Teddiursa	Normal Bug (Tera)	14

Katy’s Pokemon (Rematch)

Pokemon	Type	Level
Lokix	Bug/Dark	65
Forretress	Bug/Steel	65
Spidops	Bug	65
Heracross	Bug/Fighting	65
Ursaring	Normal Bug (Tera)	66

Artazon Gym

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• Gym Leader: Brassius
• Pokémon Type: Grass
• Recommended Level: 17
• Recommended Pokémon: Fire and Flying

Brassius’ Pokémon (First Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Petilil	Grass	16
Smoliv	Grass/Normal	16
Sudowoodo	Rock Grass (Tera)	17

Brassius’ Pokémon (Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Lilligant	Grass	65
Breloom	Grass/Fighting	65
Tsareena	Grass	65
Arboliva	Grass/Normal	65
Sudowoodo	Rock Grass (Tera)	66

Levinicia Gym

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• Gym Leader: Iono
• Pokémon Type: Electric
• Recommended Level: 24
• Recommended Pokémon: Ground

Iono’s Pokémon (First Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Wattrel	Electric/Flying	23
Luxio	Electric	23
Bellibolt	Electric	23
Mismagious	Ghost Electric (Tera)	24

Iono’s Pokémon (Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Kilowattrel	Electric/Flying	65
Luxray	Electric	65
Bellibolt	Electric	65
Electrode	Electric	65
Mismagious	Ghost Electric (Tera)	66

Cascarrafa Gym

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• Gym Leader: Kofu
• Pokémon Type: Water
• Recommended Level: 30
• Recommended Pokémon: Electric and Grass

Kofu’s Pokémon (First Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Veluza	Water/Psychic	29
Wugtrio	Water	29
Crabominable	Fighting/Ice Water (Tera)	30

Kofu’s Pokemon (Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Veluza	Water/Psychic	65
Pelipper	Water/Flying	65
Wugtrio	Water	65
Clawitzer	Water	65
Crabominable	Fighting/Ice Water (Tera)	66

Medali Gym

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• Gym Leader: Larry
• Pokémon Type: Normal
• Recommended Level: 36
• Recommended Pokémon: Fighting

Larry’s Pokémon (First Gym Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Komala	Normal	35
Dudunsparce	Normal	35
Staraptor	Normal/Flying Normal (Tera)	36

Larry’s Pokemon (Gym Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Oikologne	Normal	65
Komala	Normal	65
Braviary	Normal/Flying	65
Dudunsparce	Normal	65
Staraptor	Normal/Flying Normal (Tera)	66

Montenevera Gym

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• Gym Leader: Ryme
• Pokémon Type: Ghost
• Recommended Level: 42
• Recommended Pokémon: Ghost and Dark

Ryme’s Pokémon (First Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Mimikyu	Ghost/Fairy	41
Banette	Ghost	41
Houndstone	Ghost	41
Toxtricity	Electric/Poison Ghost (Tera)	42

Ryme’s Pokémon (Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Mimikyu	Ghost/Fairy	65
Banette	Ghost	65
Spiritomb	Ghost/Dark	65
Houndstone	Ghost	65
Toxtricity	Electric/Poison Ghost (Tera)	66

Alfornada Gym

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• Gym Leader: Tulip
• Pokémon Type: Psychic
• Recommended Level: 45
• Recommended Pokémon: Bug, Ghost, and Dark

Tulip’s Pokémon (First Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Farigiraf	Normal/Psychic	44
Gardevoir	Psychic/Fairy	44
Espathra	Psychic	44
Florges	Fairy Psychic (Tera)	45

Tulip’s Pokémon (Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Farigiraf	Normal/Psychic	65
Gardevoir	Psychic/Fairy	65
Espathra	Psychic	65
Gallade	Psychic/Fighting	65
Florges	Fairy Psychic (Tera)	66

Glaseado Gym

Screenshot by The Escapist

• Gym Leader: Grusha
• Pokémon Type: Ice
• Recommended Level: 48
• Recommended Pokémon: Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel

Grusha’s Pokémon (First Match)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Frosmoth	Ice/Bug	47
Beartic	Ice	47
Cetitan	Ice	47
Altaria	Dragon/Flying Ice (Tera)	48

Grusha’s Pokémon (Rematch)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Frosmoth	Ice/Bug	65
Beartic	Ice	65
Cetitan	Ice	65
Weavile	Dark/Ice	65
Altaria	Dragon/Flying Ice (Tera)	66

As you can see from the levels of the Gym Leaders’ Pokémon, this is certainly the best order in which to tackle the Gyms in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Once you’ve finished your Gym battles, you can set your sights on the Elite Four as in prior games. There’s a set order here, so you’ll challenge each member as they appear.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Elite Four

As the name implies, there are four members of the Elite Four that you’ll need to defeat, in order, before your journey through Victory Road is complete. To help you prepare to face off against this challenge, here are the four members of the Elite Four in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, their Pokemon teams, and the best way to defeat them.

While you’ll face each opponent consecutively during the Champion Assessment, you will have a pause between each battle to heal your Pokemon using items and swap out your team for the optimal strategy to face each Elite Four trainer.

Rika

• Pokémon Type: Ground
• Recommended Pokemon: Water, Grass, and Ice

Rika’s Pokémon

Pokémon	Type	Level
Whiscash	Water/Ground	57
Camerupt	Fire/Ground	57
Donphan	Ground	57
Dugtrio	Ground	57
Clodsire	Poison/Ground Ground (Tera)	58

Poppy

• Pokémon Type: Steel
• Recommended Pokémon: Fighting, Ground, and Fire

Pokémon	Type	Level
Copperajah	Steel	58
Magnezone	Electric/Steel	58
Bronzong	Steel/Psychic	58
Corviknight	Flying/Steel	58
Tinkaton	Fairy/Steel Steel (Tera)	59

Larry

• Pokémon Type: Flying
• Recommended Pokémon: Electric, Rock, and Ice

Pokémon	Type	Level
Tropius	Grass/Flying	59
Oricorio	Electric/Flying	59
Altaria	Dragon/Flying	59
Staraptor	Normal/Flying	59
Flamigo	Flying/Fighting Flying (Tera)	60

Hassel

• Pokémon Type: Dragon
• Recommended Pokémon: Fairy and Ice (Dragon types are also weak to Dragon moves, but we don’t recommend using them since Hassel’s moves would be super effective on your team as well)

Pokémon	Type	Level
Noivern	Flying/Dragon	60
Haxorus	Dragon	60
Dragalge	Poison/Dragon	60
Flapple	Grass/Dragon	60
Baxcalibur	Dragon/Ice Dragon (Tera)	61

After you defeat the Elite Four, two challengers await before you’ve truly proved your worth as a Champion. First, you’ll face off against Top Champion Geeta, aka La Primera. At this point, you’ll become a Champion-ranked trainer. Naturally, this means that your rival, Nemona, wants another rematch, and your Victory Road story isn’t fully complete until you defeat her.

Top Champion Geeta

Unlike the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members, Geeta doesn’t use one primary type. Instead, her team features a range of Pokémon that will challenge the player to be strategic. As such, you’ll want to bring a well-rounded team to handle her, and we’ll note each Pokémon’s weaknesses in the chart below to help you decide.

Since many of Geeta’s Pokemon are weak to Fighting-types and Bug-types, it’s a good idea to have a few of these in your battle party.

Pokémon	Type	Level	Recommended Types to Beat
Espathra	Psychic	61	Ghost, Dark, or Bug
Gogoat	Grass	61	Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, or Ice
Veluza	Water/Psychic	61	Electric, Ghost, Dark, or Bug
Avalugg	Ice	61	Fighting, Fire, Rock, or Steel
Kingambit	Dark/Steel	61	Fighting, Fairy, or Fire
Glimmora	Rock/Poison Rock (Tera)	62	Fighting or Ground

Final Battle Against Champion Nemona

By this point, you will have battled Nemona a few times, but she brings her full Champion power to this battle.

Her team varies slightly depending on which starter you chose, with Nemona selecting the starter that’s weak to yours. The other Pokemon on her team are the same regardless of which you chose. Like Geeta, Nemona brings a variety of types into battle, requiring a more complex strategy. Fighting-types and Ground-types are good choices to have your team for this fight.

Pokémon	Type	Level	Recommended Types to Beat
Lycanroc	Rock	65	Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water, or Grass
Goodra	Dragon	65	Fairy or Ice
Dudunsparce	Normal	65	Fighting
Orthworm	Steel	65	Fighting, Fire, or Ground
Pawmot	Electric/Fighting	65	Ground
Quaquaval, Meowscarada, or Skeledirge	Water/Fighting, Grass/Dark, or Fire/Ghost	66	The starter you picked or similar type should work well here

Final Battle Against Arven

Pokémon	Type	Level	Recommended Types to Beat
Greedent	Normal	58	Fighting
Cloyster	Water/Ice	59	Grass, Electric, Fighting, Rock
Scovillain	Grass/Fire	60	Poison, Flying, Rock
Toedscruel	Ground/Grass	61	Ice, Flying, Bug
Garganacl	Rock	62	Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel
Mabosstiff	Dark (Tera-type)	63	Fighting, Bug, Fairy

Final Battle Against Penny

Pokémon	Type	Level	Recommended Types to Beat
Umbreon	Dark	62	Fighting, Bug, Fairy
Vaporeon	Water	62	Grass. Electric
Jolteon	Electric	62	Ground
Flareon	Fire	62	Water, Ground, Rock
Leafeon	Grass	62	Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug
Sylveon	Fairy	63	Poison, Steel

For more information/guides on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, check out this article on the game’s breeding and our comprehensive beginner’s guide to competitive Pokémon battles.

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