Clair is a bona fide sore loser, and she'll refuse to hand over any sort of prize to you for defeating her, including the coveted badge she holds. This is no easy battle, so absolutely, positively save before fighting her, and get ready to have to try this fight out multiple times before you succeed.įollowing the battle, things will go a little differently than you might be used to. Clair's use of a Hyper Potion and Full Restore mid-battle will no doubt annoy you, but this is typical Gym Leader fare. For instance, Gyarados should fall fairly quickly to Electric-type attacks, while you will want to consider Ice-based and Dragon-based attacks as your best fallback to defeat the two Dragonairs and the Kingdra. Be sure to utilize the various Pokemons' weaknesses to the best of your ability.

We had to grind our party of six Pokemon up to level thirty-eight in order to stand a chance in this fight. She'll come at you with a level thirty-eight Gyarados, two level thirty-eight Dragonairs, and a level forty-one Kingdra. That's because Clair's party is both versatile, and extremely powerful.

That is to say, it's hard to come into battle with only one or two Pokemon that can cause the entirety of the damage needed to take her party out. Unlike the other seven gym leaders you've faced-off with so far in the game, it's hard to 'fake it' with Clair. Dragon Rage (Dragon/Special/Other) Always takes off 40 HPįinally, at the northern end of the lava-filled gym, you'll find Gym Leader Clair.Keep this in the back of your head, as it will allow you to avoid all sorts of frustration. These will bring you back to the entrance, without having to jump through hoops to reorient the platforms to scale them back to the south. None of these fights are particularly notable - keep in mind that should you need to escape back to town quickly to heal yourself before proceeding onward, you can use the various teleportation devices you'll encounter (as glowing circles on the ground). All of these guys have Dragon-type Pokemon, so be prepared to deal with Dratini, Seadra, Dragonair, Kingdra and Gyarados of varying levels. This is an extremely easy set of puzzles to complete, so you should have no issues whatsoever.Įn route northward, between the various islands you'll come across, you'll face-off with five separate Ace Trainers. The idea is to use these switches in conjunction with one another so that you can continue ever-northward. The blue switch will shift the direction of the platform 90 degrees, while the arrows will push the platform in the direction those arrows face (which will differ, depending on the orientation of the platform itself). Each of these platforms has a blue switch in the center, with two arrows on either side. En route northward, you'll encounter three separate platforms that will gap chasms of lava. This gym seems devious in its setup, but you'll quickly find that there's very little of any difficulty for you to deal with here. But first things first - let's get through this gym. Thereafter, you'll be sent off to fight the powerful Pokemon League, and then the Elite Four, and finally, thereafter, the Champion of the Pokemon League, Lance. Here, you'll finally be able to take on the gym leader of this city, and earn your eighth badge. With all of Blackthorn City now fully explored (and in such a brief amount of time), it's time to head to the gym at the northern end of town.

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