Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC: The Indigo Disk Elite Four

Crispin is located in the Savanna Biome at the Savanna Plaza. You will have to make him a very spicy sandwich before you battle him. His team is based around Fire-type Pokémon, but he also has a Chlorophyll Exeggutor with Sitrus Berry, Harvest and Solarbeam. This is a great counter to Water-type, particularly as other Pokémon will set up the sun for it. Other types of weather will counter it quite well.

Crispin always leads Rotom Heat and Talonflame; the latter will always start with Sunny Day. The Talonflame will also Sunny Day again if the weather is changed. The others can be sent out in varying order, but the final Pokémon is always Blaziken. You will receive the Temper Flare TM as your reward.

Rotom Heat

• Ability - Levitate
• Item - Rocky Helmet
• Moves - Overheat, Will-O-Wisp, Hex

Talonflame

• Ability - Flame Body
• Item - Focus Sash
• Moves - Brave Bird, Sunny Day

Exeggutor

• Ability - Harvest
• Item - Sitrus Berry
• Moves - Solarbeam

Camerupt

• Ability - Magma Armor or Solid Rock
• Item - Passho Berry?
• Moves - Heat Wave, Earth Power

Magmortar

• Ability - Flame Body
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Flamethrower, Psychic

Blaziken

• Ability - Speed Boost
• Tera type - Fire
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Temper Flare, Focus Blast

Indigo Disk: How to beat Amarys the Steel-type E4

Amarys is found in the Canyon Biome at Canyon Plaza. Her team focuses on Steel-type Pokémon with a number of heavy-hitting physical attackers. The exception here is Reuniclus. As most of her team is very slow, Reuniclus uses Trick Room to make her slower Pokémon go first. You can counter this with priority-type attacks, your own Trick Room or Taunt.

She always leads with Skarmory who likes to Whirlwind out one of your team for a random member. She also leads an Alolan Dugtrio with Tangling Hair, which will help slow down your lead. Metagross always comes out last as her tera Pokémon. If you beat her, you will be rewarded with the Hard Press TM.

Skarmory

• Ability - Sturdy?
• Item - Rocky Helmet
• Moves - Whirlwind, Body Press, Stealth Rock

Alolan Dugtrio

• Ability - Tangling Hair
• Item - Focus Sash
• Moves - Earthquake, Iron Head

Reuniclus

• Ability - Magic Guard
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Trick Room, Psychic, Psyshock

Empoleon

• Ability - Competitive
• Item - Assault Vest?
• Moves - Flash Cannon, Grass Knot, Ice Beam

Scizor

• Ability - Technician
• Item - Occa Berry?
• Moves - Trailblaze, Bullet Punch, Pounce

Metagross

• Ability - Clear Body
• Tera type - Steel
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Hard Press, Brick Break

Indigo Disk: How to beat Drayton the Dragon-type E4

Drayton is in the Polar Biome at Polar Plaza. He is the Dragon-type E4 member and don’t worry if you used awful Pokémon to beat his trial; you can switch your team before the start of the fight. All of his Pokémon are Dragon-type, except Sceptile, who is an honorary Dragon thanks to its Mega Evolution.

Drayton always leads Dragonite and Flygon, though Dragonite can take a surprisingly hard Ice-type move thanks to both the Yache Berry and the Multiscale ability. It also has Extreme Speed, which always packs a punch. The rest of the order is random except Archaludon, which is Drayton’s Tera and always comes out last. He will give you the Dragon Cheer TM as your reward, which you can use to evolve your Dipplin.

Dragonite

• Ability - Multiscale
• Item - Yache Berry
• Moves - Extreme Speed, Earthquake

Flygon

• Ability - Levitate
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Earthquake

Haxorus

• Ability - Mold Breaker
• Item - Focus Sash
• Moves - Unknown

Kingdra

• Ability - Sniper?
• Item - Scope Lens?
• Moves - Unknown

Sceptile

• Ability - Unburden
• Item - Weakness Policy
• Moves - Unknown

Archaludon

• Ability - Sturdy
• Tera - Dragon
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Dragon Cheer

Indigo Disk: How to beat Lacey the Fairy-type E4

Lacey is the Fairy-type E4 member who inhabits the Coastal Plaza in the Coastal Biome. While the majority of her Pokémon are Fairy-type, she has a Galarian Slowbro, which is Poison-/Psychic-type, and an Excadrill, which terastylises to Fairy-type.

She will always lead with Whimsicott and Granbull. Whimsicott will use the Prankster ability to set up a screen and protect the rest of Lacey’s team. It also has a Focus Sash, meaning it could set up both screens, but doesn’t always. Her final Pokémon will be Excadrill as her Tera. For winning, you’ll be rewarded with the Alluring Voice TM.

Whimsicott

• Ability - Prankster
• Item - Focus Sash
• Moves - Light Screen, Moonblast, Tailwind, Energy Ball

Granbull

• Ability - Intimidate
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Fire Punch

Galarian Slowbro

• Ability - Quick Draw
• Item - Sitrus Berry
• Moves - Flamethrower, Psychic, Shell Side Arm,

Primarina

• Ability - Liquid Voice
• Item - Throat Spray
• Moves - Sparkling Aria, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Hyper Voice

Alcremie

• Ability - Aroma Veil
• Item - Leftovers
• Moves - Alluring Voice, Recover, Decorate

Excadrill

• Ability - Mold Breaker
• Tera - Fairy
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Iron Head, High Horsepower,

Indigo Disk: How to beat Champion Kieran

After you beat the E4 you can challenge the Champion by requesting a match at the entrance to Blueberry Academy. As a Champion, he has no speciality, and he also has a number of hard-hitting Pokémon. He leads with Dragonite and Politoed. As Politoed is slow, you might want your weather setter in the back if you want control. This will also help with Dragonite, who uses the rain to get accurate Hurricanes. The other Pokémon are in random order except Hydrapple, who is always his last.

Politoed

• Ability - Drizzle
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Weather Ball, Helping Hand

Dragonite

• Ability - Multiscale
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Hurricane

Incineroar

• Ability - Intimidate
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Flare Blitz?

Porygon-Z

• Ability - Adaptability or Analytic
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Unknown

Grimmsnarl

• Ability - Prankster
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Reflect, Light Screen

Hydrapple

• Ability - Supersweet Syrup
• Tera - Fighting
• Item - Unknown
• Moves - Gyro Ball