As we all know, Cynthia is regarded by many as the hardest opponent in the series, with a team packing very strong and/or bulky Pokémon like Spiritomb and Milotic, with max IVs across the board, but none stands out as much as her ace, Garchomp, a Ground/Dragon-type with very strong HP, Attack and Speed stats. Some people have been swept by this thing without even being able to do anything to it, while others have beaten it with clever strategy. It's even regarded as extremely fast, being able to go before some of the fastest Pokémon you may have. So, how have you managed to defeat this disaster?
I remember the first time I played Pearl I think, this thing KO'ed one of my Pokémon with Giga Impact, and then I went to my Gastrodon which was a bit over Level 50, and I went for Ice Beam and did over half, but her Sitrus Berry healed her health. I recall managing to defeat it with my next hit, but i'm not certain. (Or it may have been the other way around...)
That was just one occasion, I can surely name a few others. How about you? How have you managed to overcome this nightmare? Discuss.
As we all know, Cynthia is regarded by many as the hardest opponent in the series, with a team packing very strong and/or bulky Pokémon like Spiritomb and Milotic, with max IVs across the board, but none stands out as much as her ace, Garchomp, a Ground/Dragon-type with very strong HP, Attack and Speed stats. Some people have been swept by this thing without even being able to do anything to it, while others have beaten it with clever strategy. It's even regarded as extremely fast, being able to go before some of the fastest Pokémon you may have. So, how have you managed to defeat this disaster?
I remember the first time I played Pearl I think, this thing KO'ed one of my Pokémon with Giga Impact, and then I went to my Gastrodon which was a bit over Level 50, and I went for Ice Beam and did over half, but her Sitrus Berry healed her health. I recall managing to defeat it with my next hit, but i'm not certain. (Or it may have been the other way around...)
That was just one occasion, I can surely name a few others. How about you? How have you managed to overcome this nightmare? Discuss.
That's really good, but like I was saying if you have those pokemon and the moves like me you will ace the battle without having to revive any of them from fainting from a critical hit.My whole team was pretty well equipped against Cynthia but I'm pretty sure it was my Gastrodon Shelly who struck the final blow with ice beam. :D
Haha, well the first time, I lost badly. But luckily, I had seen all 150 pokemon so I got the national pokedex, brought some legendary pokemon from my Emerald and destroyed Cynthia. My Lugia Aeroblasted her Garchomp, which was pretty good.
You did good there with Lugia but if you didn't have Lugia but had the others I mentioned on the list you would still beat her, what Cynthia uses are Strong Pokemon but her moves set for each of her pokemon are weak as hell, so beating her is just a piece of cake if you have the right moves and the right pokemon to execute the moves with.