Battling has been the core of the Pokemon experience since the series began. Though players have begged for more options in the world, Pokemon Battles have remained the primary method of interacting with the world, though 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Scarlet and Violet do give youꦡ the freedom to pursue the Pokemon League differently than in pr𝔍ior games.

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The Pokemon League as a whole is a mainstay of each entry, and it returns in the Indigo Disk DLC as the Blueberry League, fitted with its own Elite Four. Just like their Paldean cousins, the BB League has you undertake Elite Trials before you can face them. In this guide, we'll show you how to beat each trial and their respective members, all the way up to the Champion themselves.

What Is The BB League And How To Partake

Pokemon Violet Elite Trial Locations as shown on the in-game map

Like the Pokemon League of Paldea, the Blueberry Academy has the BB League. It's a place for the strongest trainers to battle in a school-wide Pokemon League. Its four members consist of Crispin, Amarys, Lacey, and Drayton, with Kieran sit🐭ting at the very top as Champion.

Though you cannot battle the BB League immediately, it isn't long before you can. After completing the tutorial in the Terrarium and meeting with Drayton for the first time, you will be made a member of the ♛BB League and able to tackle the BB League in whatever order you see fit.

Each member is located in a different section of the Terrarium, with their own T🅘ype focus. These are as💙 follows

  • Crispin in the Savannah Biome, with a focus on Fire types.
  • Amarys in the Canyon Biome, with a focus on Steel types.
  • Lacey in the Coastal Biome, with a focus on Fairy types.
  • Drayton in the Polar Biome, with a focus on Dragon types.

They can be battled in any order, though they must all be fought before you can challenge the Champion. Also important to keep in mind is that every battle will be a Double Battle, so it is important to 𒁏keep your own strengths and weaknesses in mind.

Each Trial, with the exception of Drayton, requires 50 BP to enter, so make sure you perform a few BBQs before attempting them. You can find a 🤡full guide on Blueberry Quests here.

Crispin's Trial

Pokemon Violet Crispin Victory picture showing the player cheering as Crispin cooks while his Magmortar heats his trusty frying pan

Though you can challenge them in any order, it is recommended to challenge Crispin first, as he is the weakest of the bunch. That said, however, he is far f𝔍rom a pushover, and will still test your fighting capabilities and the synergy of your Pokemon.

His trial can be started at the Savannah Plaza.

Crispin's Elite Trial

Pokemon Violet Crispin Eating A Spicy Sandwich surrounded by Magmortar

Crispin, being a chef, tasks you with creating the spiciest sandwich you possibly can for his Elite Trial. This is not as easy as just whipping out the ingredients in your bag, though. You need to trade with other trainers in the Savannah Biome.

The majority of these trainers will battle you for their ingredients, while others will give you rather mild ingredients that need to be traded to others in exchange for spicier ingredients. The ingredients you want to use are these:

  • Onion
  • Chilli Sauce
  • Chorizo
  • Mustard
  • Jalapeno

Behind the large rock Crispin stands beside during his trial, you can find another trainer, asking for either 50BP or a battle in exchange for a Jalapeno. Two Jalapenos are not necessary for the sandwich, but it is another option if you don't get it from trading.

After you've gathered the above ingredients, speak to Crispin to put it together and gift him with his spiciest sandwich yet!

In a fun nod to the wonky physics of sandwich making, Crispin will have a unique🎀 comment if you fail to place the bread on top of the sandwich. This will not affect your result, though.

Crispin's Battle

Pokemon Violet Crispin During Battle

After his trial, you are free to immediately challenge Crispin, or take the time to ready your team. Once you're prepped, begin the battle. His team is listed in the table below.

Pokemon

Type

Level

Item

Counters

Talonflame

Fire/Flying

77

Focus Sash

Water, Electric, Rock (x4)

Rotom (Heat Form)

Fire/Electric

77

Rockey Helmet

Rock, Water

Exeggutor

Grass/Psychic

78

Sitrus Berry

Flying, Poison, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice (x4)

Camerupt

Fire/Ground

78

Expert Belt

Ground, Water (x4)

Magmortar

Fire

78

Passho Berry

Ground, Rock, Water

Blaziken

Fire/Fighting

79

Assault Vest

Flying, Ground, Water, Psychic

As you can se🍸e, there is no single type that will be able to beat Crispin here. Even worse, many of his Pokemon offer a counter to a typical weakness of Fire. Talonflame is weak to Rock but may be paired with Exeggutor to🔯 counter that.

Your safest bet here would be to think of the weakness of your own Primary Pokemon and what they are weak to and pair them with another to counter that. A Pokemon like Garchomp has good coverage here, whi🧸le a Fire type of your own would be a counter-counter to Exeggutor.

Amarys' Trial

Pokemon Violet Amarys Victory picture showing Amarys and the player doing a heart post with their hands

Amarys can be found in the Canyon Biome at the Canyon Plaza, and is one of the toughest members of the Elite Four, despite in-lore being classed as only the third-best💟 within the hierarchy.

Amarys' Elite Trial

Amarys Elite Trial involves a brand new mechanic - 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:flying for Koraidon and Miraidon. This flight will only ﷺlast for the duration of the trial, 📖though you are given a full tutorial all the same.

The trial itself is quite simple, with the primary challenge of learning the mechanics of flight. All you need to do is fly through the various floating rings held up by Magnemite until you hit the finish line. Simple as that.

Each ring also adds a few seconds to your time, so you'll most likely finish with around 30-40 seconds remaining.

The controls for flight are not inverted by default, though this can be changed within the settings menu if that is more to your preference.

Amarys' Battle

Pokemon Violet Amarys During Battle

As you can see in the table below, Amarys' Pokemon are of an extremely high level, and it is best all your own Pokemon are at least on par with her levels, if not even higher.

Pokemon

Type

Level

Item

Counter

Dugtrio (Alolan Form)

Ground/Steel

83

Focus Sash

Fighting, Ground, Fire, Water

Skarmory

Steel/Flying

83

Rockey Helmet

Fire, Electric

Empoleon

Water/Steel

84

Mystic Water

Fighting, Ground, Electric

Scizor

Bug/Steel

84

Occa Berry

Fire (x4)

Reuniclus

Psychic

84

Leftovers

Bug, Ghost, Dark

Metagross

Steel/Psychic

85

Expert Belt

Ground, Ghost, Fire, Dark

Garchomp is another strong contender here due to the wide type coverage, while a Dark-type Pokemon like Meowscarada can be a great companion. Skeledirge is a good choice, too, though E😼m🌳poleon would be a major threat to them.

Many of Amarys' Pokemon are quite slow, and Reuniclus will try to take advantage of this through the use of Trick Room. As such, either prioritise taking out Reuniclus or bring slow Pokemon of yo🌟ur own so the effects of Trick are not so effective.

Lacey's Trial

Pokemon Violet Lacey Victory picture showing Lacey, the player, and all trial Pokemon together

Lace🧸y is the first m𝓡ember of the Elite Four you will meet and the one who gives you the tutorial to the Terrarium upon your arrival at Blueberry Academy.

It is recommended ﷽she is fought third and can be found at the Coastal Plaza in the Coastal Biome.

Lacey's Elite Trial

Lacey's Trial is focused entirely on your Pokemon trivia and a little bit of luck. Here, Lacey will quiz you with five different questions on Pokemon.

While if you get a question wrong twice you will be forced into a battle, there is no actually failing the trial, so don't worry too much if you don't get the answers right.

For the five questions, the answers a♍re as follows:

  • For where Pikachu stores their electricity, the answer is Cheeks.
  • For which part of Venonat's body that acts as a radar, it is rather deceptively the Eyes.
  • For which Sinistea is the Antique Form, is the central one. This can be seen by the mark on its base when it rotates.
  • For the Minior, you are asked to follow and correctly identify the Pink Minior after they've shuffled around. It will always be the middle Minior, on the rightmost edge of the screen.
  • For Granbull, the answer is the Tummy, which is intended to be an educated guess.

And that's it! Now you can move on to battling Lacey.

Lacey's Battle

Pokemon Violet Lacey During Battle

Like most Fairy trainers in the game, Lacey has a cutesy personality and an utterly devastating team. Unlike every other member of the Elite Four, though, two of her six Pokemon aren't even Fairy types, meaning you have to be even more careful with your t🤪ype coverage.

Pokemon

Type

Level

Item

Counter

Whimsicott

Grass/Fairy

78

Focus Sash

Flying, Steel, Fire, Ice, Poison (x4)

Granbull

Fairy

78

Expert Belt

Poison, Steel

Primarina

Water/Fairy

79

Throat Spray

Poison, Grass, Electric

Slowbro (Galarian Form)

Poison/Psychic

79

Leftovers

Ground, Ghost, Dark

Alcremie

Fairy

79

Sitrus Berry

Poison, Steel

Excadrill

Ground/Steel

80

Assault Vest

Fighting, Ground, Fire, Water

A good Poison Pokemon can take you a long way in the battle against Lacey, with Slowbro and Excadrill being your biggest threats. Ironically though, Excadrill itself would also be a strong contender, giving you effectiveness against all Pokemon, with only Primarina bei꧅ng your biggest threat.

Important to keep in mind is that if Lacey Terastillises Excadrill, they will become Fairy Type, so make sure both of your Pokemon can surviv🌟e Ground/Steel attacks while actua꧒lly damaging fairy types.

Drayton's Trial

Pokemon Violet Drayton Victory picture with him and the player posing

The instigator of much of ༒the drama going on in the BB League, Drayton has a focus on the Dragon type and can be found in 𓆏the Polar Plaza in the Polar Biome.

He also, notably, waives the BP cost for his trial, allo𝓀wing you to partake for free.

Drayton's Elite Trial

Pokemon Scarlet And Violet Vaporeon Swimming In The Polar Biome

For many, Drayton's Trial may prove to be the most difficult of all. The reason for this is that you can only use Pokemon caught within the Terrarium, not your own well-trained Pokemon.

An important note here is that this does not apply to Teraꦚ Raid battဣles fought in the Terrarium, only Wild Pokemon actually roaming in the Terrarium.

You must batt♌le three trainers in Double Battles, with your Pokemon healed between each bout. To ease things a bit more, each trainer only has two Pokemon to battle.

  • Craig, who has a Bastiodon and Rampardos
  • Winter, with an Alolan Sandslash and Dewgong
  • Ray, with a Magnezone and Zebstrika.

A Grass Pokemon like Whimsicott can cover a lot of these, while a F💟ighting or Electric Pokemon can catch the others.

Drayton's Trial does not lock you into the Polar Biome, instead letting you travel freely so you can gather up a team for the trial.

Feel free to swap out your Pokemon between each battle too if you'd prefer, as you are not locked into battling all three trainers once you begin.

Drayton's Battle

Pokemon Violet Drayton During Battle

Unlike his trial, Drayton does not force you to use Pokemon caught in the Terrarium, allowing you to dig into the depths of your Pokemon boxes to buiꦜld the perfect, overpowered team.

However, Drayton is still not going to let you beat him easily, even with all your powerful Poไk💜emon.

Pokemon

Type

Level

Item

Counter

Dragonite

Dragon/Flying

78

Yache Berry

Rock, Dragon, Fairy, Ice (x4)

Flygon

Dragon/Ground

78

Light Ball

Dragon, Fairy, Ice (x4)

Haxorus

Dragon

79

Focus Sash

Ice, Dragon, Fairy

Sceptile

Grass

79

Weakness Policy

Flying, Poison, Bug, Fire, Ice

Kingdra

Water/Dragon

79

Expert Belt

Dragon, Fairy

Archaludon

Steel/Dragon

80

Assault Vest

Fighting, Ground

As has proven so helpful in the trials so far, Garchomp is a great Pokemon against Drayton, offering pretty great coverage across most Pokemon. That said, Garchomp will also be weak to many of Drayton's Pokemon.

To protect Garchomp, a Fairy or Fire Pokemon can be great, with Garܫchomp able to buff the💧ir weaknesses as well.

The Champion Battle

Pokemon Violet Kieran Screaming

After each and every Elite Four member has been beaten, you are free to battle the Champion, Kieran𝔉, who harbours a whole lot of angst for you.

Unlike his team in Kitakami, much of it has been replaced in favour of Pokemon he feels are stronger, with Hydrapple as the sole exception,🍎 having evolved from Dipplin.

Pokemon

Type

Level

Item

Counter

Politoed

Water

80

Wacan Berry

Grass, Electric

Dragonite

Dragon/Flying

80

Expert Belt

Rock, Dragon, Fairy, Ice (x4)

Grimmsnarl

Dark/Fairy

80

Focus Sash

Poison, Steel, fairy

Porygon-Z

Normal

80

Life Orb

Fighting

Incineroar

Fire/Dark

80

Sitrus Berry

Fighting, Ground, Rock, Water

Hydrapple

Grass/Dragon

82

Assault Vest

Flying, Poison, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice (x4)

Many of Kieran's Pokemon are weak to Fairy types, meaning a Pokemon of that type will be quite effecti𒉰ve against many of them. Grimmsnarl is also used as a buffing Pokemon, so it is important to emphasise taking it down.

Rather cruelly, using Ogerpon in this batܫtle will get a unique, enraged commen🐭t out of Kieran.

All things said, Kieran is not quite as strong as you m🐽ight expect, and having a generally varied team should have you covered very well.

And that's it! With Kieran defeated, you are crowned as the new champion of the BB League, and Kieran stands down from the League entirely.

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