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Wondering how you can defeat Grisham in Pokemon Legends Z-A and reach Rank A? Here’s a guide to help you out.
In Pokemon Legends Z-A, if you wish to promote to Rank A, you have to first defeat Grisham, a former Team Flare member and a Rank B trainer. Moreover, Grisham is the final hurdle that you must defeat in the tournament rank-up matches, meaning he won’t go down easily at all.
To help you out, here’s how to defeat Grisham in Pokemon Legends Z-A.
How To Defeat Grisham in the Rank B Promotion Match in Pokemon Legends Z-A
Before you can challenge Grisham for the Z-A Royale match, you first have to learn about Team Flare and what happened to them in the past. After you explore the Lysandre Labs and read all four documents, you can go back to Grisham and challenge him to a fight. However, you do have to collect 45,000 Ticket Points to obtain the Challenge Ticket to battle Grisham.
Grisham’s Team of Pokemon
Here are all the Pokemon that Grisham uses during the battle:
| Pokemon | Level | Weakness | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pangoro | 61 | Fairy Fighting Flying | Brick Break Crunch Bullet Punch Protect |
| Malamar | 61 | Bug Fairy | Psyshock Night Slash Liquidation Hypnosis |
| Pyroar | 61 | Water Fighting Ground Rock | Overheat Hyper Voice Earth Power Snarl |
| Tyranitar | 62 | Fighting Water Grass Ground Bug Steel | Stone Edge Crunch Earthquake Ice Punch |
| Salamence | 62 | Ice Rock Dragon Fairy | Draco Meteor Aeriel Ace Earthquake Fire Fang |
| Mega Charizard X | 63 | Ground Rock Dragon | Flare Blitz Dragon Rush Air Slash Protect |
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Counters To Grisham’s Team
Due to Grisham being a very late game trainer, you have access to most powerful Pokemon around Lumiose for this battle. Moreover, before you challenge him, every one of your Pokemon should be at least Level 63 or above to avoid being knocked out in one shot. Therefore, taking account of his Pokemon weaknesses, three of them are weak to Ground types, and the other three are to Fairy types.
Most of Grisham’s Pokemon that are weak to Ground have heavy-hitting moves like Earthquake, which is a powerful Physical move. Therefore, it is recommended to bring at least two Pokemon with good Ground-type moves and one Fairy Pokemon. You team should have:
All three of these Pokemon can Mega Evolve and have access to varied movesets. Moreover, you can defeat three of Grisham’s Pokemon with Gardevoir using a Calm Mind and Draining Kiss combo. Additionally, both Camerupt and Garchomp have access to moves like Earth Power and Earthquake. Among all the Pokemon, Mega Evolving Gardevoir is the best option, as the extra boost to Special Attack can be very helpful.
Moves and Items
Lastly, Grisham relies heavily on powerful Physical moves such as Earthquake. Therefore, make sure to have Protect on some of your Pokemon to mitigate damage from these moves. Lastly, nearly all, if not most, of Grisham’s Pokemon moves can knock your Pokemon in one shot. Hence, it’s a good idea to carry a few Full Restores, Hyper Potions, and Revives to heal or revive your Pokemon during battle.
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