15. Nimbasa Gym

Nimbasa Gym

As always, you can talk to Clyde to receive some advice and, more useful to you, a Fresh Water. Great.

Ok, to get through the puzzle, you need to take those hover car things and ride around on them. They'll only travel through the circuit of dotted lines.

• Take the right hover car over to the eastern platform.
• Fight the Lady. She has two Emolga L24.
• Press the switch to reroute the blue track.
• Ride the hover car to the next point.
• Head north and fight the Rich Boy and his Blitzle L25.
• Press the green switch.
• Try to board the northern hover car, but get forced into a battle with another Rich Boy. He has two Blitzle L24.
• Take the hover car down to the purple area, press the switch, and then fight the Lady inside the car. She has an Emolga L25.
• Take the hover car through the loop-de-loop, use the boost to get through (kidding), and then you'll be right where the Gym Leader herself is.

Marriland's Pokemon Team at this point
	Dewott  Lv. 26		Herdier  Lv. 27
	Boldore  Lv. 27		Blitzle  Lv. 26
	Gurdurr  Lv. 26		Sewaddle  Lv. 14

Boss Fight
	Leader Elesa			$3240
		Emolga	/	Lv. 25
		Emolga	/	Lv. 25
		Zebstrika		Lv. 27

Both of her Emolga like to use the move Volt Switch, which is a lot like an Electric-type U-Turn, hitting the target and then forcing the user to switch. She'll often switch between her two Emolga; one of them is male and the other is female, making them slightly easier to distinguish which is which.

Her Zebstrika is a lot less of a nuisance and a lot more of a powerhouse, hitting fast and hard, but thankfully it is weak to Ground-type attacks like Dig. Be wary, though, because that's a prime moment for it to use Volt Switch to switch to an Emolga!

After beating her, she'll give you the Bolt Badge. That makes it so Pokemon up to level 50 will obey you if they're traded Pokemon. Additionally, she gives you TM72 (Volt Switch), which is a 70-power, Special-based Electric-type attack that forces the user to switch after the attack is used.

She advises that you go to Route 5 to continue your journey. You can get out of her Gym quickly by pressing the switch off to the left of her and taking that hover car back to the entrance.

However, after healing your Pokemon, you may want to check out Route 16 in the northeast corner instead. It'll be closed off either way, but it never hurts since you're right here, and there are some new Trainers and Pokemon for you to encounter there. It's up to you, though.

Route 16

Route 16
Wild Pokemon		Types	Level(s)	Rarity
	Gothita		Lv. 19 ~ 22	B: 30% W: 0%
	Solosis		Lv. 19 ~ 22	B: 0% W: 30%
	Minccino		Lv. 19 ~ 22	30%
	Trubbish		Lv. 19, 21	20%
	Liepard		Lv. 20, 22	20%
Shaking Grass / Swirling Dust			Level(s)	Rarity
	Audino		Lv. 19 ~ 22	85%
	Emolga	/	Lv. 20	10%
	Cinccino		Lv. 22	5%

There's a Policeman near the start of the route that will fight you at night. He has a HerdierL24. There's also a Cyclist near him that has a Ducklett L22 and a Liepard L22 on her team. To the north, there's some patches of grass as well as a Backpacker with a Drilbur L23. Further east, there's another Backpacker that has a Scraggy L23, and then near the closed exit, there's another Cyclist with a Whirlipede L22.

Head up north into the grass, and then, if you have your Pokemon with Cut handy, whip it out and you'll gain access to a Rare Candy.

There's a boulder you can heave out of the way if you have a Pokemon that knows Strength in your party. Behind there is a lot of thick grass and even a valuable TM for you to pick up!

Route 16
Thick Grass		Types	Level(s)	Rarity
	Gothita		Lv. 22 ~ 25	B: 30% W: 0%
	Solosis		Lv. 22 ~ 25	B: 0% W: 30%
	Minccino		Lv. 22 ~ 25	30%
	Trubbish		Lv. 22, 24	20%
	Liepard		Lv. 23, 25	20%

The Backpacker up there has a Swadloon L23 for you to fight. She's guarding the valuableTM66 (Payback), which inflicts double the damage if the user is damaged before attacking. There's also a Charcoal hiding behind the fence to the east, so go pick that up while you're at it!

Lostlorn Forest

Lostlorn Forest
Wild Pokemon		Types	Level(s)	Rarity
	Cottonee		Lv. 19 ~ 22	B: 35% W: 0%
	Petilil		Lv. 19 ~ 22	B: 0% W: 35%
	Swadloon	/	Lv. 20 ~ 22	35%
	Tranquill	/	Lv. 21 ~ 22	15%
	Venipede	/	Lv. 20 ~ 21	15%
Thick Grass		Types	Level(s)	Rarity
	Cottonee		Lv. 22 ~ 25	B: 35% W: 0%
	Petilil		Lv. 22 ~ 25	B: 0% W: 35%
	Swadloon	/	Lv. 23 ~ 25	35%
	Tranquill	/	Lv. 24 ~ 25	15%
	Venipede	/	Lv. 23 ~ 24	15%
Shaking Grass / Swirling Dust			Level(s)	Rarity
	Audino		Lv. 19 ~ 21	45%
	Emolga	/	Lv. 20	10%
	Pansage		Lv. 20	10%
	Pansear		Lv. 20	10%
	Panpour		Lv. 20	10%
	Unfezant	/	Lv. 22	5%
	Leavanny	/	Lv. 22	5%
	Whimsicott		Lv. 22	B: 5% W: 0%
	Lilligant		Lv. 22	B: 0% W: 5%

Not really much here, other than some interesting Pokemon for you to catch. There's a Big Mushroom inside of the stump near the entrance and the big field of grass.

If you head north, you'll find a Backpacker mentioning something about the lady inside of the RV. If you go inside and talk to her, she'll be entirely silent towards you. Hmmm... how strange. What could it mean? Well, unless you've used the Pokemon Relocator to transfer over certain Pokemon, there's nothing more you'll be able to do here...

Illusions in the Lostlorn Forest

If you've sent over the event Shiny Raikou, Entei, or Suicune by using the Pokemon Relocator (see Castelia City), you'll have a chance to catch another very rare Pokemon in the Lostlorn Forest.

Lurking in the forest will be one of the other legendary Pokemon that you did not send over. Track it down and then engage it in a fight. It'll be at level 25. Strike it once with an attack to discover that it's actually the Illusion Pokemon, Zoroark! Weaken it and then catch it to add it to your team. This Zoroark will always be female.

After catching her, the forest will clear up and reveal a pleasant field, making the forest a lot more presentable. It doesn't exactly give you access to anywhere else, but it's still cool nonetheless.

Go ahead and catch whatever you want, then got on out of there and get moving to where you're supposed to be headed: Route 5!