Véga Counter Strategy — Pokémon Unbound

🏟️ Arena Field Effect: Dark Shadow Aura

Terrain Gimmick

Non-Dark-type Pokémon take residual damage at the end of each turn due to the gym's shadow energy.

💡 Immunity & Counter Tip: Bring Dark-type Pokémon of your own to ignore the damage penalty, or use a Pokémon with Magic Guard (like Clefairy) which is immune to residual damage.

⚔️ Véga's Team Roster

Pokémon	Lvl	Held Item	Ability	Nature & EVs	Moveset	Strategy Notes
Spiritomb	Lv.24	Leftovers	Pressure	Bold HP: 252, Def: 252	Shadow Sneak Sucker Punch Will-O-Wisp Pursuit	Lead Spiritomb chips your team and burns physical attackers with Will-O-Wisp.
Liepard	Lv.24	Focus Sash	Prankster	Jolly HP: 128, Spe: 252	Yawn Fake Out U-turn Knock Off	Uses Prankster-boosted Yawn to put your counter-sweepers to sleep.
Honchkrow	Lv.25	Life Orb	Super Luck	Adamant Atk: 252, Spe: 252	Night Slash Aerial Ace Sucker Punch Roost	High crit rate and powerful priority Sucker Punch. Hard physical hitter.
Pawniard	Lv.25	Eviolite	Defiant	Adamant Atk: 252, Def: 128	Iron Head Sucker Punch Swords Dance Brick Break	Defiant boosts his Attack if you try to lower his stats. Extremely dangerous setup sweeper.
Absol	Lv.26	Absolite	Magic Bounce	Jolly Atk: 252, Spe: 252	Night Slash Psycho Cut Play Rough Quick Attack	His Mega Ace. Magic Bounce reflects status moves back to you. Play Rough deals with Fighting-type counters.

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🛡️ Recommended Counter Teams & Tactics

Magic Guard Clefairy Stall

Easy

Core: Clefairy

Clefairy with Magic Guard takes zero damage from the gym's turn-end shadow damage. It also resists Dark-type attacks.

Lead Turn-by-Turn:

T1: Lead with Clefairy. Use Moonblast or Disarming Voice (ignores liepard's evasion boosts).
T2+: Keep Clefairy healthy using Soft-Boiled or Moonlight. Sweep his team since you have the type advantage and gimmick immunity.

Fighting/Dark Resist Core

Medium

Budget Friendly Core: Hariyama, Lucario

Use Fighting-types to deal super-effective damage to Pawniard and Absol. Watch out for Absol's Psycho Cut.

Lead Turn-by-Turn:

T1: Lead with Hariyama to absorb Will-O-Wisp (Guts ability will boost Hariyama's attack). Use Force Palm.
T2+: Switch to Lucario when facing Pawniard to resist Steel/Dark and finish with Vacuum Wave.

🎁 Rewards & Gym Lockout Details

Victory Reward: Vision Badge, TM Dark Pulse, access to use Cut out of battle.

⚠️ Lockout Warning:

You cannot re-enter Crater Gym after defeating Véga until post-game.

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