Galavan Counter Strategy — Pokémon Unbound

🏟️ Arena Field Effect: Levitate Field Aura

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All Electric and Steel-type Pokémon on Galavan's team gain the Levitate ability automatically, neutralizing Ground-type attacks.

💡 Immunity & Counter Tip: Use Gravity or Smack Down to ground them, or bypass Ground moves altogether and use Fire or Fighting types to smash his Steel-types.

⚔️ Galavan's Team Roster

Pokémon	Lvl	Held Item	Ability	Nature & EVs	Moveset	Strategy Notes
Bronzong	Lv.44	Leftovers	Heatproof	Relaxed HP: 252, Def: 252	Trick Room Gyro Ball Stealth Rock Ally Switch	Sets up Trick Room immediately. Heatproof halves fire damage.
Togedemaru	Lv.44	Focus Sash	Iron Barbs	Jolly Atk: 252, Spe: 252	Zing Zap Spiky Shield Nuzzle U-turn	Annoying utility pivot. Uses Nuzzle to paralyze your sweepers.
Magnezone	Lv.45	Air Balloon	Magnet Pull	Modest SpA: 252, Spe: 252	Thunderbolt Flash Cannon Volt Switch Magnet Rise	Hits extremely hard with Special Electric moves. Traps Steel-types.
Steelix	Lv.45	Steelixite	Sand Force	Relaxed HP: 252, Def: 252	Iron Head Earthquake Stone Edge Curse	His Mega Ace. Immense Physical Defense. Heavy damage dealer in Trick Room.

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🛡️ Recommended Counter Teams & Tactics

Gravity Grounding Strategy

Medium

Budget Friendly Core: Clefairy, Gigalith

Set up Gravity to override their Levitate field effect. Once grounded, they take 4x damage from Ground moves.

Lead Turn-by-Turn:

T1: Lead with Clefairy. Use Gravity.
T2: Switch in Gigalith or a strong Ground attacker. Use Earthquake to sweep their entire grounded team.

Bulky Fire/Fighting Core

Easy

Budget Friendly Core: Torkoal, Hariyama

Avoid Ground moves entirely. Use high-defense Fire and Fighting types to survive their hits and retaliate.

Lead Turn-by-Turn:

T1: Lead Torkoal to set Drought. Use Flamethrower to melt Bronzong.
T2+: Switch to Hariyama to absorb Togedemaru's attacks and use Close Combat.

🎁 Rewards & Gym Lockout Details

Victory Reward: Battery Badge, TM Thunderbolt, access to use Rock Smash easily.

⚠️ Lockout Warning:

Dehara Gym is locked post-victory until the post-game Elite Four rematch sequence.

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