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Pokemon Sword & Shield: How to Beat Leon

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Published: Nov 21, 2019 07:04 am

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Just like in all other games in the Pokemon series, your goal in Pokemon Sword & Shield is to ultimately beat the Elite Four, the Champion, and become a Pokemon Champion yourself. Here’s how to beat Leon in Pokemon Sword & Shield.

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How to Beat Leon in Pokemon Sword & Shield

He’s been hanging around since the very beginning, and now you’ll finally get to beat his Pokemon up. Leon is the Champion of the Galar region, and one of the final bosses you’ll have to face before fighting the game.

First off, a couple of his Pokemon picks will change depending on who you picked as your starter.

If you picked Grookey, you’ll get the following:

  • Cinderace (level 64): Weak to Water, Ground, and Rock
  • Seismitoad (level 64): Weak to Grass

If you picked Scorbunny, you’ll get the following:

  • Inteleon (level 64): Weak to Electric and Grass
  • Mr Rime (level 64): Weak to Rock, Bug, Ghost, Steel, Fire, and Dark

If you picked Sobble, you’ll get the following:

  • Rillaboom (level 64): Weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug
  • Rhyperior (level 64): Weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel

Aside from that, the rest of his lineup remains the same:

  • Aegislash (level 62): Weak to Ground, Ghost, Fire, and Dark
  • Haxorus (level 63): Weak to Ice, Dragon, and Fairy
  • Dragapult (level 62): Weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Dark
  • Charizard (level 65): Weak to Rock, Electric, and Water

By far the biggest hurdle to beating Leon is his powerful Charizard. Once Leon transforms Charizard into its Gigantamax form, you’ll want to counter that by Dynamaxing your own Pokemon as well, and make sure that you have a good Rock, Electric, or Water Pokemon on hand for that fight.

Charizard will take the most damage from Rock and Water Pokemon, so if you have those, the fight should go by pretty easily.

Other than that, the most important thing is to make sure that your Pokemon are sufficiently leveled. You should be in the high 60s and early 70s range by the time you reach the Champion; any lower than that and you could be in a bit of trouble.

That’s all you need to know about how to beat Leon in Pokemon Sword & Shield. Be sure to check our Pokemon Sword & Shield guide wiki for more tips and information.

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Zhiqing Wan
Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.
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