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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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I made it to Montenevera, which is a town located on Glaseado Mountain, and this is where the Ghost-type Gym is at. The Gym Leader is Ryme, the MC of RIP, and she is a Ghost-type specalist, but to battle her, I have to take on some Trainers and get the audience excited for the Gym Battle.

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At least, I have made it all the way to Montenevera, and the man by the Pokémon Center standing beside an Abomasnow is the Hyper Training man, and it was changed in this game, your Pokémon have to be at least Level 50 in order to undergo Hyper Training, in previous games, your Pokémon had to be at Level 100, but at least they made it easier. There is a Covert Cloak, which is a new item that protects the user from moves that have additional effects, for example, your Pokémon cannot be burned from Flamethrower, this is mostly useful for preventing flinches from Fake Out.
When you enter the Gym, or whichever Gym you are doing for your sixth Gym, you encounter Jacq, he gives you a Lucky Egg, about time we get one of those, and it is time to take on the Gym. The Gym specializes in Double Battles, and you have an audience, who will cheer based on your actions, like defeating one of your opponent's Pokémon, and those come in the form of stat boosts, your opponents can even get them. You have to talk to MC Sledge, don't know if his name is a reference to rapper MC Hammer, it makes sense as it could reference a sledge hammer. He is the third opponent you fight against, and he comes in with a Sableye and Drifblim, and as you are fighting Ghost-type Pokémon, a good Dark-type Pokémon can come to use, specially one with Snarl to hit both targets, a good example is Houndoom, which has good Special Attack and its Snarl can deal damage to both opponents.
With three opponents defeated, Ryme shows up, and then we have to report to the person at the Gym Lobby, and it is time to challenge Ryme, the MC of RIP. She also battles you in a Double Battle, and you do get the stat boosts from the audience based on your actions, but anyway, time to go over her team.
Banette: Icy Wind, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak
Mimikyu: Light Screen, Shadow Sneak, Slash
Houndstone: Play Rough, Crunch, Phantom Force
Toxtricity: Discharge, Hex, Hyper Voice

Ryme leads with two Pokémon that know Shadow Sneak, her Banette can lower your Speed with Icy Wind, and her Mimikyu can use Light Screen to decrease the damage from your Special Attacks. Ryme can even get stat boosts from the audience if she takes out one of your Pokémon, but you can get stat boosts if you defeat her Pokémon. Houndstone has Play Rough to give it type coverage against any Dark-type Pokémon you will likely use against it, and Ryme will Terastallize her Toxtricity to a Ghost Tera Type, she does use the Low-Key Form. Toxtricity has Discharge, that can hit its teammate, and its Hex is powered up by the Ghost Tera Type.
After the battle, Ryme gives you the Ghost Gym Badge and the TM for Shadow Ball, a Special Ghost-type move, this is a good move for any Special Attacker that can learn the move, and if you evolved Misdreavus before learning Shadow Ball, you will need to use a TM to teach it the move. There are some good Special Attackers you can give the move to, like Rotom, Gardevoir, Espathra, Clawitzer, and many others, some Eeveelutions, like Espeon, Sylveon, Jolteon, and Glaceon can put that move to good use with their high Special Attack stat.
After another encounter with Hassel, and a bit of dialogue about the Gym Battle, there isn't much else to do in Montenevera, I check the lake around Glaseado Mountain, which has some Pokémon like Flamigo, Golduck, and many others, I did read that you can find Hattrem there, but I had no luck finding one, so it's best that you evolve a Hatenna in order to get Hattrem for the Pokédex. There are some evolved Pokémon, like Cetitan and Avalugg which can be found in the area, it is more of a side area you can check out to find some items.

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