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Pokémon Shield Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Shield Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Shield Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Shield so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Shield has 72 different encounter locations with 367 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

15 Fire Pokémon encounters

19 Dragon Pokémon encounters

20 Fighting Pokémon encounters

23 Electric Pokémon encounters

25 Fairy Pokémon encounters

27 Steel Pokémon encounters

27 Ghost Pokémon encounters

28 Ice Pokémon encounters

28 Dark Pokémon encounters

29 Rock Pokémon encounters

30 Poison Pokémon encounters

31 Grass Pokémon encounters

33 Bug Pokémon encounters

38 Flying Pokémon encounters

39 Ground Pokémon encounters

39 Psychic Pokémon encounters

41 Normal Pokémon encounters

65 Water Pokémon encounters

15Fire Pokémon
FIRE

19Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

20Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

23Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

25Fairy Pokémon
FAIRY

27Steel Pokémon
STEEL

27Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

28Ice Pokémon
ICE

28Dark Pokémon
DARK

29Rock Pokémon
ROCK

30Poison Pokémon
POISON

31Grass Pokémon
GRASS

33Bug Pokémon
BUG

38Flying Pokémon
FLYING

39Ground Pokémon
GROUND

39Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

41Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

65Water Pokémon
WATER

Shield Boss Battles

In order to complete a Shield Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 36 Boss battles throughout the Galar region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Hop's Wooloo to Raihan's Duraludon.

8 Gym Leader fights

7 Elite Four fights

19 Rival fights

2 Evil Team fights

Starter-dependent boss data

Some boss teams change depending on your starter. The static guide below uses the default fire-starter path so the page can be served as plain HTML for search engines and readers.

Gym Leader fights

  • Milo - Turfield Gym

    Milo has a team of 2, made up of a level 19 gossifleur & a level 20 eldegoss. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Nessa - Hulbury Gym

    Nessa has a team of 3, made up of a level 22 goldeen, a level 23 arrokuda & a level 24 drednaw. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Kabu - Motostoke Gym

    Kabu has a team of 3, made up of a level 25 ninetales, a level 25 arcanine & a level 27 centiskorch. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • Allister - Stow-on-Side Gym

    Allister has a team of 4, made up of a level 34 yamask, a level 34 mimikyu, a level 35 cursola & a level 36 gengar. The level cap for this fight is level 36.

  • Opal - Ballonlea Gym

    Opal has a team of 4, made up of a level 36 weezing, a level 36 mawile, a level 37 togekiss & a level 38 alcremie. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Melony - Circhester Gym

    Melony has a team of 4, made up of a level 40 frosmoth, a level 40 darmanitan, a level 41 eiscue & a level 42 lapras. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Piers - Spikemouth Gym

    Piers has a team of 4, made up of a level 44 scrafty, a level 45 malamar, a level 45 skuntank & a level 46 obstagoon. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Raihan - Hammerlock Gym

    Raihan has a team of 4, made up of a level 46 gigalith, a level 47 flygon, a level 46 sandaconda & a level 48 duraludon. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

Elite Four fights

  • Marnie - Wyndon Semi Finals

    Marnie has a team of 5, made up of a level 47 liepard, a level 47 toxicroak, a level 47 scrafty, a level 48 morpeko & a level 49 grimmsnarl. The level cap for this fight is level 49.

  • Hop - Wyndon Semi Finals

    Hop has a team of 5, made up of a level 48 dubwool, a level 48 corviknight, a level 47 pincurchin, a level 47 snorlax & a level 49 rillaboom. The level cap for this fight is level 49.

  • Bede - Wyndon Championship Match

    Bede has a team of 4, made up of a level 51 mawile, a level 51 gardevoir, a level 52 rapidash & a level 53 hatterene. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Nessa - Wyndon Championship Match

    Nessa has a team of 5, made up of a level 51 golisopod, a level 51 pelipper, a level 52 barraskewda, a level 52 seaking & a level 53 drednaw. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Allister - Wyndon Championship Match

    Allister has a team of 5, made up of a level 52 dusknoir, a level 52 chandelure, a level 53 cursola, a level 53 polteageist & a level 54 gengar. The level cap for this fight is level 54.

  • Raihan - Wyndon Championship Match

    Raihan has a team of 5, made up of a level 53 torkoal, a level 54 goodra, a level 54 turtonator, a level 54 flygon & a level 55 duraludon. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

  • Champion Leon - Wyndon Championship Final

    Champion Leon has a team of 6, made up of a level 62 aegislash, a level 62 dragapult, a level 63 haxorus, a level 64 mr-rime, a level 64 inteleon & a level 65 charizard. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

Rival fights

  • Hop - Hop's House

    Hop has a team of 2, made up of a level 3 wooloo & a level 5 grookey. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Hop - Route 2

    Hop has a team of 3, made up of a level 6 wooloo, a level 5 rookidee & a level 8 grookey. The level cap for this fight is level 8.

  • Hop - Motostoke

    Hop has a team of 3, made up of a level 11 wooloo, a level 12 rookidee & a level 14 grookey. The level cap for this fight is level 14.

  • Bede - Galar Mine Exit

    Bede has a team of 3, made up of a level 13 solosis, a level 15 gothita & a level 16 hatenna. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • Hop - Route 5

    Hop has a team of 3, made up of a level 18 wooloo, a level 19 corvisquire & a level 21 thwackey. The level cap for this fight is level 21.

  • Bede - Galar Mine No.2 Exit

    Bede has a team of 4, made up of a level 21 solosis, a level 22 gothita, a level 22 ponyta & a level 23 hatenna. The level cap for this fight is level 23.

  • Marnie - Budew Drop Inn

    Marnie has a team of 3, made up of a level 24 croagunk, a level 24 scraggy & a level 26 morpeko. The level cap for this fight is level 26.

  • Hop - Route 6

    Hop has a team of 4, made up of a level 28 cramorant, a level 29 toxel, a level 30 silicobra & a level 33 thwackey. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Bede - Stow-on-Side Monument

    Bede has a team of 4, made up of a level 32 duosion, a level 32 gothorita, a level 33 ponyta & a level 35 hattrem. The level cap for this fight is level 35.

  • Hop - Route 7

    Hop has a team of 5, made up of a level 34 trevenant, a level 34 heatmor, a level 35 snorlax, a level 35 boltund & a level 37 rillaboom. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Hop - Route 8

    Hop has a team of 5, made up of a level 40 dubwool, a level 40 corviknight, a level 39 pincurchin, a level 39 snorlax & a level 41 rillaboom. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

  • Marnie - Outer Spikemouth

    Marnie has a team of 4, made up of a level 42 liepard, a level 43 toxicroak, a level 43 scrafty & a level 44 morpeko. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Avery - Fields of Honor

    Avery has a team of 2, made up of a level 58 abra & a level 60 slowpoke. The level cap for this fight is level 60.

  • Mustard - Master Dojo

    Mustard has a team of 2, made up of a level 61 mienfoo & a level 61 shinx. The level cap for this fight is level 61.

  • Avery - Warm-Up Tunnel

    Avery has a team of 3, made up of a level 62 slowpoke, a level 62 woobat & a level 53 kadabra. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Avery - Battle Court

    Avery has a team of 4, made up of a level 65 ponyta, a level 66 swoobat, a level 66 kadabra & a level 67 slowbro. The level cap for this fight is level 67.

  • Master Mustard - Battle Court

    Master Mustard has a team of 7, made up of a level 78 mienshao, a level 78 luxray, a level 79 corviknight, a level 80 lycanroc, a level 80 kommo-o, a level 80 urshifu & a level 80 urshifu. The level cap for this fight is level 80.

  • Peony - Slippery Slope Ambush

    Peony has a team of 2, made up of a level 70 copperajah & a level 70 aggron. The level cap for this fight is level 70.

  • Peony - Max Lair

    Peony has a team of 5, made up of a level 74 perrserker, a level 73 bronzong, a level 73 scizor, a level 74 aggron & a level 74 copperajah. The level cap for this fight is level 74.

Evil Team fights

  • Oleana - Rose Tower

    Oleana has a team of 5, made up of a level 50 froslass, a level 50 tsareena, a level 50 salazzle, a level 51 milotic & a level 52 garbodor. The level cap for this fight is level 52.

  • Rose - Energy Plant

    Rose has a team of 5, made up of a level 55 escavalier, a level 55 ferrothorn, a level 55 perrserker, a level 56 klinklang & a level 57 copperajah. The level cap for this fight is level 57.

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