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Pokémon Y Nuzlocke Guide

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

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Y 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 Y so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Y has 42 different encounter locations with 263 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

9 Fire Pokémon encounters

11 Steel Pokémon encounters

11 Ghost Pokémon encounters

14 Fairy Pokémon encounters

14 Fighting Pokémon encounters

15 Dragon Pokémon encounters

16 Electric Pokémon encounters

16 Ice Pokémon encounters

18 Dark Pokémon encounters

20 Psychic Pokémon encounters

22 Grass Pokémon encounters

24 Bug Pokémon encounters

24 Ground Pokémon encounters

28 Rock Pokémon encounters

31 Poison Pokémon encounters

39 Normal Pokémon encounters

39 Flying Pokémon encounters

52 Water Pokémon encounters

9Fire Pokémon
FIRE

11Steel Pokémon
STEEL

11Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

14Fairy Pokémon
FAIRY

14Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

15Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

16Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

16Ice Pokémon
ICE

18Dark Pokémon
DARK

20Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

22Grass Pokémon
GRASS

24Bug Pokémon
BUG

24Ground Pokémon
GROUND

28Rock Pokémon
ROCK

31Poison Pokémon
POISON

39Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

39Flying Pokémon
FLYING

52Water Pokémon
WATER

Y Boss Battles

In order to complete a Y Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 39 Boss battles throughout the Kalos 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 Shauna's Chespin to Drasna's Noivern.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

15 Rival fights

11 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

  • Viola - Santlune Gym

    Viola has a team of 2, made up of a level 10 surskit & a level 12 vivillon. The level cap for this fight is level 12.

  • Grant - Cyllage Gym

    Grant has a team of 2, made up of a level 25 amaura & a level 25 tyrunt. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Korrina - Shalour Gym

    Korrina has a team of 3, made up of a level 29 mienfoo, a level 28 machoke & a level 32 hawlucha. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Ramos - Coumarine Gym

    Ramos has a team of 3, made up of a level 30 jumpluff, a level 31 weepinbell & a level 34 gogoat. The level cap for this fight is level 34.

  • Clemont - Lumiose Gym

    Clemont has a team of 3, made up of a level 35 emolga, a level 35 magneton & a level 37 heliolisk. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Valerie - Laverre Gym

    Valerie has a team of 3, made up of a level 38 mawile, a level 39 mr-mime & a level 42 sylveon. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Olympia - Anistar Gym

    Olympia has a team of 3, made up of a level 44 sigilyph, a level 45 slowking & a level 48 meowstic. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Wulfric - Snowbelle Gym

    Wulfric has a team of 3, made up of a level 56 abomasnow, a level 55 cryogonal & a level 59 avalugg. The level cap for this fight is level 59.

Elite Four fights

  • Malva - Pokémon League - Blazing Chamber

    Malva has a team of 4, made up of a level 63 pyroar, a level 63 torkoal, a level 63 chandelure & a level 65 talonflame. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

  • Siebold - Pokémon League - Flood Chamber

    Siebold has a team of 4, made up of a level 63 clawitzer, a level 63 gyarados, a level 63 starmie & a level 65 barbaracle. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

  • Wikstrom - Pokémon League - Ironworks Chamber

    Wikstrom has a team of 4, made up of a level 63 klefki, a level 63 probopass, a level 63 scizor & a level 65 aegislash. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

  • Drasna - Pokémon League - Dragonmark Chamber

    Drasna has a team of 4, made up of a level 63 dragalge, a level 63 druddigon, a level 63 altaria & a level 65 noivern. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

  • Diantha - Pokémon Champion - Radiant Chamber

    Diantha has a team of 6, made up of a level 64 hawlucha, a level 65 tyrantrum, a level 65 aurorus, a level 65 gourgeist, a level 66 goodra & a level 68 gardevoir. The level cap for this fight is level 68.

Rival fights

  • Shauna - Aquacode Town

    Shauna has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 chespin. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Sycamore - Pokémon Lab

    Sycamore has a team of 3, made up of a level 10 bulbasaur, a level 10 charmander & a level 10 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 10.

  • Tierno - Route 5

    Tierno has a team of 1, made up of a level 12 corphish. The level cap for this fight is level 12.

  • Trevor & Tierno - Route 7

    Trevor & Tierno has a team of 3, made up of a level 14 pikachu, a level 14 flabebe & a level 16 corphish. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • Korrina - Geosenge

    Korrina has a team of 2, made up of a level 25 lucario & a level 25 lucario. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Serena - Tower of Mastery

    Serena has a team of 3, made up of a level 28 meowstic, a level 28 absol & a level 30 frogadier. The level cap for this fight is level 30.

  • Korrina - Tower of Mastery

    Korrina has a team of 1, made up of a level 25 lucario. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Serena - Coumarine Pokémon Center

    Serena has a team of 3, made up of a level 31 meowstic, a level 31 absol & a level 33 frogadier. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Serena - Route 14

    Serena has a team of 3, made up of a level 35 meowstic, a level 35 absol & a level 37 greninja. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Serena - Anistar City

    Serena has a team of 4, made up of a level 44 meowstic, a level 44 absol, a level 44 flareon & a level 46 greninja. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Sycamore - Couriway Town Sycamore Battle

    Sycamore has a team of 3, made up of a level 50 venusaur, a level 50 charizard & a level 50 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Shauna - Route 19

    Shauna has a team of 3, made up of a level 49 delcatty, a level 49 goodra & a level 51 chesnaught. The level cap for this fight is level 51.

  • Tierno - Route 19

    Tierno has a team of 3, made up of a level 48 talonflame, a level 49 roserade & a level 52 crawdaunt. The level cap for this fight is level 52.

  • Trevor - Route 19

    Trevor has a team of 3, made up of a level 49 raichu, a level 49 aerodactyl & a level 51 florges. The level cap for this fight is level 51.

  • Serena - Victory Road

    Serena has a team of 5, made up of a level 57 meowstic, a level 57 flareon, a level 58 altaria, a level 59 absol & a level 61 greninja. The level cap for this fight is level 61.

Evil Team fights

  • Aliana - Power Plant

    Aliana has a team of 1, made up of a level 38 mightyena. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Celosia & Bryony - Pokéball Factory

    Celosia & Bryony has a team of 2, made up of a level 41 manectric & a level 41 liepard. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

  • Mable - Frost Cavern

    Mable has a team of 1, made up of a level 48 houndoom. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Lysandre - Lysandre Labs

    Lysandre has a team of 4, made up of a level 45 mienfoo, a level 45 murkrow, a level 47 pyroar & a level 49 gyarados. The level cap for this fight is level 49.

  • Aliana - Lysandre Labs

    Aliana has a team of 2, made up of a level 46 mightyena & a level 48 druddigon. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Celosia - Lysandre Labs

    Celosia has a team of 2, made up of a level 46 manectric & a level 48 drapion. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Bryony - Lysandre Labs

    Bryony has a team of 2, made up of a level 46 liepard & a level 48 bisharp. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Mable - Lysandre Labs

    Mable has a team of 2, made up of a level 46 houndoom & a level 48 weavile. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Xerosic - Lysandre Labs

    Xerosic has a team of 2, made up of a level 46 crobat & a level 48 malamar. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Lysandre - Team Flare Secret HQ

    Lysandre has a team of 4, made up of a level 47 mienshao, a level 47 honchkrow, a level 49 pyroar & a level 51 gyarados. The level cap for this fight is level 51.

  • Lysandre - Team Flare Secret HQ

    Lysandre has a team of 4, made up of a level 49 mienshao, a level 49 honchkrow, a level 51 pyroar & a level 53 gyarados. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

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