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Battle plan · Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

How to beat Steven in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Steven’s team, what hits it hard, and what you can catch before the fight. Add your own team to see who to lead with.

Plan with your team

Their team

Other bosses
  • SkarmoryLv 57Steel and Flying typeMoves: Flying and Steel. It also poisons (Toxic or a poison powder), whatever your types; Poison and Steel types can’t be poisoned and lays Spikes or Stealth Rock, which hit you as you switch in.
  • ClaydolLv 57Ground and Psychic typeLevitateMoves: Psychic and Ground
  • AggronLv 57Steel and Rock typeMoves: Rock, Ground, Steel and Dragon
  • CradilyLv 57Rock and Grass typeMoves: Grass, Rock and Poison. It also confuses with a move like Supersonic or Swagger, so you may hit yourself whatever your types.
  • ArmaldoLv 57Rock and Bug typeMoves: Bug, Rock, Steel and Normal
  • MetagrossLv 59Steel and Psychic typeMoves: Steel, Psychic and Normal

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 6 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Water2× · 3/6Fighting4× · 2/6Ground4× · 2/6Fire2× · 2/6

+8 more

Ice2× · 2/6Bug2× · 2/6Ghost2× · 2/6Dark2× · 2/6Steel2× · 2/6Electric2× · 1/6Grass2× · 1/6Rock2× · 1/6

Good to catch

Catchable before Steven in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.

One takes normal hits from their moves. Five are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • WhiscashWaterGroundhits 4× with Water or Ground · 4/6Earthquake · Lv 34switch out against CradilyCatch Barboach · Route 111 (Super Rod) · evolves at 30 Add
  • SalamenceDragonFlyinghits 2× with Fire or Dark · 3/6Crunch · Lv 25weak to three of their six: switch outCatch Bagon · Meteor Falls · evolves at 50 Add
  • FlygonGroundDragonhits 4× with Dark, Ground or Rock · 4/6Earthquake · Lv 33switch out against AggronCatch Trapinch · Route 111 · evolves at 45 Add
  • MagnetonElectricSteelhits 2× with Electric or Steel · 3/6Discharge · Lv 43switch out against Claydol and AggronCatch Magnemite · New Mauville · evolves at 30 Add
  • ZangooseNormalhits 4× with Bug or Fighting · 3/6Close Combat · Lv 50takes 1×Catch Zangoose · Route 114Omega Ruby only Add
  • HariyamaFightinghits 4× with Dark, Fighting or Steel · 5/6Close Combat · Lv 46weak to three of their six: switch outCatch Makuhita · Granite Cave · evolves at 24 Add

Slot by slot

What to send against each of their Pokémon, and what takes its moves best.

  • SkarmoryLv 57Beat it withSalamencehits 2×Flamethrower · Lv 49 watch out: poisonWallMagneton takes ¼×
  • ClaydolLv 57Beat it withSalamencehits 2×Crunch · Lv 25WallShiftry takes ½×Catch Seedot (Route 102), evolve it at 14, then use a Leaf Stone · Omega Ruby only
  • AggronLv 57Beat it withHariyamahits 4×Close Combat · Lv 46WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • CradilyLv 57Beat it withMagnetonhits 2×Flash Cannon · Lv 33WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • ArmaldoLv 57Beat it withMagnetonhits 2×Flash Cannon · Lv 33WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • MetagrossLv 59Beat it withSalamencehits 2×Crunch · Lv 25WallMagneton takes ½×

Other bosses in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Every boss, in the order you meet them. All Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire bosses

Quick picks for Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

From the topRoxanneRustboro, RustboroLv 14. Team types: Rock and Ground. Geodude and Nosepass.

Gyms and story battles

  1. 01RoxanneRustboroLv 14. Team types: Rock and Ground. Geodude and Nosepass.
  2. 02BrawlyDewfordLv 16. Team types: Fighting. Machop and Makuhita.
  3. 03WattsonMauvilleLv 21. Team types: Electric and Steel. Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton.
  4. 04FlanneryLavaridgeLv 28. Team types: Fire and Ground. Slugma, Numel and Torkoal.
  5. 05NormanPetalburgLv 30. Team types: Normal. Slaking, Vigoroth and Slaking.
  6. 06WinonaFortreeLv 35. Team types: Normal, Flying, Water, Steel and Dragon. Swellow, Pelipper, Skarmory and Altaria.
  7. 07May or BrendanTreecko startLv 39. Team types: Normal, Flying, Water, Grass, Fighting and Fire. Swellow, Wailord, Breloom and Blaziken.
  8. 07May or BrendanTorchic startLv 39. Team types: Normal, Flying, Grass, Fighting, Fire, Rock, Water and Ground. Swellow, Breloom, Magcargo and Swampert.
  9. 07May or BrendanMudkip startLv 39. Team types: Normal, Flying, Fire, Rock, Water and Grass. Swellow, Magcargo, Wailord and Sceptile.
  10. 08Tate & LizaMossdeepLv 45. Team types: Rock and Psychic. Lunatone and Solrock.
  11. 09Maxiein Omega RubyLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying, Fire and Ground. Mightyena, Weezing, Crobat and Camerupt.
  12. 09Archiein Alpha SapphireLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying and Water. Mightyena, Muk, Crobat and Sharpedo.
  13. 10WallaceSootopolisLv 46. Team types: Water, Ground and Ice. Luvdisc, Whiscash, Sealeo, Seaking and Milotic.

Before the Elite Four

  1. 01WallyVictory RoadLv 48. Team types: Dragon, Flying, Normal, Grass, Poison, Electric, Steel, Psychic and Fighting. Altaria, Delcatty, Roselia, Magneton and Gallade.

Elite Four and Champion

  1. 01SidneyElite FourLv 52. Team types: Dark, Grass and Water. Mightyena, Shiftry, Cacturne, Sharpedo and Absol.
  2. 02PhoebeElite FourLv 53. Team types: Ghost and Dark. Dusclops, Banette, Sableye, Banette and Dusknoir.
  3. 03GlaciaElite FourLv 54. Team types: Ice, Ghost and Water. Glalie, Froslass, Glalie, Froslass and Walrein.
  4. 04DrakeElite FourLv 55. Team types: Dragon, Flying, Ground and Water. Altaria, Flygon, Kingdra, Flygon and Salamence.
  5. 05StevenChampionLv 59. Team types: Steel, Flying, Ground, Psychic, Rock, Grass and Bug. Skarmory, Claydol, Aggron, Cradily, Armaldo and Metagross.