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Battle plan · Sun & Moon

How to beat Kiawe

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

Stuck on a trial or a rival?

Pick one for their whole team, or their type. Pick two for a dual type.

Quick picks for Sun & Moon

Island challenge

Before the Elite Four

Elite Four and Champion

Kiawe: 6 good catches.

Their team

  • SalazzleLv 22Poison and Fire typeMoves: Fire
  • SalanditLv 20Poison and Fire typeMoves: Poison and Normal

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 2 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Ground4× · 2/2Water2× · 2/2Psychic2× · 2/2Rock2× · 2/2

Good to catch

Catchable before Kiawe in Sun & Moon.

2 resist their moves, 4 take normal hits.

  • CorsolaWaterRockhits 2× with Water · 2 of 2Bubble Beam · Lv 10takes ½×Melemele Sea (Fishing Rod, bubbles)
  • RoggenrolaRockhits 2× with Rock · 2 of 2Rock Blast · Lv 14takes ½×Ten Carat Hill
  • AlomomolaWaterhits 2× with Water · 2 of 2Hydro Pump · Lv 1takes 1×Brooklet Hill (Fishing Rod, bubbles)
  • TentacoolWaterPoisonhits 2× with Water · 2 of 2Water Pulse · Lv 16takes 1×Route 1 (on water)
  • FinneonWaterhits 2× with Water · 2 of 2Water Pulse · learns at 22takes 1×Route 1 (on water)
  • LuvdiscWaterhits 2× with Water · 2 of 2Water Pulse · Lv 17takes 1×Melemele Sea (Fishing Rod, bubbles)

Slot by slot

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

  • SalazzleLv 22Beat it withCorsolahits 2×Bubble Beam · Lv 10WallBarboach takes ½×Paniola Town (Fishing Rod, bubbles)
  • SalanditLv 20Beat it withCorsolahits 2×Bubble Beam · Lv 10WallGastly takes ¼×Hau’oli Cemetery