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How to beat Oleana in Sword & Shield

Oleana’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
  • FroslassLv 50Ice and Ghost typeMoves: Ghost and Ice. It also burns with Will-O-Wisp; Fire types can’t be burned.
  • TsareenaLv 50Grass typeMoves: Grass, Normal and Flying
  • SalazzleLv 50Poison and Fire typeMoves: Poison, Fire and Dragon. It also poisons (Toxic or a poison powder), whatever your types; Poison and Steel types can’t be poisoned.
  • MiloticLv 51Water typeMoves: Water
  • GarbodorLv 52Poison typeMoves: Poison, Ground and Rock. 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.

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 5 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Ground4× · 2/5Fire2× · 2/5Psychic2× · 2/5Rock2× · 2/5Water2× · 1/5Electric2× · 1/5Grass2× · 1/5Ice2× · 1/5Poison2× · 1/5Flying2× · 1/5Bug2× · 1/5Ghost2× · 1/5Dark2× · 1/5Steel2× · 1/5

Good to catch

Catchable before Oleana in Sword & Shield.

One takes normal hits from their moves. 5 are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • DusknoirGhosthits 2× with Ghost, Fire, Psychic or Electric · 5/5Future Sight · Lv 48switch out against FroslassCatch Dusknoir · Stony Wilderness Add
  • SnorlaxNormalhits 4× with Steel or Ground · 3/5High Horsepower · Lv 40takes 1×Catch Snorlax · Motostoke Riverbank Add
  • VikavoltBugElectrichits 4× with Dark, Bug, Ground or Electric · 5/5Dig · Lv 1switch out against Salazzle and GarbodorCatch Vikavolt · Giant’s Seat Add
  • TyranitarRockDarkhits 4× with Rock, Fire, Ground or Electric · 5/5Earthquake · Lv 33weak to 3 of their 5: switch outCatch Tyranitar · Dusty BowlShield only Add
  • OctilleryWaterhits 2× with Rock, Poison, Water, Grass or Psychic · 5/5Rock Blast · Lv 1switch out against TsareenaCatch Remoraid · South Lake Miloch · evolves at 25 Add
  • GyaradosWaterFlyinghits 2× with Dark, Flying or Water · 3/5Crunch · Lv 24switch out against GarbodorCatch Magikarp · Route 2 · evolves at 20 Add

Slot by slot

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

  • FroslassLv 50Beat it withTyranitarhits 2×Stone Edge · Lv 37 watch out: burnsWallCrawdaunt takes ½× watch out: burnsCatch Corphish · South Lake Miloch · evolves at 30
  • TsareenaLv 50Beat it withGyaradoshits 2×Hurricane · Lv 44WallCorviknight takes ½×Catch Corvisquire · Route 3 · evolves at 38
  • SalazzleLv 50Beat it withTyranitarhits 4×Earthquake · Lv 33 watch out: poisonWallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • MiloticLv 51Beat it withLeafeonhits 2×Leaf Blade · Lv 50Catch Leafeon · Lake of OutrageWallLudicolo takes ¼×Catch Ludicolo · Dappled Grove · Shield only
  • GarbodorLv 52Beat it withSnorlaxhits 2×High Horsepower · Lv 40 watch out: poisonWallFlygon takes ½× watch out: poisonCatch Flygon · Dusty Bowl

Other bosses in Sword & Shield

Every boss, in the order you meet them. All Sword & Shield bosses

Quick picks for Sword & Shield

Up nextBedeFinals, FinalsLv 53. Team types: Steel, Fairy and Psychic. Mawile, Gardevoir, Galarian Rapidash and Hatterene.

Gyms

  1. 01MiloTurffieldLv 20. Team types: Grass. Gossifleur and Eldegoss.
  2. 02NessaHulburyLv 24. Team types: Water and Rock. Goldeen, Arrokuda and Drednaw.
  3. 03KabuMotostokeLv 27. Team types: Fire and Bug. Ninetales, Arcanine and Centiskorch.
  4. 04Beain SwordLv 36. Team types: Fighting and Dark. Hitmontop, Pangoro, Sirfetch’d and Machamp.
  5. 04Allisterin ShieldLv 36. Team types: Ground, Ghost, Fairy and Poison. Galarian Yamask, Mimikyu, Cursola and Gengar.
  6. 05OpalBallonleaLv 38. Team types: Poison, Fairy, Steel and Flying. Galarian Weezing, Mawile, Togekiss and Alcremie.
  7. 06Gordiein SwordLv 42. Team types: Rock, Water, Bug and Fire. Barbaracle, Shuckle, Stonjourner and Coalossal.
  8. 06Melonyin ShieldLv 42. Team types: Ice, Bug and Water. Frosmoth, Galarian Darmanitan, Eiscue and Lapras.
  9. 07PiersSpikemuthLv 46. Team types: Dark, Fighting, Psychic, Poison and Normal. Scrafty, Malamar, Skuntank and Obstagoon.
  10. 08RaihanHammerlockeLv 48. Team types: Rock, Ground, Dragon and Steel. Gigalith, Flygon, Sandaconda and Duraludon.

Champion Cup

  1. 01MarnieSemifinalLv 49. Team types: Dark, Poison, Fighting, Electric and Fairy. Liepard, Toxicroak, Scrafty, Morpeko and Grimmsnarl.
  2. 02HopGrookey startLv 49. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Water. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Inteleon.
  3. 02HopScorbunny startLv 49. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Grass. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Rillaboom.
  4. 02HopSobble startLv 49. Team types: Normal, Flying, Steel, Electric and Fire. Dubwool, Corviknight, Pincurchin, Snorlax and Cinderace.
  5. 03OleanaRose TowerLv 52. Team types: Ice, Ghost, Grass, Poison, Fire and Water. Froslass, Tsareena, Salazzle, Milotic and Garbodor.
  6. 04BedeFinalsLv 53, up next. Team types: Steel, Fairy and Psychic. Mawile, Gardevoir, Galarian Rapidash and Hatterene.
  7. 05NessaFinalsLv 53. Team types: Bug, Water, Flying and Rock. Golisopod, Pelipper, Barraskewda, Seaking and Drednaw.
  8. 06Beain SwordLv 54. Team types: Fighting and Flying. Hawlucha, Grapploct, Sirfetch’d, Falinks and Machamp.
  9. 06Allisterin ShieldLv 54. Team types: Ghost, Fire and Poison. Dusknoir, Chandelure, Cursola, Polteageist and Gengar.
  10. 07RaihanFinalsLv 55. Team types: Fire, Dragon, Ground and Steel. Torkoal, Goodra, Turtonator, Flygon and Duraludon.

Darkest Day

  1. 01RoseEnergy PlantLv 57. Team types: Bug, Steel and Grass. Escavalier, Ferrothorn, Perrserker, Klinklang and Copperajah.
  2. 02EternatusEnergy PlantLv 60. Team types: Poison and Dragon. Eternatus.

Champion

  1. 01LeonGrookey startLv 65. Team types: Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Water, Ground, Fire and Flying. Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Seismitoad, Cinderace and Charizard.
  2. 01LeonScorbunny startLv 65. Team types: Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Ice, Psychic, Water, Fire and Flying. Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Mr. Rime, Inteleon and Charizard.
  3. 01LeonSobble startLv 65. Team types: Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Ground, Rock, Grass, Fire and Flying. Aegislash, Dragapult, Haxorus, Rhyperior, Rillaboom and Charizard.