Help with Narcissa (Intense)

[BlueApple]

I can usually kill the Driftblim and whatever comes out next (usually Mimikyu) however I'm already down to 1 Pokemon at this point and have no chance at winning. Flash and Dazzling Gleam only turn the field normal for a couple of turns so I'm completely stumped. The only thing I can think of is to use my own Driftblim with Magical Seed and Minimize.

 

The Pokemon I have trained to level cap are:

 

Grapploct 

2 Hariyama

Stoutland

Swoobat

Boltund

Luxray

Cacturne

Coalossal

Crobat

Mightyena

Houndoom 

Leavanny

Obstagoon

Ribombee

Meowstic Male (Prankster)

Drednaw

[Chris247]

There was a previous post about this fight , but for me atleast a pokemon that carried me was a persian with taunt , flash , bite , glare . A persian can solo kill her spiritomb and Dusclops ( flashing to remove the field then taunting , rince and repeat ) . 

Crobat is solid to almost one shot the mismagious , Houndoom should be useful  and obstagoon . Unfortunately I cant quite remember the exact strategy , but it may take a lot of resets for you to rng and win this ( just like me ) . 

 

I got persian by catching a shadow meowth I think in goldenwood forest ? during the team xen events there .

 

You can also get a Perrserker that can learn iron head by that level , dont remember where . 

Edited August 1, 2021 by Chris247

[DanelerH]

I haven't played V13 yet, so I don't know if this still works, but my favorite strategy against her was to use a team of only Normal Pokemon.  My team was Jigglypuff, Ambipom, Stoutland, Girafarig, Lopunny, and Alolan Raticate.  I led with Jigglypuff and used Flash to change the field.  Presumably because all of my Pokemon were Normal, she never changed the field back.  Jigglypuff died after using Flash, but Girafarig swept through half the team with Echoed Voice.  Lopunny swept through the other half with Return.

 

As I said, I don't know if this still works in V13, but it's an easy way to win if it does.

[BlueApple]

Unfortunately the field turns to the forest field for only a few turns so normal types aren't that useful as their attacks aren't super effective against ghost on the forest field. As for the persian strat, I haven't been able to try it yet as the rest of my team are unable to handle her other Pokemon.

[DanelerH]

Ah.  In V12, the battle was in the auditorium and the Cursed Field turned into a Blessed Field.  That said, you might still be able to use Alolan Raticate (Crunch and Sucker Punch) and Stoutland (Crunch and Scrappy ability), as well as other Normal types with various coverage.  I'm working on testing it.  I found a backup from before the battle, but I have to play through the Goldenleaf Town section again.  I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Edit:  It is not going well at all.  Narcissa has gone from the easiest gym in a Normal Monotype run to one of the hardest.  I would not recommend using all Normal types in V13.

[BlueApple]

Thanks so much for the help! I've got it down to just Crobat and Persian vs Mismagius, Spiritomb, and Dusclops. The Mismagius has a sash so Crobat loses the matchup and Persian get okho'd by it. I'm thinking sturdy graveler might help here to break the sash.

 

[BlueApple]

UPDATE: I finally beat her with some good RNG and Sucker Punch from Cacturne. Thanks for all the suggestions!

 

[DanelerH]

In case you're wondering, using only Normal types is definitely no longer a recommended strategy.  I finally managed it, but it required Noctowl bred to have Insomnia and Whirlwind to get rid of Drifblim (resetting its stat boosts and removing Unburden), Chandelure to be brought out by Whirlwind, Obstagoon with at least 108 speed, Watchog with Hypnosis and Crunch (fast enough to put Spiritomb and Dusclops to sleep), Alolan Raticate with Sucker Punch (to break Mimikyu's Disguise), Stoutland with Crunch, and Pyroar with Fire Spin.

 

Noctowl was my favorite part of the strategy.  Chris247's Persian probably could have replaced Watchog and might have been more consistent than a 90 accuracy Hypnosis.