Here's a detailed guide on how to beat Cassiopeia in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
In every Pokemon game, you will come across a villainous team with evil motives. As you progress through the game, you have to defeat stronger opponents of these teams. In the case of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Team Star is the antagonist group of delinquents you have to overcome. As you progress through the Starfall Street storyline, you will face the leaders of this group. In the end, you will have a showdown against Cassiopeia, the leader of this group. In this article, we will tell you how to beat Cassiopeia in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
The identity of Cassiopeia is a major spoiler so don’t read further if you want to avoid it.
After beating all five Team Star Leaders, you will get a call from Cassiopeia to meet at the Academy schoolyard at night. Once you reach there, you will see your old friend Clive at the entrance. We suggest you save the game and heal up your team before approaching him. As you have guessed, you will battle Clive here.
After a brief cutscene, Clive will reveal that he was Director Clavell all along. On top of that, he reveals that he is Cassiopeia and you have to defeat him. He has a good team of Pokemon with different elemental types. To make things worse, he has a Pokemon that is stronger than your starter’s type. His last three Pokemon will change depending on your starter choice. Here are the Pokemon he will use against you.
Pokemon | Type | Weak Against | Level |
Oranguru | Normal/Psychic | Dark/Bug | 60 |
Abomasnow | Grass/Ice | Steel/Fire/Flying/ Poison/Fighting/Rock/ Bug | 60 |
Polteageist | Ghost | Ghost/Dark | 60 |
Gyarados | Water/Flying | Electric/Rock | 60 |
Houndoom | Dark/Fire | Water/Ground/Fighting/ Rock | 60 |
Amoonguss | Grass/Poison | Fire/Psychic/Flying/Ice | 60 |
Skeledirge / Meowscarada / Quaquaval | (Fire/Ghost), (Grass/Dark), (Water/Fighting) | (Ground/Rock/Ghost/Water/Dark), (Fighting/Flying/Poison/Bug/Fire/Ice/Fairy), (Flying/Grass/Electric/Psychic/Fairy) | 61 |
Keep in mind that he will Terrastilize his last Pokemon to its elemental type. So, build a team that has stronger elemental types than these Pokemon and you will be able to beat Cassiopeia. But wait. After defeating Director Clavell he reveals that he isn’t Cassiopeia and wanted to test your skills before facing the real one. Then, he will ask you to go to the schoolyard at night to face and defeat the real Cassiopeia. Make sure you heal your Pokemon before heading there. Once you reach the schoolyard, a small cutscene will start where Penny will be revealed as the real Cassiopeia.
Penny’s whole team comprises the Eeveelutions at Levels 62 to 63. Hence, defeating her will be difficult if your Pokemon are at the same level or below. Also, keep in mind the range of her elemental types. That being said, here’s what you should do against each of her Pokemon to defeat Cassiopeia in Scarlet and Violet.
After beating Penny, she will reveal the story of Team Star in a short cutscene. Then you can meet her at the bottom of the School’s Staircase where she will give you the TM 169 Draco Meteor.
That’s all from us on how to beat Cassiopeia in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. If this guide helped you then check out our other guides like How to Beat Rika and How to Evolve Haunter soon.