Reva

Reva is the current gym leader of Nimagale Beach and owner of the Shift Badge. She took over the gym after the previous gym leader, her sister, had left to join Team Tectonic. She specializes in Pokemon that can switch with their allies after attacking.

## Appearance

Reva has long blonde hair she ties into a pair of twin tails using red bands. She wears a beach outfit that consist of a red jacket with white sleeves and a green swimming bottom.

## Personality

She is a skilled Pokemon trainer, so much so that she is recognized as such by the people of her hometown. However, she developed an inferiority complex because she is unable to defeat her sister, especially after the latter had abandoned her gym duties to join Team Tectonic. This inferiority complex slowly got worse until she decided to close the gym entirely.

However, when she witnessed how much the protagonist was willing to help other people, it reignited her will and allowed her to move forward again by reopening the gym & continuing her duties as the new gym leader.

## Strategy

Reva's team have Pokemon that have moves that allow them to attack their opponents before switching with an ally Pokemon. These hit-and-switch moves are U-Turn, Volt Switch, and the game's new move Heat Break.

Because of this, it is almost impossible to have a proper type advantage because Pokemon of different typing will be switching around almost constantly. This also turns the gym battle into an endurance battle because Reva's weakened Pokemon can be switched with her more healthy Pokemon with a type advantage. And, to make matters worse, Reva's choice on which Pokemon is being switching in can be completely at random or based on getting a type advantage over your current Pokemon. This isn't helped that most of Reva's Pokemon can out-speed your Pokemon due to how strong they are.

One way of countering Reva's strategy is by using Pit's tactics of preventing the Pokemon from being switched out. These include using abilities like Shadow Tag and Arena Trap, as well as moves like Block and Draining Growth (and the latter can be possible because you would have the TM for this move from previously defeating Pit).

Other than that, you can just rely on luck and Pokemon with high endurance and multiple typed moves.

Now, for Reva's first Pokemon, she starts with Heliolisk. While Heliolisk is Electric Type Pokemon, it is able to temporarily evade Ground Type moves because of its Air Balloon. So, you need to damage Heliolisk first in order to take down its Air Balloon, making Heliolisk vulnerable to Ground moves. Heliolisk's Dry Skin ability will also allow you to deal more damage to it with Fire Type moves and sunny weather, but in exchange, Water Type moves and rainy weather will restore Heliolisk's health.

Reva's second Pokemon is a Garvantula. This Pokemon is quite troubling due to its moves Pursuit and Giga Drain. Pursuit is normally weak, but will deal twice the amount of damage should your Pokemon be switched out on the turn Garvantula uses Pursuit (and Pursuit allows Garvantula to hit first, before your Pokemon can be switched). And Giga Drain not only deals a lot of damage, but it also allows the Pokemon to recover a decent amount of health in return.

Reva's third Pokemon is an Emolga. Emolga's Electric and Flying Type combination allows it to be immune to Ground Type moves, despite being part Electric Type, because of it is also part Flying Type. In addition, it has a Sitrus Berry to restore a good chunk of its health back, should Emolga have at least 1/3 of its health remaining. Furthermore, Emolga can be both fast and decently strong at attacking.

Reva's fourth Pokemon is a Mienfoo. This Pokemon arguably Reva's strongest Pokemon. Mienfoo has the ability Regenerator, which allows it to recover health while it is switched out of battle. This is seriously bad, as Reva's entire team consist of Pokemon that switch in-and-out after attacking.

Mienfoo can also use Fake Out to deal free damage while flinching your Pokemon on its first turn. And since Mienfoo will be switching in-and-out of battle, it can use Fake Out every time it is switching back into battle at its first turn.

And then, there is Mienfoo's most powerful move, Jump Kick. This move can deal a massive amount of damage. But fortunately, this move is a double-edge sword. If Jump Kick were to miss, to be blocked, or have no effect (due to a Pokemon Typing), then Mienfoo will be punished by receiving a ton of damage. So, with a little bit of luck, you can trick Mienfoo into using Jump Kick against you for your own advantage. These tricks include:

1. Having Mienfoo use Jump Kick against your Pokemon, who has a high evasion rate.
2. Having Mienfoo use Jump Kick against your Pokemon while the latter is using protective moves like Protect or Detect.
3. Having Mienfoo use Jump Kick against your Pokemon while you switched your Pokemon with a Ghost Type Pokemon (since Ghost Type Pokemon are immune to Fighting Type moves like Jump Kick).

And finally, Reva's fifth Pokemon is a Volbeat. While it is not too strong, Volbeat can still be pretty annoying because of its move, Zen Headbutt. Its Zen Headbutt can not only deal a ton of damage, but it can also have a chance of flinching your Pokemon. So, if you're really unlucky, your Pokemon will get flinched or knocked out due to a single Zen Headbutt. And your Pokemon will likely be weak and exhausted when they face the wrath of that one move.