This is a guide for defeating Top Champion Geeta during the Academy Ace Tournament in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Geeta, the chairwoman of the Pokémon League and your final opponent in the Victory Road story, is one of the trainers you can fight in the Academy Ace Tournament. In the very first tournament, she will always be your Round 4 opponent.

From the second tournament onwards, you can randomly encounter her as a Round 4 opponent.

Recommended Pokémon for Geeta (Academy Ace Tournament)¶

Geeta has the exact same team during her first fight, at the Pokémon League, but higher Level.

Like before, good Types to bring include Fighting, Bug and Fire (all strong versus half of her team). Ground and Dark types wouldn’t go amiss either.

Her Pokémon are Level 69-70, so you’ll want Pokémon of around Level 69+ for this fight.

If you need ideas, here are some Pokémon suggestions:

• The Level 75 Tera Lucario at Dalizapa Passage, in the underground tunnel. High Level and a great all-rounder.
• If playing Scarlet, Koraidon, a mega-powerful Dragon and Fighting Legendary.
• Any of the Treasures of Ruin, lurking within the sealed shrines. Especially Chi-Yu, who’s effective against 5 Pokémon.
• If playing Scarlet, Roaring Moon, a powerful Dark and Dragon Paradox found in the caves of upper Area Zero. Beware of Fairy type moves though (can Terastallize to weaken the damage).
• If playing Violet, Iron Jugulis, a strong Flying and Dark Paradox found in Area Zero.

What Pokémon Does Geeta (Academy Ace Tournament) Use?¶

Espathra¶

Geeta leads with Espathra, a pure Psychic type. So no need to strain your brain too much. It can use its signature move Lumina Crash, a Psychic type attack that lowers the opponent’s Special Defense stat by two stages.

In addition, it’s carrying Dazzling Gleam to annoy Dark types, Quick Attack to deal chip damage before you can react and Reflect to weaken your physical attacks for 5 turns.

Dark types will be super-effective and are immune to Lumina Crash, but may get hurt by Dazzling Gleam. There are some that take neutral damage though, like Skuntank, Kingambit or Chi-Yu.

Ghost and Bug types should be OK, if they’re fast and not weak to Fairy or Psychic. Otherwise they may not survive two hits of Lumina Crash.

In case of Reflect, make sure at least one of your Pokémon knows Brick Break or have some special attackers handy.

Gogoat¶

Gogoat is a pretty average Grass type. Geeta’s goat can use Horn Leech for STAB and to drain health, Zen Headbutt to counter Poison types, Play Rough for additional coverage and Bulk Up to bolster its Attack and Defense stats.

Most Fire, Ice, Bug and Flying types should have no problems here.

Veluza¶

Finally, a dual type Pokémon! For attacks, it can use Liquidation and Psycho Cut for Water and Psychic STAB, Aqua Jet to try and attack first and Ice Fang to combat Grass types.

Annoyingly, Veluza has a pretty robust move set; very few Pokémon can resist all of its moves. Try using Electric, Bug, Ghost or Dark types. As long as they’re not weak to Water or Psychic (especially Water), they should manage.

Avalugg¶

Oh, another mono type. This Ice type Pokémon can use Avalanche, which deals more damage if the user has received damage on the same turn, Earthquake to mess up Fire, Steel and Rock types, Body Press just in case and Crunch for additional coverage.

Avalugg is slow, so it can easily take advantage of Avalanche. Also, it has exceptional Defense: you absolutely want to combat it with special attackers. The Tera Lucario is great here, with its Aura Sphere. Otherwise, any super-effective special attacker (Fire, Fighting, Steel or Rock) should suffice.

Kingambit¶

Kingambit is possibly Greeta’s scariest Pokémon, excluding her ace. This Dark and Steel type can use its signature move Kowtow Cleave, which deals impressive Dark damage and never misses. In addition, it’s got Iron Head for Steel STAB, Stone Edge to wreck Fire types and Zen Headbutt to counter Fighting types.

Furthermore, its Supreme Overlord ability slightly boosts its Attack and Special Attack stats for each KO’d team member. If it’s the 5th Pokémon that Geeta sends out, it could be troublesome.

Despite Zen Headbutt, Fighting types are highly recommended since they deal quadruple damage. Kingambit is slow, so unless yours is even slower, you should one-shot it before taking damage (the Tera Lucario won’t break a sweat). Otherwise, Ground types are a solid choice.

Terastallized Glimmora¶

For her final Pokémon, Geeta will send out Glimmora and Terastallize it as the earliest opportunity. It will become a pure Rock type, boosting its Rock attacks further while retaining its Poison STAB.

For attacks, it can use Tera Blast to deal heavy Rock damage, Sludge Wave for Poison STAB, Earth Power to bully Steel types and Dazzling Gleam to hurt Fighting types.

If you have the Tera Lucario, you can deal heavy damage with Aura Sphere. You could even show off your Koraidon. Otherwise, go with Ground types since they’re super-effective and resist both Tera Blast and Sludge Wave.