At the end of the Team Star route, two extra fights remain. One is against Team Star’s leader, but before that, you will need to take on Clive, who is secretly Director Clavell. Depending on your team, this can be a rather tough fight to get through. Below we go over how to easily make your way through the fight, what Pokemon Clavell will use, and how to counter his team.

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The start of Director Clavell’s Team Star Battle.

Starting Director Clavell’s Fight¶

Once you beat all five bosses of Team Star, the director will be waiting for you in front of the academy to fight. You can challenge him at any time during the day.

Clive’s Team¶

Director Clavell or Clive, has six Pokemon on his team covering a wide variety of types. The fight can be brutal if you don’t come prepared with proper counters for each Pokemon and medicine to cure status effects. In fact, grabbing a few full restore before battle may be a good idea.

Pokemon	Level	When He Uses It
Oranguru	60	Staple.
Abomasnow	60	Staple.
Gyarados	60	If you have Quaquaval or Meowscarada.
Houndoom	60	If you have Skeleridge or Quaquaval.
Amoonguss	60	If you have Meowscarada or Skeleridge.
Skeleridge, Meowscarada, or Quaquaval	61	Opposite of Your Starter.

Oranguru is a Normal/ Psychic type Pokemon that can use light screen to make your attacks less effective. He also has yawn, which will put you to sleep, along with Dream Eater, which will damage your Pokemon as they snooze. You can use a Bug or **Dark-type ** Pokemon to make quick work of him.

Abomasnow is his second Pokemon, an ice/grass-type, and it loves to use Wood Hammer, which will easily wipe out water and rocky-type Pokemon. The move does recoil damage as well. He also has Aurora Veil, which decreases the amount of damage you can deal to him. Along with this, Abomasnow has the ice-type move Blizzard. Luckily, a fire-type Pokemon can easily wipe out Abomasnow without breaking a sweat.

Next you will likely be facing Houndoom, a dark/fire-type. This Pokemon has the ability to poison you and has Thunder Fang, as well as Fire Blast. This makes him a generally well-rounded opponent, but he is weak to water-type moves. To avoid falling victim to Thunder Fang if your Pokemon isn’t quick, use a Ground, Rock, or fighting-type Pokemon.

Gyarados is a powerful flying/water-type Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet with a fatal flaw. It can easily be taken down by an electric-type move. Be wary as he does have earthquake and will lower your attack upon entering the battlefield. Use your fastest type Electric Pokemon to hit him hard and make short work of Gyrados.

Amoonguss is a grass/poison Pokemon. For this battle, you will need to avoid status effects, but this Pokemon can easily be dealt with using fire, psychic, flying, or ground-type Pokemon.

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Clavell’s Tera Pokemon in battle.

The next Pokemon that the director throws out will be the opposite starter of the one you chose. He will use his Tera Orb on them as well. Here is what each of the starters is weak to give you a good gauge of what Pokemon to use against it.

Pokemon	Weakness
Skeleridge	Water, Dark, Ground, Rock, and Ghost.
Meowscarada	Fire, Fairy, Poison, Ice, and Bug.
Quaquaval	Grass, Electric, Flying, Psychic, and Fairy.