This is my team:
Luxray lv. 58 (Docile nature)
HP: 171
Attack: 161
Defense: 126
Sp. Atk: 134
Sp. Def: 118
Speed: 114
Ability: Rivalry
Holding: Amulet Coin
Moves: Crunch, Discharge, Thunder, Flash
Giratina lv. 59 (Naive nature)
HP: 258
Attack: 134
Defense: 159
Sp. Atk: 139
Sp. Def: 141
Speed: 136
Ability: Pressure
Holding: Dragon Fang
Moves: Dragon Claw, Shadow Force, Rock Climb, Dragon Pulse
Empoleon lv. 64 (Docile nature)
HP: 207
Attack: 149
Defense: 146
Sp. Atk: 164
Sp. Def: 150
Speed: 115
Ability: Torrent
Holding: Soothe Bell
Moves: Drill Peck, Hydro Pump, Surf, Avalanche
Staraptor lv. 63 (Hasty nature)
HP: 195
Attack: 189
Defense: 109
Sp. Atk: 79
Sp. Def: 73
Speed: 176
Ability: Intimidate
Holding: None
Moves: Close Combat, Brave Bird, Defog, Fly
Tentacruel lv. 60 (Modest nature)
HP: 173
Attack: 99
Defense: 101
Sp. Atk: 114
Sp. Def: 149
Speed: 127
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Holding: Sitrus Berry
Moves: Cut, Waterfall, Wring Out, Hydro Pump
Floatzel lv. 58 (Calm nature)
HP: 170
Attack: 120
Defense: 91
Sp. Atk: 114
Sp. Def: 83
Speed: 145
Ability: Swift Swim
Holding: Oran Berry
Moves: Aqua Jet, Focus Blast, Strength, Rock Smash
I have been trying to defeat the Pokemon League for about 2 months now, and literally every time, Cynthia's Garchomp keeps on using Earthquake on my Empoleon before it can use Avalanche. It also uses Dragon Rage before my Giratina can use Dragon Pulse twice to defeat it. Please help!
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It might help if your team didn't have three water types.
Remove Rock Smash from your Floatzel's moveset.
Remove Cut from your Tentacruel's moveset.
Try teaching Ice Beam to one of them.
Train your team. That is the most obvious option. I also suggest stocking up on Revives and some form of HP restorer (Moo Moo Milk, Full Restore, Hyper Potion...), and get used to switching Pokemon during the fight (switch to a throw-away to heal your attacker). If you get in enough trouble, remember that your opponent's Pokemon can run out of PP too.
You need a fast pkmn to defeat garchomp. If your floatzel is faster, teach it ice beam. Else, replace it with a Weaville. You have too many water pokemon. Also try some ev training on the speed (if you decide to train your weaville).
The best thing to do really is to train your slow pkmn to lv 70 or something (giratina, empoleon) for your first challenge.
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