Victory Road (Part 1)

Guide to Victory Road (Part 1) in Pokémon X and Y. Includes trainer battles, item locations, and Pokémon encounters to help you reach the Elite Four.

You’ve almost made it! But there’s a LOT of Trainer battles to face yet.

You might want to heal up your Pokémon before venturing in. The quickest way is to Fly back to Snowbelle City each time to heal, than just skating back. Anyway, when you’re ready head north until you reach the cave entrance. Head inside!

Run north until you get challenged by a trainer.

Trainer Battle: Ace Trainer Alanza

Head west to the water. Surf across to the other side. Turn on your Dowsing Machine and head north. Use it to find the nearby X Attack. Now walk up the stairs to the next Ace Trainer.

Trainer Battle: Ace Trainer Bence

From the next Ace Trainer, head up the stairs leading west. Head south to the Black Belt.

Trainer Battle: Black Belt Markus

Head south to the Battle Girl there. She’ll be circling around a pool of water.

Trainer Battle: Battle Girl Veronique

Head around the pool yourself to grab the Dusk Ball. Once you have it, head back to the Black Belt. Go west through the door so that you’re outside. Now that you’re outside head north across the bridge. Partway over you’ll bump into a Backpacker. Take him out, yo!

Trainer Battle: Backpacker Farid

Full Heals are useful as they’ll heal a Pokémon of all status-ailments in one turn.

Turn your Dowsing Machine and head north. Use it to find the hidden Hyper Potion. Next, keep following the path north, then west. Make sure your Dowsing Machine is still on and head north once again so that you can see the entrance to the next part of Victory Road to your east. Now use the machine to find the hidden Full Heal.

Then walk east and walk on inside the cave. Walk north up to the next Battle Girl!

Trainer Battle: Battle Girl Sigrid

Stepping stones ahead. Take them north-west to the platform there. Once you reach it, jump on. Head north, then east. You’ll see a boulder here with a Black Belt to your north. May as well take him down now.

Trainer Battle: Black Belt Ander

Run north past him up the stairs. At the top you’ll find a Carbos. Also use your Dowsing Machine here to find a hidden Smooth Rock. Head back to where the boulder was and continue south down to the breakable rock. Use Rock Smash on it, then head down the stairs. Now use your Dowsing Machine to find the Ultra Ball down here.

You have to get through these rocks. Wind your way south-west, then back east through the maze. Once you get out of it and head over to the steps. Head up them and east, over to the two stepping stones. Step over them then continue south out of the cave. Head south all the way down to the next cave entrance.

Enter and you’ll find TM03 - Psyshock. Head all the way back to where you broke the rock and headed down the stairs. Instead of heading down the stairs again, head east up the stairs. Take the stepping stone north then head around and take on the Psychic.

Trainer Battle: Psychic William

Keep following the path around and use Strength on the rock when you reach it. From there just keep pushing it west until it falls into the hole. Head over the boulder, up the stairs and