Palace Maven Spenser

Silver (battle 21): Crobat, Slaking and Lapras. Gold (battle 42): Arcanine, Slaking and Suicune. Spenser is the Battle Palace’s Frontier Brain and appears as the last battle of your 3rd and 6th rounds in a row. As with every Palace battle, neither of you picks moves: each Pokémon’s nature decides what it does.

When you face Spenser

• Silver Spirits Symbol: battle 21, the 7th battle of round 3.
• Gold Spirits Symbol: battle 42, the 7th battle of round 6.
• After the gold he comes back every three rounds.
• Single Battles only.

His rounds pay 10 BP extra: 15 BP for silver, 16 BP for gold.

Silver team

Pokémon	Item	Ability	Nature	Moves
Crobat	BrightPowder	Inner Focus	Adamant	Confuse Ray, Double Team, Toxic, Fly
Slaking	Scope Lens	Truant	Hardy	Earthquake, Swagger, Shadow Ball, Brick Break
Lapras	Quick Claw	Water Absorb or Shell Armor	Quiet	Ice Beam, Horn Drill, Confuse Ray, Protect

Gold team

Pokémon	Item	Ability	Nature	Moves
Arcanine	White Herb	Intimidate or Flash Fire	Hasty	Overheat, ExtremeSpeed, Roar, Protect
Slaking	Scope Lens	Truant	Hardy	Hyper Beam, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Yawn
Suicune	King’s Rock	Pressure	Hasty	Blizzard, Surf, Bite, Calm Mind

How Spenser’s Pokémon will behave

Because natures choose moves in the Palace, you can predict a lot about his team:

• Crobat (Adamant) picks Attack 38% of the time while healthy, so it spends many turns on Double Team, Confuse Ray and Toxic. Below half HP it turns aggressive (70% Attack) and uses Fly far more.
• Slaking (Hardy) attacks about 61% of the time at any HP, and its Truant ability makes it skip every other turn anyway.
• Lapras (Quiet) attacks 56% of the time, which includes Horn Drill, a one-hit KO move.
• Arcanine and Suicune (Hasty) attack 58% of the time while healthy and 88% once below half HP. Hurting them makes them hit harder, not hide.

How to beat the silver team

Crobat is a nuisance rather than a big hitter: Double Team plus BrightPowder makes it hard to hit, and Confuse Ray and Toxic wear you down. Electric, Ice, Psychic and Rock moves are super effective. A Pokémon whose nature favours Attack will keep hitting it instead of wasting turns.

Slaking has huge Attack but Truant means it only acts every other turn. A bulky Pokémon with a Fighting move gets free hits on its rest turns. Its Scope Lens makes critical hits more likely, so don’t rely on stat boosts to protect you.

Lapras is bulky, and Horn Drill can knock out anything that isn’t immune or protected. Sturdy blocks one-hit KO moves; otherwise, knock it out quickly with Electric, Fighting, Rock or Grass moves. If its ability is Water Absorb, avoid Water moves.

How to beat the gold team

Arcanine hits hard with Overheat and its White Herb restores the lost Special Attack once. Water, Rock and Ground moves are super effective. If its ability is Intimidate, your physical attackers lose an Attack stage when it comes in.

Slaking returns with Hyper Beam and Yawn. Truant still costs it every other turn, so punish those turns with Fighting moves, and carry a Lum or Chesto Berry against Yawn.

Suicune is bulky, can Calm Mind, and its King’s Rock adds a flinch chance to Surf, Blizzard and Bite. Electric and Grass moves are super effective. A Hasty Suicune at low HP almost always attacks, so finish it before it gets the chance.

Team tips for both battles

• Natures that keep attacking (Hasty, Hardy, or the steady neutral natures) are your best bet. Your Pokémon also choose their own moves.
• Fill every move group your nature uses, so your Pokémon doesn’t waste turns.
• Electric moves hit Crobat, Lapras and Suicune super effectively.
• A Sturdy Pokémon removes the Horn Drill risk in the silver battle.

The Battle Palace guide explains how natures choose moves and which natures work best.