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笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet Cortondo (Katy) gym guide

How to beat Katy and her bug-types in the Cortondo gym

Katy, a patissiere gym leader, poses with her arm up Image: Game Freak/The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company, Nintendo via Polygon
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Cortondo is a small town in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet that specializes in olive oil production. Its gym leader, Katy, specializes in bug-type 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

You do not have to do gyms in order (though you will be barred from going past certain points depending on your progress in the Team Star storyline), but this is the first gym we’d recommend you tackle, as Katy has the weakest 笔辞办é尘辞苍 out of every gym leader.

Cortondo gym test (olive roll)

All you have to do to clear this test is push the giant inflatable olive through the maze. It’s extremely simple, as you’ll just need to run into the olive to make it roll.

Katy gym leader battle

Bug-type gym leader Katy uses creepy crawly 笔辞办é尘辞苍. Here’s her party:

  1. Nymble, level 14 (bug)
  2. Tarountula, level 14 (bug)
  3. Teddiursa, level 15 (normal, bug Tera Type)

Katy gym battle counters

As all of Katy’s 笔辞办é尘辞苍 are bug-type, you can use fire-, flying-, or rock-type moves against her team. We can recommend putting any of the following 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in your party; they’re located relatively near Cortondo:

  • Fletchling (normal/flying)
    South Province (Area Two)
  • Starly (normal/flying)
    South Province (Area Two)
  • Nacli (rock)
    South Province (Area Two)

Cortondo gym rewards

After beating Katy, you’ll get TM21 (Pounce), a physical bug-type move that does damage and lowers speed. If this is your first gym badge, you’ll also gain control over all 笔辞办é尘辞苍 under level 25.

The next gym after hers is the Artazon gym.

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