Kalos Route 18: Difference between revisions

'''Route 18''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|１８番道路|１８ばんどうろ}}''' ''Route 18'') is a route in eastern [[Kalos]], connecting [[Anistar City]] and [[Couriway Town]]. The route is also known as '''Vallée Étroite Way''' (Japanese: '''エトロワバレ{{tt|通り|どおり}}''' ''Étroite Vallée Way''). It cannot be accessed until the {{player}} defeats [[Team Flare]] by beating [[Lysandre]] for the final time at [[Team Flare Secret HQ|its HQ]] in [[Geosenge Town]].

This route is home to a horde of {{p|Durant}}, which sometimes damage the area with their tunneling to such a degree that it must be temporarily closed. Such a case happens when the player first arrives in Anistar City, and a pair of {{tc|Worker}}s is blocking the [[gate]]'s southern exit until the damage done by the Iron Ant Pokémon has been fixed. Once the player has stopped Team Flare in Geosenge Town, the damage will have been repaired, and the Workers will let the player enter the route.

Route 18 is a lush, green route with a river flowing through it. The river can be crossed either by a bridge or [[Roller Skates|Roller Skate]] rail near a [[Wacan Berry]] tree, which can be found growing in an area behind a {{m|cut}}table tree. At the east section of the route lies the [[Terminus Cave]], an abandoned coal mine which was closed down due to the rumors of {{p|Zygarde|a monster}} living there. Remains of former mine cart rail tracks can still be found lying outside of the cave entrances.

Once per day, {{tc|Psychic}} Inver may be battled in an [[Inverse Battle]], where {{DL|Damage|Type effectiveness|type matchups}} are reversed so that normally super effective moves are not very effective, and vice versa (with immunities becoming weaknesses). Inver has [[List of Inver's Pokémon in Pokémon X & Y|many preset Pokémon]], but only chooses a random three during the battle. In addition, his Pokémon's [[Ability|Abilities]] may vary, even potentially having their Hidden Abilities. At first, Inver's Pokémon are at [[level]] 55, but after the player has entered the [[Hall of Fame]], their levels grow to 65.

{{Itemlist|Poké Ball|In the bush behind the route sign south of the [[Anistar City]] Gate ''(hidden)''|X=yes|y=yes|display={{ball|Poké}}}}

{{Itemlist|Hyper Potion|South of a ledge south of where the main road bends coming out of the [[Anistar City]] Gate|X=yes|y=yes|display={{DL|Potion|Hyper Potion}}}}

{{Itemlist|X Defense|In the northeast corner of the area at the base of the elevated tracks (requires {{m|Rock Smash}})|X=yes|y=yes|display={{DL|Battle item|X Defense}}}}

{{Itemlist|Super Potion|At the base of the elevated tracks, on the middle rock in a vertical line of three ''(hidden)''|X=yes|y=yes|display={{DL|Potion|Super Potion}}}}

{{Itemlist|Big Pearl|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Itemlist|Ether|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Itemlist|Hard Stone|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Itemlist|Heart Scale|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Itemlist|Max Ether|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Itemlist|Max Revive|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes|display={{DL|Revive|Max Revive}}}}

{{Itemlist|Pearl|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes|display={{OBP|Pearl|item}}}}

{{Itemlist|Revive|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes|display={{DL|Revive|Revive}}}}

{{Itemlist|Soft Sand|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Itemlist|Star Piece|Randomly found by {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}|X=yes|y=yes}}

{{Catch/div|red|Red Flowers}}

{{Catch/entry6|028|Sandslash|yes|yes|Red Flowers|44-45|all=20%|type1=ground}}

{{Catch/entry6|075|Graveler|yes|yes|Red Flowers|45-46|all=15%|type1=rock|type2=ground}}

{{Catch/entry6|247|Pupitar|no|yes|Red Flowers|44-46|all=30%|type1=Rock|type2=ground}}

{{Catch/entry6|305|Lairon|yes|no|Red Flowers|44-46|all=30%|type1=steel|type2=rock}}

{{Catch/entry6|324|Torkoal|yes|yes|Red Flowers|46|all=10%|type1=fire}}

{{Catch/entry6|533|Gurdurr|yes|yes|Red Flowers|46|all=10%|type1=fighting}}

{{Catch/entry6|631|Heatmor|yes|yes|Red Flowers|45-46|all=5%|type1=Fire}}

{{Catch/entry6|632|Durant|yes|yes|Red Flowers|44|all=10%|type1=bug|type2=steel}}

{{Trainerentry|VSBlack Belt.png{{!}}150px|Black Belt|Yanis|2,400|2|539|Sawk|♂|49|None|675|Pangoro|♂|50|None|36=タクマ|37=Takuma}}

For the Pokémon used by [[Inver]] in his [[Inverse Battle]]s, see [[List of Inver's Pokémon in Pokémon X & Y|here]].

[[File:Kalos Route 18 Adventures.png|thumb|230px|Route 18 in Pokémon Adventures]]

This route first appeared in the {{chap|X & Y}} in [[Korrina]]'s flashback to when she first found the {{DL|Mega Stone|Lucarionite}} that would be used to [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolve]] her {{TP|Korrina|Lucario}}.

Later, {{adv|Tierno}} and {{adv|Shauna}} searched the route to find the {{DL|Mega Stone|Pinsirite}} for {{adv|X}}'s {{p|Pinsir|Rute}} and the {{DL|Mega Stone|Absolite}} for {{adv|Y}}'s {{p|Absol|Solsol}}.

==Name origin==

Vallée Étroite means "narrow valley" in French.  

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[[Category:Routes|Route 018]]

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