Right after beating the seventh gym in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, you will run across Serena where you will both receive a Holo Clip from the leader of Team Flare. At this point you need to heal up and fly to Lumiose City. You should be very nearby Lysandre Cafe once you land, which is your next destination located in Magenta Plaza. Now you may be feeling a little deja vu as this area is similar to Team Rocket’s secret hideout in Celadon’s Game Room in the original Pokemon Red and Blue.
In the cafe, you are to speak to both the waiter and waitress which will give you a code to open a secret entrance to Lysandre Labs. Once inside the labs, you will instantly face off with Team Flare Lysandre. He will tell you that you need the Elevator Key to continue, so now you will face off against a number of Team Flare Grunts. It is a little big of a maze, but not too hard to get around. Along the way you will also run into higher level Team Flare members to face off with, of which Team Flare Mable will drop the Elevator Key. It will all be capped with a battle against Team Flare Xerosic.
As with the Poke Ball factory, you will most often see Dark and Poison types, so once again it is a good idea to bring along a Fighting, Bug, or Fairy type to take on the Dark types and a Psychic and Ground type for the Poison types.
Below are the list of Team Flare members that players will get to meet and their Pokemon:
Team Flare Grunt (Waiter)
Scrafty – Lvl 46 (Dark/Fighting)
Money Received: 1,840
Team Flare Grunt (Waitress)
Liepard – Lvl 46 (Dark)
Money Received: 1,840
Team Flare Lysandre
Mienfoo – Lvl 45 (Fighting)
Gyarados – Lvl 49 (Water/Flying)
Pyroar – Lvl 47 (Fire/Normal)
Murkrow – Lvl 45 (Dark/Flying)
Money Received: 9,800
Team Flare Grunt
Swalot – Lvl 46 (Poison)
Money Received: 1,840
Team Flare Aliana
Mightyena – Lvl 46 (Dark)
Druddigon – Lvl 48 (Dragon)
Money Received: 6,720
Team Flare Grunt
Swalot Lvl 45 (Poison)
Liepard Lvl 43 (Dark)
Money Received: 1,720
Team Flare Grunt
Liepard Lvl 44 (Dark)
Mightyena Lvl 44 (Dark)
Money Received: 1,760
Team Flare Grunt
Houndoom Lvl 44 (Dark/Fire)
Toxicroak Lvl 44 (Poison/Fighting)
Money Received: 1,760
Team Flare Grunt
Manectric Lvl 43 (Electric)
Scrafty Lvl 45 (Dark/Fighting)
Money Received: 1,800
Team Flare Grunt
Golbat Lvl 46 (Poison/Flying)
Money Received: 1,840
Team Flare Grunt
Toxicroak Lvl 44 (Poison/Fighting)
Liepard Lvl 44 (Dark)
Money Received: 1,760
Team Flare Grunt
Mightyena Lvl 43 (Dark)
Toxicroak Lvl 45 (Poison/Fighting)
Money Received: 1,800
Team Flare Celosia
Manectric Lvl 46 (Electric)
Drapion Lvl 48 (Poison/Dark)
Money Received: 6,720
Team Flare Bryony
Liepard Lvl 46 (Dark)
Bisharp Lvl 48 (Dark/Steel)
Money Received: 6,720
Team Flare Mable
Houndoom Lvl 46 (Dark/Fire)
Weavile Lvl 48 (Dark/Ice)
Money Received: 6,720
Reward: Elevator Key
Team Flare Xerosic
Crobat Lvl 46 (Poison/Flying)
Malamar Lvl 48 (Dark/Psychic)
Money Received: 6,720
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