Pokemon Legends: Arceus is set in olden times in the Pokemon world when it was rare to find harmony between people and Pokemon. Set in the land of the Hisui region, modern-day Sinnoh, you will join the Galaxy Expedition Team (Galaxy Team for short) as a member of the Survey Corps stationed in Jubilife Village. You will be tasked to meet every Hisui Region Pokemon species to complete the region’s first-ever Pokédex.
The Galaxy Team will task the player to do missions in the game. Additionally, various people will also ask for help from the player in the form of requests. One of these requests is Request 118, titled “Roserade’s Path of Solitude.” This guide will teach you how to complete the“Roserade’s Path of Solitude” request.
Roserade’s Path of Solitude
To unlock this request, the player must first complete the “Massive Mass Outbreak in the Icelands” request (request 101) and the “Daybreak” request (request 102), where the player must investigate the massive mass outbreaks in the Alabaster Icelands and complete the Daybreak DLC, and complete request 108 to 117, the first batch of Path of Solitude Requests, from Gared in the Training Grounds.
After doing the requirements mentioned above, you can now start this request! To do that, complete the last one of the first batch of the Path of Solitude requests, then simply head on to the Training Grounds in the northwest of the Jubilife Village. On the left side of the building (or behind Ingo), the player will find Gared, a member of the Security Corps.
Talk to Gared, and he will say that it was a thrill to see the player’s pokemon best the Path of Solitude like that. After that, he will reward the player for completing the previous request. Then, after a slight pause, he will nod and say that with the player’s skills, he knew that the player could do it and then tell the player to try these new and incredibly tough challenges. Then, a new bunch of Path of Solitude requests will start, and one of them is the “Roserade’s Path of Solitude” Request!
To complete this request, the player must defeat Ingo and his Staraptor in the Path of Solitude with only a Roserade in the player’s party.
Before talking to Ingo to start the Path of Solitude, ensure that the player has a Roserade above Level 80, as the player would have to battle Ingo’s Level 80 Staraptor.
The highest level Roserade player can find is around Level 51-53 in a Mass Outbreak in the Fabled Spring in the Coronet Highlands. Additionally, the player can catch a Level 50 Alpha Roserade in the Cloudpool Ridge in the Crimson Mirelands. The Alpha Roserade can be found in this location only during the day but in every weather condition. Alternatively, the player can also use the Roselia that the player used for the “Roselia’s Path of Solitude” Request (request 116) and evolve it into a Roserade using a Shiny Stone.
Suppose you plan on battling the Roserade before catching it. In that case, it is worth noting that Roserade is a Grass and Poison-type Pokemon which means it has a weakness to Fire-type, Flying-type, Ice-type, and Psychic-type moves (super effective) and resistance to Electric-type, Fairy-type, Fighting-type, Water-type, and especially Grass-type moves (not very effective).
It is recommended that the player’s Roserade has a Nature that boosts Speed, like Timid and Hasty, or boosts Sp. Attack, like Modest and mild. Then, the player can boost Roserade’s Effort Levels, focusing on boosting Roserade’s Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense, and Speed, using Grit items. You can also boost Roserade’s Defense and HP to help Roserade survive Ingo’s Staraptor’s attacks.
As for Roserade’s moves, it is recommended to let the player’s Roserade learn and use Venoshock, a Poison-type special attack that is doubled if the opposing Pokemon has a status condition, and Stun Spore, which is a status move that paralyzes the opposing Pokemon.
After training your Roserade and letting it learn the recommended moves, head to Ingo on the left side of Captain Zisu in the Training Grounds and talk to him. Select the ‘Path of Solitude’ on the prompt, and select ‘Accept the challenge’ on the following prompt. Then Ingo will let you choose one Pokemon, so put your Roserade in the party and remove all the other Pokemon so the player will only use Roserade. After that, select ‘Begin’ on the following prompt, and the player can now begin the challenge!
It is worth noting that Ingo’s Staraptor is a Level 60 Normal and Flying type Pokemon which means it has a weakness to Electric-type, Ice-type, and Rock-type moves (super effective), a resistance to Bug-type and Grass-type moves, and immunity to Ghost-type and Ground-type moves (no effect). Ingo’s Staraptor may use Air Slash, a Flying-type special attack, Giga Impact, a powerful physical Normal-type attack, and Roost, a status move that restores the user’s HP but makes the user Drowsy.
Check the request description; it will give a tip to take advantage when the opposing Pokemon uses Roost. What that means is to take advantage of when Ingo’s Staraptor uses Roost and becomes Drowsy by attacking it with Venoshock because, as mentioned above, the attack’s power is doubled when the opposing Pokemon has a status condition. With that strategy alone, it is possible to defeat Ingo’s Staraptor.
However, as Venoshock does not require any specific status condition on the opposing Pokemon so that it will deal double damage, the player can use Stun Spore to Paralyze Ingo’s Staraptor instead of waiting for it to use Roost. So, with that in mind, the player can use Stun Spore to Paralyze Ingo’s Staraptor, then, on the next turn, use Venoshock in Strong Style to deal significant damage.
If the player’s Roserade is strong enough, hopefully, defeat Ingo’s Staraptor with one hit (if the player’s Roserade is not strong enough, the player can use Venoshock in Agile Style then, in the next consecutive turn, use Venoshock again but this time in Strong Style). All the player has to worry about is surviving Staraptor’s Air Slash, a Flying-type attack that is super effective against Roserade, and Giga Impact, which is a potent physical attack.
After defeating Ingo’s Staraptor, Ingo will say that the player’s Roserade has reached the final station on its Path to Solitude and that he has added a mark on Roserade’s page in the Pokedex that signifies its victory. Then, Ingo will reward the player with three Exp. Candy L as a prize for having completed the Path of Solitude.
Afterward, head back to Gared, still near Ingo, and talk to him. Gared will say it was a thrill to see the player’s Pokemon best, the Path of Solitude. Then, finally, the player will be rewarded with one Seed of Mastery and one Exp. Candy XL, for your efforts, and the “Roserade’s Path of Solitude” Request is now completed!
Now that you have completed the “Roserade’s Path of Solitude” Request, you can now try to complete other requests, complete missions, or complete Arceus’ task for you, which is to catch ’em all!
