

The latter games also give Iris a level 57 Hydreigon. Hydreigon doesn't evolve from Zweilous until level 64, but Ghetsis' Hydreigon is level 54 in Pokémon Black and White and level 52 in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.It's possible that he simply caught a different Pidgeotto in the wild, but it is heavily implied otherwise. In FireRed and LeafGreen, your rival's Pidgey evolves into Pidgeotto by level 17, despite Pidgey not normally evolving until level 18.In the remakes, one is as low as level 40, but this may be justified by Team Rocket deliberately inducing early evolution. In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Lance has three underleveled Dragonite this time they at least have legal movesets.Also justified in that various areas contain wild evolved Pokémon at lower levels than ought to be possible, allowing the player to catch them - the NPCs may have caught their Pokémon in places the player simply hasn't been to. In a similar vein, various characters have Pokémon that have evolved at levels lower than their designated evolution level, if you were to train up its pre-evolution.In 2016, an event Dragonite with Barrier was distributed as a deliberate reference to Lance's Dragonite, so this has gone full circle.What's more, in Generation II, his Aerodactyl knows Rock Slide, which it couldn't learn until FireRed and LeafGreen.

Dragonite's line has forever been incapable of learning Barrier under normal circumstances, no matter how much breeding you do. Speaking of the Elite Four, Lance's Dragonite in Generation I has Barrier.

