Pokémon X and Y/Route 22

Route 22, also known as Détourner Way, is the western route to Victory Road. Currently you are far from qualified to take on the Victory Road, so this route is a dead end. There are a few trainers looking for battles here, as well as some new Pokémon that you can catch. Once you return here after getting all 8 badges, you can also access the southern section of Route 22, the entrance to the mysterious Chamber of Emptiness.

North Détourner Way

There isn't any particularly interesting along this route, but there are some items you can get. If you use Cut on the prickly bush at the top-left corner of the first grass patch, you can get an Elixir, an item not found in Poké Marts that restore 10 PP to every move of an individual Pokémon. After you make it past Lass Elsa, you can take a one-way shortcut back to Santalune City by jumping down the ledges to the west. After one of the ledges is a Super Potion, just waiting for you to pick up.

• Rising Star Louise
  • Psyduck (Lv. 6)
  • Litleo (Lv. 7)
  • 420

• Lass Elin
  • Goldeen (Lv. 6)
  • Marill (Lv. 6)
  • 144

• Rising Star Loïc
  • Riolu (Lv. 9)
  • 540

• Schoolboy Rabbie
  • Pidgey (Lv. 7)
  • Metapod (Lv. 5)
  • 160

• Schoolboy Mackenzie
  • Bunnelby (Lv. 8)
  • 256

• Lass Elsa
  • Flabébé (Lv. 8)
  • 192

Down the waterfall

Once you have obtained both Surf and Waterfall, you can go to a previously inaccessible portion of the route. Go to the southeast corner of Route 22 and you can find a river. Surf on the river then use Waterfall to reach the lower level of the route. There is a different selection of Pokémon here, although by this time your Pokémon will have no trouble defeating them in one hit. There are also two trainers here, but once again, your Pokémon should be at a much higher level than theirs.

• Ace Trainer Adelbert
  • Lucario (Lv. 31)
  • 3100

• Ace Trainer Hilde
  • Sharpedo (Lv. 29)
  • Gardevoir (Lv. 30)
  • 3000

There are some more items that can be found around here. If you surf down the river, then turn right and surf up the waterfall, then continue along the river to reach a small area with a Draco Plate. Other then that, the southernmost portion of the route is a slightly complicated Strength puzzle. Solve the entire puzzle to reach TM26 Earthquake, a strong Ground-type move. There is also a berry tree that drops Tanga Berries here. Additionally, you can use the Itemfinder to find two hidden items: a Full Restore and a Max Elixir.

Chamber of Emptiness

The Chamber of Emptiness is...well empty. The only thing inside is a Spooky Plate, as well as a Banettite in the post-game. There are absolutely no wild Pokémon, no trainers and as of now no special event that happens inside.

Pokémon found

	X	Y
Tall grass
Azurill	Average	Average
Bunnelby	Average	Average
Litleo	Average	Average
Psyduck	Rare	Rare
Farfetch'd	Rare	Rare
Bidoof	Rare	Rare
Dunsparce	Very Rare	Very Rare
Riolu	Very Rare	Very Rare
Yellow flowers
Psyduck	Common	Common
Farfetch'd	Average	Average
Litleo	Average	Average
Azumarill	Average	Average
Bibarel	Average	Average
Diggersby	Rare	Rare
Dunsparce	Very Rare	Very Rare
Riolu	Very Rare	Very Rare
Surfing
Psyduck	Common	Common
Azumarill	Very Rare	Very Rare
Fishing (Old Rod)
Magikarp	100%	100%
Fishing (Good Rod)
Goldeen	Common	Common
Carvanha	Average	Average
Fishing (Super Rod)
Gyarados	Common	Common
Seaking	Average	Average
Sharpedo	Very Rare	Very Rare

#54 Psyduck	#83 Farfetch'd
Psyduck possesses a somewhat unique Water and Psychic type combination, which gives it some fairly useful resistances. However, it doesn't learn a Psychic-type attack until level 15, when it learns Confusion. It evolves into Golduck at level 33, upon which it gets a simple stat boost. Psyduck, and Golduck as well, have a balanced set of base stats, with none of which that particularly stand out outside of its average 95 Special Attack. Overall, there are plenty of better Water-types and some stronger Psychic-types that you can find around this point in the game, and Psyduck simply lacks anything that makes it worth using over these other Pokémon.	Farfetch'd has always been the butt of many jokes due to its mediocrity. With a poor selection of stats and no evolution to improve them, Farfetch'd is often outclassed by many other Flying-types. While this is still true for this game, Farfetch'd does have a very limited use. At this point in the game, it is just slightly stronger than the completely unevolved Flying-types you have encountered so far, and a level 10 Farfetch'd can be traded in Santalune City for a common Bunnelby. This makes it a great Pokémon to use in the Santalune City Gym, as its sole Flying-type attack, Aerial Ace, is super effective against Bug-types. However, past the gym, it struggles to find a use that another Pokémon hasn't already filled, so it's likely not to be a permanent part of any team.
#399 Bidoof	#447 Riolu
Bidoof appears to be another standard Normal-type Pokémon to be used as an HM slave. However, it does loses some utility as it doesn't have an ability like Pickup and cannot learn many HMs until it evolves into Bibarel at level 15. However, it does get some useful abilities that affect it stat changes. With Simple, any stat changes that are applied to Bidoof is doubled, while Unaware ignores the opponent's stat changes. Unfortunately, despite these unique abilities, Bidoof and its evolution Bibarel's stats are simply too poor to be useful in battles.	Riolu is a pure Fighting-type Pokémon, the first of its type you encounter in the game, though it gains a Steel typing once it evolves into Lucario. As Riolu, it has an excellent Attack stat that lets it hit harder than most Pokémon you can currently find at the moment, and it becomes a threatening mixed attacker once it becomes Lucario. Lucario is also one of the few Pokémon that gets a Mega Evolution before you defeat the Pokémon League, though it isn't available until a bit later in the game. However, do note that you will get the choice to obtain a Lucario for free at a certain point in the game, so it might be better to hold off catching a Riolu and simply wait for a Lucario to be handed to you when the time comes.
#667 Litleo
Litleo has a very unique Normal/Fire typing, which grants it a couple of nice resistances but also some unfortunate weaknesses. It evolves into Pyroar at level 35, upon which it gains a different mane depending on its gender. Its strongest stats are its Special Attack and Speed, but you're stuck with the weak Ember as its only Special move until level 33, when it learns Echoed Voice. The rest of its moves it learns up to that point are mostly physical moves that uses its much poorer Attack stat. Noble Roar is a move exclusive to Litleo and Pyroar. It lowers the opponent's Attack and Special Attack, which is great for weakening strong attackers, though Litleo and Pyroar aren't too defensive to take advantage of the debuff.