finished -- How to beat Hoenn E4--

[Noxious]

Hello and welcome to the Hoenn Elite Four guide. Hopefully this will help you if you are having a hard time with it. Good luck!

 

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Recommended Pokémon

(can use Pokémon from previous regions)

 

Gyarados

 

▹ lvl 85+

▹ Leftovers

▹ Adamant/Jolly recommended, anything works though!

 

Moveset

▹ Dragon Dance

▹ Waterfall

▹ Ice Fang

▹ Earthquake

 

Gengar

 

▹ lvl 85+

▹ Leftovers

▹ Timid/Modest recommended, anything works though!

 

Moveset

▹ Shadow Ball

▹ Sludge Bomb

▹ Thunderbolt

▹ Dark Pulse

 

Clefable

 

▹ lvl 85+

▹ Leftovers

▹ Bold/Calm recommended, anything works though!

 

Moveset

▹ Calm Mind

▹ Moonblast

▹ Flamethrower

▹ Softboiled

 

Honorable Mentions

 

 

▹ Snorlax

▹ Starter Pokémon from every Region

 

How to get mentioned moves

 

 

▹ TM 26 Earthquake - Viridian City Gym - $6,000 - Special Offer: 5 for $24,000

▹ TM 80 Shadow Ball - Lilycove Department Store 3F $4,000

▹ TM 24 Thunderbolt - Mauville City Game Corner - $5,000

▹ TM 86 Sludge Bomb - Dewford Town - $5,000 - Special Offer: 5 for $20,000

▹ TM 54 Calm Mind - Mossdeep City Gym - $2,000 - Special Offer: 5 for $8,000

▹ TM 41 Softboiled - Goldenrod Mart - $3,000

▹ TM 85 Flamethrower - Mauville City Game Corner - $5,000

 

Recommended Healing Items

 

 

▹ 10 Hyper Potions
▹ 15 Leppa Berries
▹ 7 Max Potions
▹ 7 Full Restores
▹ 10 Revives
▹ 10 Full Heals

 

 

Elite Four

 

Sidney - Dark-types

 

Mightyena, Shiftry, Zoroark, Cacturne, Sharpedo, Absol

 

You can set up with Gyarados or Clefable with two Dragon Dances or two Calm Minds, respectively. Heal up if necessary and proceed to sweep.

 

Phoebe - Ghost-types

 

Dusclops, Banette, Sableye, Chandelure, Mismagius, Dusknoir

 

You can set up with Gyarados, after two Dragon Dances you can proceed to sweep Phoebe's team. Heal up if necessary. Use Earthquake against Chandelure, otherwise you risk getting burned.

 

Glacia - Ice-types

 

Abomasnow, Froslass, Beartic, Vanilluxe, Glalie, Walrein

 

Set up with Clefable, after two Calm Minds you can proceed to sweep the whole team. You risk getting frozen by Abomasnow, however. Healing up against it might be necessary. Another option is using Snorlax, its Thick Fat ability weakens Ice-type attacks.

 

Drake - Dragon-type

 

Altaria, Flygon, Kingdra, Haxorus, Dragalge, Salamence

 

You can set up with Gyarados or Clefable, with two Dragon Dances or Calm Minds, respectively. You can sweep from this point forward. Kingdra can be problematic for Gyarados, you might need a Fairy-type to deal with it. Dragalge can be problematic for Clefable if it is faster or Clefable gets crit. Gyarados is able to revenge kill it with Earthquake, however.

 

Champion

 

Steven

 

Skarmory, Claydol, Aggron, Cradily, Armaldo, Metagross

 

Gyarados is able to set up easily on Skarmory, three Dragon Dances are enough. Watch out for Aggron's Sturdy, Cradily's and Armaldo's Ancient Power. If Gyarados is able to kill all 5 previous Pokémon, Metagross should die to a +3 Earthquake. Snorlax is capable of beating Aggron, Cradily and Armaldo, if Gyarados died. Heal up the Gyarados when Snorlax is on the field and try to Intimidate the Metagross to reduce its damage output. Snorlax should always be able to tank at least two hits from it.

 

Hope you were able to beat Hoenn's E4 with the help of this Guide. If you have any questions feel free to reply to this thread. Special thanks to @ShinyCelebi who helped me with this guide.