Elite Four Battle Guide: Best Pokémon and Strategies

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The Elite 4 Pokémon and Pokémon Champion are the last bosses you need to defeat before becoming the new Champion in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. In this guide, we’ll teach you everything you need to know about your opponents (including the best Pokémon to put on your team), so you can battle your way to victory.

Things You Should Know

Prepare to fight Dark-Type Master Sidney, Ghost-Type Master Phoebe, Ice-Type Master Glacia, and Dragon-Type Master Drake.
Fight Pokémon Champion Steven in the Ruby and Sapphire games, and Pokémon Champion Wallace in Emerald.
Fill your team with Pokémon like Salamence, Starmie, Magneton, Steelix, and Sceptile.

Elite Four & Champion Overview

Plan to fight Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia, Drake, and Steven/Wallace. Sidney uses all Dark-type Pokémon, Phoebe uses Ghost-type, Glacia uses Ice-type, Drake uses Dragon-type, Steven (Ruby/Sapphire only) uses Steel-type, and Wallace (Emerald only) uses Water-type.Their Pokémon levels are anywhere between 46 and 58, so make sure your Pokémon is leveled up before you challenge anyone.

Best Pokémon to Battle With

Cater to the Elite 4/Champion’s weaknesses. Sidney’s Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Bug- and Fighting-type moves; Phoebe’s Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Ghost- and Dark-type moves; Glacia’s Ice-type Pokémon are weak to Steel-, Fire-, Rock-, and Fighting-type moves; and Drake’s Dragon-type Pokémon are weak to Dragon-type moves.Steven’s Steel-Type Pokémon are weak to Fire-, Fighting-, and Ground-type moves, and Wallace’s Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric- and Grass-type moves. Here are some handy Pokémon (and their best moves) to put on your roster: Blaziken: Fire Blast (Fire), Sky Uppercut (Fighting), Blaze Kick (Fire), Bulk Up (Fighting) Swampert: Earthquake (Ground), Focus Punch (Fighting TM), Surf (Water HM), Iron Tail (Steel TM) Sceptile: Leaf Blade (Grass), Brick Break (Fighting TM), Dragon Claw (Dragon TM), Hyper Beam (Normal) Salamence: Earthquake (Ground TM), Dragon Claw (Dragon), Fire Blast (Fire TM), Dragonbreath (Dragon) Starmie: Ice Beam (Ice TM), Thunderbolt (Electric TM), Surf (Water HM), Recover (Normal) Magneton: Thunderbolt (Electric TM), Zap Cannon (Electric), Lock-on (Normal), Thunder Wave (Electric) Steelix: Earthquake (Ground TM), Iron Tail (Steel), Toxic (Poison TM), Roar (Normal TM) Ludicolo: Surf (Water HM), Astonish (Ghost), Giga Drain (Grass TM), Absorb (Grass) Slaking: Shadow Ball (Ghost TM), Ice Beam (Ice TM), Strength (Normal HM), Brick Break (Fighting TM)

Best Battle Strategies

Save your game before you start. While you can’t go to a Pokécenter between battles to heal your Pokémon, you can save your game after defeating each Elite 4 member.Some players prefer to save just before entering the Elite 4, so they can restart the battle with a clean slate. Stock up on healing items. Buy plenty of Full Heals, Full Restores, and Max Revives to quickly get an injured or fainted Pokémon back on its feet in the heat of battle.You can’t go back to a Pokémon Center in the middle of battle, so it’s important to be fully stocked. Level up your Pokémon before the battles. The Elite 4 and Pokémon Champion have Pokémon between levels 46 and 58, so make sure that your own team is on that level. The more you grind, the easier it’ll be to defeat everyone.