Elite Four: Lorelei
Specialty: Water & Ice-type

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The first member of the Elite Four, Lorelei, has an excellent team to start off against. Although she says freezing moves are powerful, only two of her Pokemon can freeze you. Don't think you're off the hook though; when frozen in Generation I, you will never defrost unless hit by a Fire-type move, and unfortunately for you none of her Pokemon carry one. Her leading Pokemon, Dewgong, will use Rest to heal off all damage, so try and take it out quickly or during the turns it's asleep. The move Thunderbolt is excellent for that, and even moreso on a Lapras who can essentially wall her entire team. Slowbro needs to be dispatched extremely quickly as well as Amnesia is frightening: it boosts the Special stat by two, and with dual STAB moves in Surf and Psychic you'll want to avoid it. Cloyster has ludicrous Defense and will trap you with Clamp the way Blaine did with Fire Spin. Jynx isn't as bad as the rest of the team if you use strong Rock-type moves, but watch out for a mean Ice Punch from her should you break out a Golem or Onix. Her Lapras is also a terrifying with its Confuse Ray and Blizzard combo - your own Lapras would be the best counter.

Elite Lorelei	Dewgong	Cloyster	Slowbro	Jynx	Lapras
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 54	Level 53	Level 54	Level 56	Level 56
	Attacks: Bubblebeam Aurora Beam Rest Take Down	Attacks: Supersonic Clamp Ice Beam Spike Cannon	Attacks: Surf Psychic Withdraw Amnesia	Attacks: Doubleslap Ice Punch Lovely Kiss Thrash	Attacks: Body Slam Confuse Ray Hydro Pump Blizard

Elite Four: Bruno
Specialty: Rock & Fighting-type

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Undeniably the easiest trainer in this challenge, Bruno is still a force to be reckoned with. His team is very akin to Brock and the Fighting Dojo master's teams, using Onix as well as the Hitmons as main staples. The two Onix both have powerful STAB Rock Slides; as well, one has Dig while the other has Earthquake. Though Hitmonchan has a very weak Special stat, it can be very dangerous if it gets up a few Double Teams and becomes invincible. Hitmonlee has Jump Kick and Hi Jump Kick, both extremely powerful attacks. A recommended strategy is to use Fly on it with something; if it tries to Jump Kick or Hi Jump Kick you in the turn you're in the air, it will miss and take bad damage from it, setting up for a guaranteed KO the next turn with Fly. Machamp has become a joke and can be completely countered by Gengar: it resists Strength, Karate Chop, and Submission and strikes back with a buffed-up Psychic.

Elite Bruno	Onix	Hitmonchan	Hitmonlee	Onix	Machamp
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 53	Level 55	Level 55	Level 56	Level 58
	Attacks: Rock Throw Dig Slam Screeh	Attacks: Ice Punch Fire Punch Thunderpunch Double Team	Attacks: Double Kick Double Team Hi Jump Kick Mega Kick	Attacks: Rock Slide Screech Earthquake Slam	Attacks: Leer Strength Karate Chop Submission

Elite Four: Agatha
Specialty: Poison & Ghost-type

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This old bird makes great use of the Gastly line, stuffing her team with two Gengars and a Haunter. This generation has an issue with the type match ups - because of that, Psychics are impervious to Ghost-type moves. A good Pokemon here would be Alakazam, who can sweep the entire team with just Psychic and will have the speed to beat out Gengar and Golbat. As long as you don't get hit by physical attacks you'll be golden. Gengar #2 has Psychic, though, so watch out for an instant KO if you use anything weak to it. This team loves status moves, with everything being able to do almost anything under the sun, including poison, sleep, confusion, and paralysis (Gengar #1 can also heal with Mega Drain). Don't afford them any of those luxuries - confusion will ruin a physical sweeper if it hits itself, sleep will leave you susceptible to Dream Eater (which part of the team runs), paralysis will lower your much needed Speed, and poison is, well, poison. Ground-type moves are great here too because the Gastly line doesn't have Levitate in this generation, leaving four fifths of the team open to a strong Earthquake or Dig. Don't bother with Normal or Fighting-type moves here though because they'll be useless on the Ghosts. If you are put asleep at any point, remember you can save healing items by using the Poke Flute to awaken.

Elite Agatha	Gengar	Golbat	Haunter	Arbok	Gengar
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 56	Level 56	Level 55	Level 58	Level 60
	Attacks: Confuse Ray Lick Substitute Mega Drain	Attacks: Supersonic Leech Life Wing Attack Toxic	Attacks: Confuse Ray Lick Hypnosis Dream Eater	Attacks: Wrap Glare Screech Acid	Attacks: Confuse Ray Psychic Hypnosis Dream Eater

Elite Four: Lance
Specialty: Dragon-type

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The king of the Elite Four, Lance, has the most frightening team of all. Gyarados, his lead, has decent Special in this generation and can wipe you out with Hydro Pump or Hyper Beam depending on what works better. Hyper Beam, by the way, is a staple of his team, and has an interesting quirk - if it knocks a Pokemon out it won't need to recharge. Luckily Gyarados has a double weakness to Electric-type moves, so hit it with those for maximum punishment. Lance has two Dragonairs; one has a moveset that includes Thunder Wave and Thunderbolt, and the other has a moveset that includes Ice Beam and Bubblebeam. Rhydon or Golem work wonders on one, and a Water-type with Ice Beam will on the other. Aerodactyl is fast and has great Attack but poor moves - in fact, a Gengar can wall it completely. The main attraction, Dragonite, has a combination of Thunder, Blizzard, and Fire Blast, with Hyper Beam thrown in to round things out. Such a hard hitting combonation means Starmies, Laprases, Rhydons, Golems, and other Pokemon that can exploit its weakness with STAB moves are highly threatened. It does have a double Ice weakness though - use it to your full advantage on something that resists at least a few of those moves. Your best bet would be something fast that can fire off an Ice Beam but isn't phazed by those extremely lethal elemental moves. Switching in on a Hyper Beam with a Rock-type who resists it then hitting with Rock Slide or Ice Beam on the rest turn is a great strategy.

Elite Lance	Gyarados	Dragonair	Dragonair	Aerodactyl	Dragonite
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 58	Level 56	Level 56	Level 60	Level 62
	Attacks: Hydro Pump Dragon Rage Leer Hyper Beam	Attacks: Thunderbolt Slam Thunder Wave Hyper Beam	Attacks: Wrap Bubblebeam Ice BEam Hyper Beam	Attacks: Wing Attack Fly Swift Hyper Beam	Attacks: Blizzard Fire Blast Thunder Hyper Beam

Elite Four: Rival
Specialty: None

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The circle is now complete. Your first and last challenge is with your rival, and he'll have just as many tricks as ever to face you. With a fully rounded out team you'll be hard pressed to find one Pokemon to take everything out. Balance everything out as always: don't train just one Pokemon (seriously don't) and make sure your type coverage is astute. Ninetales and Cloyster will try to trap you with Fire Spin and Clamp respectively, Sandlash hurts Grass-types with Poison Sting and Earthquakes anything that it doesn't miss, Exeggutor only has few damaging attacks, and Alakazam has fearsome Psychic power. Pay extra attention to his starter, who always has dual coverage (Poison/Fire for Flareon, Bug/Electric for Jolteon, and Water/Ice for Vaporeon) and an extremely strong STAB move. One approach to this is to just use Toxic on everything (use PP Up if you're doing this) and stall it out with Chansey or another bulky Pokemon. It's not exactly enthralling but if it's what works go for it. Good luck!

Champion Blue	Sandslash	Alakazam	Exeggutor	Magneton	Ninetales	Vaporeon
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 61	Level 59	Level 61	Level 63	Level 61	Level 65
	Attacks: Earthquake Slash Poison Sting Fury Swipes	Attacks: Psybeam Psychic Kinesis Recover	Attacks: Barrage Hypnosis Stomp Leech Seed	Attacks: Thunderbolt Thunder Wave Screech Swift	Attacks: Fire Spin Tail Whip Quick Attack Confuse Ray	Attacks: Hydro Pump Aurora Beam Quick Attack Mist
Evolve Into Vaporeon

Champion Blue	Sandslash	Alakazam	Exeggutor	Ninetales	Cloyster	Jolteon
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 61	Level 59	Level 61	Level 63	Level 61	Level 65
	Attacks: Earthquake Slash Poison Sting Fury Swipes	Attacks: Psybeam Psychic Kinesis Recover	Attacks: Barrage Hypnosis Stomp Leech Seed	Attacks: Fire Spin Tail Whip Quick Attack Confuse Ray	Attacks: Ice Beam Spike Cannon Aurora Beam Clamp	Attacks: Thunder Thunderbolt Quick Attack Pin Missile
Evolve Into Jolteon

Champion Blue	Sandslash	Alakazam	Exeggutor	Cloyster	Magneton	Flareon
Battle Type Single Battle Items	Level 61	Level 59	Level 61	Level 63	Level 61	Level 65
	Attacks: Earthquake Slash Poison Sting Fury Swipes	Attacks: Psybeam Psychic Kinesis Recover	Attacks: Barrage Hypnosis Stomp Leech Seed	Attacks: Ice Beam Spike Cannon Aurora Beam Clamp	Attacks: Thunderbolt Thunder Wave Screech Swift	Attacks: Flamethrower Quick Attack Smog Fire Spin/a>
Evolve Into Flareon