How to beat the elite four

At the end of every Pokémon game lies a game The ultimate challenge For any coach: The Elite Four. They represent the cream of the crop – The best pokemon trainers in a specific area. In the past, the Elite Four caused legitimate despair for many young children. Although easier now, Paldea Champions can still be quite a challenge for the unprepared.


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How can a humble trainer overcome this four-pronged barrage in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet? There is no easy answer. Players must learn the Elite Four – their types, What strategies work against themAnd, most importantly, the amount of training required to rise above them. Now sit down and take a deep breath. This guide is here to help on all of those fronts.


Train, train, train

Chancy is out in the wild in Pokemon Scarlett and Violet.

If you’ve been struggling with the Elite Four, there it is There is no substitute for cold and hard grinding. You can always train the old-fashioned way – by seeking out trainer battles and random encounters for hours on end – but there’s a better way.

In Pokémon, “Chansey Farming” is a technique often used by competitive players to quickly train Pokémon from level 1. To date, this is the fastest and most The most reliable way Found for gaining XP efficiently in Scarlet & Violet.

In the same vein, make sure you have enough money to buy the lot healing items. The Elite Four won’t process Pokemon for you, but they will give you the chance to do it yourself between battles.

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Hero evaluation interview

Rika from Pokemon sitting behind a desk saying

Upon entering the Elite Four building, you will be an interview. Most of the questions in this interview are open-ended and have no right or wrong answer. However, there are two questions that seem important.

At some point, he will ask Rika Which gym leader was the most annoying during your gym challenge. You can answer freely, as long as you correctly match the name chosen with the type of gym leader, as well as the city they are from. All of this information can be found in this ranking of Paldean gym leaders, but here’s a quick answer: Grusha, the Ice Gym Leader of Glaseado Gym. Finally, Rikka will ask “Do you like Pokemon?” If you answer “no”, you will immediately fail the interviewwhich seems fair enough.

Defeat Team Rikka of the Earth type

Ricka from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet challenges the player to a battle.

After the interview, it’s time for a program The first fight of the Elite Four. Rika is Floor type trainerAnd her team consists of the following Pokémon:

  • Wiskach, Lv. 57 (water/terrestrial)
  • Camerobet, Lv. 57 (Fire / Earth)
  • Donvan, Lv. 57 (Earth)
  • Dogtrieu, Lv. 57 (Earth)
  • Claudeser, Lv. 58 (Terra Type: Ground)

Look at the ground type, its importance Weak points are ice, grass and water. All kinds of land completely Immune to electrical type damageUnfortunately, Pokemon like Bellibolt are out. Note that her water/terrestrial writing render Double doubles to quadruple weeds. Likewise, he gives fire / earth Camerobot quadruple waterproof.

Do not use the water type Moves against Cloudsir; Its ability to absorb water makes it completely invulnerable. Fortunately, Clodsire’s Tera transformation removes his poisoned writing, leaving her vulnerable to Grass. We also recommend bringing some Antidote or full recovery To counter Clodsire’s love of movement toxic.

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Defeat Bobby Steel’s team

Poppy from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Next is poppy Steel hero. Here are her Pokemon:

  • Koberraga, Lv. 58 (steel)
  • Magnezone, Lv. 58 (electricity/steel)
  • Bronzong, Lv. 58 (solid/psychic)
  • Corviknet, Lv. 58 (flying/steel)
  • Tenkaton, Lv. 59 (Terra Type: Steel)

Steel is one of the more defensively sound types of Pokémon, with a full range of resistances. notice her Three main weaknesses: fire, ground and combat. Of the three, Fire is the most reliable choice against Poppy.

Bronze ability levitate It makes her completely immune to ground-type damage, and her psychic type negates Steel’s weakness in combat. It’s the same story with the Corviknight – the flying type protects it from damage from the ground and combat type. TenkatonHis transformation makes him a pure steel type, but watch out for his movement gigaton hummer, Which has an absolutely amazing 160 stat strength.

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Defeat Larry’s Flying-Type Team

Larry from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet challenges the player to battle the Elite Four.

In addition to being a leader in the gym, the Every man is exceptional He acts as a Paldean hero, using the flying type. Here is his team:

  • Tropius, Lv. 59 (grass/flying)
  • Oricorio, Lv. 59 (electric / aviation)
  • Altaria, Lv. 59 (Dragon/Bird)
  • Staraptor, Lv. 59 (Normal/Flying)
  • Flamigo, Lv. 60 (Terra Type: Flying)

Larry’s first three Pokémon are equipped with secondary types It negates electrical type damage. This is unfortunate, given that electricity is the flying type’s most notable weakness. If you are struggling with this fight, we highly recommend that you grab it ice punch or ice beam From the TM machine at any Pokémon Center. Ice is a good offensive variant, and it’s especially useful here. Actually, both tropos And the Altaria It has a devastating effect Double the ice.

Other than the cheerful Sunny Day/Solar Beam on Tropius, Larry uses no tricks. Has decent Pokemon with good coverage. Deal enough damage, and he will be defeated.

Defeat Hassel’s Dragon-type team

Hassel from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.

Bring a fairy type with you, and this fight is not a hassle. Here are the types of dragons you’ll encounter:

  • Noivern, Lv. 60 (Bird/Dragon)
  • Haxorus, Lv. 60 (dragon)
  • Dragalj, Lv. 60 (cm/dragon)
  • Flabel, Lv. 60 (grass/dragon)
  • Paxcalibur, Lv. 61 (Terra type: Dragon)

While dragons are certainly scary, they are very possible Sweep his entire team with Strong fairy type. Tinkaton is a cool Pokemon to have during this battle due to its typing. Coincidence, Steel / Fairy It is arguably the greatest genre mashup ever. Tinkaton can make short work of every Pokémon on this list, even Dragalge. Although Dragalge can usually threaten Fairy types with cmtincaton Steel writing makes it invulnerable.

If you don’t have Tinkaton, Ice moves What worked well against Larry will still work here. the Dragon In and of itself is another option, but be wary of bringing a Dragon-type Pokemon into this battle.

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Defeat the all-star team Gita

Gita from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Finally, we have the pinnacle heroine herself, Gita. Geeta is not dependent on any kind, so her team has it There is no specific weakness. Instead, competitors must deal with each Pokémon on a case-by-case basis. Her team is as follows:

  • Espethra, Lv. 61 (psychic)
  • Juguat, Lv. 61 (grass)
  • Felosa, Lv. 61 (Water/Psychic)
  • Avalog, Lv. 61 (ice)
  • Kingambit, Lv. 61 (dark/steel)
  • Glimora, Lv. 62 (Terra Type: Rock)

While there isn’t any particular weakness to exploit, all of Geeta’s Pokemon are within reason to get a skilled trainer. Note that three Pokemon have it Weak shot (Gujuat, Avalog, Kingambit), three of them have a Fight weakness (Avalugg, Kingambit, and Glimmora), and two of them have a Stealth/Darkness/Bug double (Ispathra and Filosa).

If you have chosen Fuecoco as your starting Pokemon, then you have chosen well for this particular battle. Skeledirge is a great choice Here, where it can be set up for an unstoppable sweep with Torch songthen switch to Hex to deal with Veluza and/or Glimmora.

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