Elite Four (Kanto)

Kanto Elite Four

Location Indigo Plateau Champion Gary

Members Lorelei Bruno Agatha Lance

The Kanto Elite Four is a quartet of prodigious trainers challengers must defeat before battling the successive champion. They are challengeable at the Indigo Plateau upon acquiring all of Kanto‘s badges.

Kanto Elite Four

The player must fight four difficult trainers before the champion, and it is suggested to bring a party of level 80 Pokémon to succeed the challenge without spending too much money on healing items.

The player will have to fight the four following trainers:

• Lorelei, an Ice type master.
• Bruno, a Fighting type master.
• Agatha, a Ghost type master.
• Lance, a Dragon type master.

They’ll successively battle Gary, the Champion who uses a more eclectic team.

Lorelei

Lorelei will be the first member of the Elite Four waiting for the player. Although she is said to specialize in the Ice type, she has an equal amount of Water types pokemons, with three being dual type Ice/Water and the two others being part Psychic type. Defensively, the Water and Steel types will prove to wall most attacks, while the Electric type is offensively the most efficient, taking care of all but one of her pokemons.

Lorelei’s Lineup
Dewgong Nature Ability Item Serious Ice Body Sitrus Berry Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90 Hail Ice Status — — Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 Safeguard Normal Status — —	Slowbro Nature Ability Item Calm Own Tempo None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Scald Water Special 80 100 Rain Dance Water Status — — Amnesia Psychic Status — —
Lapras Nature Ability Item Modest Shell Armor NeverMeltIce Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 Surf Water Special 90 100 Hyper Voice Normal Special 90 100 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60	Jynx Nature Ability Item Jolly Dry Skin None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 Sweet Kiss Fairy Status — 75 Perish Song Normal Status — —
Cloyster Nature Ability Item Bashful Skill Link None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Icicle Spear Ice Physical 25 100 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Spike Cannon Normal Physical 20 100 Iron Defense Steel Status — —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Bruno

Bruno will be the second in line. Although he focuses on the Fighting type, he notably has Onix. High physical defense and high special offense is recommended for this battle. Although the mixture of Ground, Rock and Fighting type attacks makes it hard to shield everything, it is noteworthy that the only Ground type moves are Dig and Earthquake from his two Onix, and that both Hitmon only have one regular-effective move against Ghost type Pokemon.

Bruno’s Lineup
Onix Nature Ability Item Impish Rock Head None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 Stealth Rock Rock Status — —	Hitmonchan Nature Ability Item Adamant Iron Fist Sitrus Berry Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Detect Fighting Status — — Sky Uppercut Fighting Physical 85 90 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 Mega Punch Normal Physical 80 85
Hitmonlee Nature Ability Item Jolly Limber None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 Blaze Kick Fire Physical 85 90 Endure Normal Status — — Mega Kick Normal Physical 120 75	Onix Nature Ability Item Adamant Sturdy None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Sandstorm Ground Status — —
Machamp Nature Ability Item Adamant No Guard Black Belt Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Cross Chop Fighting Physical 100 80 Bullet Punch Steel Physical 40 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Agatha

Mid-way in the challenge, Agatha will be waiting for the player. Just like in the original games, despite being a Ghost type specialist, only three of her pokemons are of said type while the entirety of her team is Poison type. This makes her an easy target for Psychic type attacks, although it is not wise to bring that type defensively. Particularly, her final Gengar will hurt unprepared teams very badly with its Life Orb and mixture of Focus Blast and Shadow Ball leaves no Pokémon unchecked type-wise. As such, it is recommended to set-up beforehand in order to defeat the last Gengar in one attack.

Agatha’s Lineup
Gengar Nature Ability Item Modest Cursed Body None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hex Ghost Special 65 100 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60	Crobat Nature Ability Item Hasty Infiltrator None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 Cross Poison Poison Physical 70 100 Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100
Haunter Nature Ability Item Timid Levitate None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Curse Ghost Status — — Destiny Bond Ghost Status — — Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 Taunt Dark Status — 100	Arbok Nature Ability Item Adamant Intimidate Sitrus Berry Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80 Coil Poison Status — — Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Glare Normal Status — 100
Gengar Nature Ability Item Timid Cursed Body Life Orb Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Lance

The famous Dragon master, Lance will be the last member of the Elite four before the Champion. Due to the lack of Dragon types in the first generation, his party appears more diversified, although it is noteworthy that four of his six Pokémon are also Flying type. Particularly efficient type offensively are Electric, Ice, Rock, Water and the new Fairy type, with each of these types being effective against at least 3 of his Pokémon. While Lance’s large diversity of types makes it difficult to wall through typing, it is noteworthy that all of his Pokémon use only physical attacks, as such a physical wall might prove useful.

Lance’s Lineup
Gyarados Nature Ability Item Adamant Intimidate Sitrus Berry Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Waterfall Water Physical 80 100 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 100	Dragonair Nature Ability Item Adamant Shed Skin None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Dragon Rush Dragon Physical 100 75 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 100 Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90
Tyranitar Nature Ability Item Careful Sand Stream None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 100	Aerodactyl Nature Ability Item Jolly Rock Head None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100
Charizard Nature Ability Item Adamant Blaze None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 Roost Flying Status — —	Dragonite Nature Ability Item Jolly Multiscale Dragon Fang Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Extreme Speed Normal Physical 80 100
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Gary

As the Champion of the Kanto Elite Four, Gary will stand as the last trainer to fight for the challenge. This is the battle that will prove to be an ultimate test of skills, as Gary does not focus on any type and will find a counter for any Pokémon the player may send. As this is the final battle, it is the moment to go all out with all that the player has remaining in his party and inventory.

Gary’s Lineup
Pidgeot Nature Ability Item Timid Tangled Feet None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 U-turn Bug Physical 70 100 Roost Flying Status — — Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90	Alakazam Nature Ability Item Modest Synchronize Sitrus Berry Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Recover Normal Status — — Calm Mind Psychic Status — — Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70
Rhydon Nature Ability Item Adamant Lightning Rod None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Rock Blast Rock Physical 25 90 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical 100 90 Stealth Rock Rock Status — —	Arcanine Nature Ability Item Jolly Intimidate None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100 Extreme Speed Normal Physical 80 100 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100
Exeggutor Nature Ability Item Brave Chlorophyll None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Wood Hammer Grass Physical 120 100 Leech Seed Grass Status — 100 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 Egg Bomb Normal Physical 100 75	Blastoise Nature Ability Item Modest Torrent Leftovers Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Flash Cannon Steel Special 80 100 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 Iron Defense Steel Status — —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.