The Elite Four are the last bosses. After defeating them, you face the champion. (In Red, Blue, Yellow, Fire Red, and Leaf Green, this is your rival. Gold, Silver, and Crystal have Lance as the champion. In Ruby and Sapphire, you fight Steven. You battle Wallace in Emerald.) The Elite Four from Ruby and Sapphire will be covered here.
To beat them your Pokémon should be at least at Level 55 each. The simplest possible team that can win the tournament comprises four Pokemon: One fire, One Water,One Ice and One Electric type.
- The first of the Elite four is Sidney. He specializes in dark Pokémon.
He has an Absol, a Mightyena, a Shiftry, a Sharpedo, and a Cacturne.If you had the slightest thought of strengthening a Dustox or Beautifly, then Sidney's downfall is your reward. But his Shiftry knows the Psychic move Extrasensory, so beware!
Practically, any strong attack can crush Mightyena. Fighting or Bug Type will do well against all of the Dark Types. Blaziken and Swampert are fine choices too. Also, if playing Ruby, the legendary Groudon is a cool choice. Its fire moves will work well against Cacturne and Shiftry and its Grass move Solarbeam can knock out Sharpedo. Absol is left. Fine, use a gentle Fire attack on it first and then a strong Fighting attack like Double Kick.
- After Sidney comes Phoebe, a user of Ghost Pokémon.
She has a Sableye, two Dusclops, and two Bannetes. Dusclops knows Ice Ball, so keep Rayquaza far away from it. Earthquake attack works well on this team. Ghost or Dark Types that you have will also score wins. Rather, power is all that's needed here. Type advantages are not a must for beating Phoebe.
- Next up is Glacia, with Ice Pokémon.
She has two Glalies, two Sealeo, and a Walrein. Make sure you have a strong Kyogre, because Walrein can use Sheer cold! The best you can do is bring some good Electric Types. Preserve your Fire Types for thawing Glalie.
Later when you get a Rayquaza, teach it an electric attack and teach Glacia a lesson; but don't give any foe a chance to attack as Ice type moves will devastate Rayquaza.
- Drake, the Dragon Master, is the final of the four.
He has an Altaria, Shelgon, two Flygon, and a Salamence! If you have a good Ice Type like Walrein, Regice or Kyogre, it will beat this crew! Finish Drake as fast as possible as dragons are nightmarish! Or pit Dragons against Dragons.
- The champion, Steven Stone, has mostly Steel Type Pokémon.
Beware the Skarmory, Aggron, Claydol, Cradily, Armaldo and Metagross! Get Fire Pokémon and prepare for a meltdown! Face Skarmory with Fire, Electric or Ice Pokémon(Ice won't win very quickly). Aggron can be dangerous, so the Ground attack Earthquake or the water attack Surf are the best. Wash the next three with Water Pokémon. Hydro Pump is a crucial attack here. Fire and Water attacks, both work well on Metagross. Fire is better.
Summing up, the legendary stars Kyogre and Groudon are useful allies in the final battle.
Once you beat Steven, you are the Champion in all of Hoenn. Your party Pokémon will enter the hall of Fame and will get a ribbon each. The end credits start rolling in but the game can be continued by restarting the Gameboy.
You can savour your victories in various ways: win the contests and catch the three Regi's if you didn't do that before. Go ahead on the quest to complete your Pokedex. You can now visit the enjoyable Sky Pillar and Battle Tower.