Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/The Elite Four

The Elite Four are the last bosses. After defeating them, you face the champion. The Elite Four from FireRed and LeafGreen will be covered here.

To beat them your Pokémon should be at least at Level 61 each. The simplest possible team that can win the tournament comprises four Pokémon: One fire, One Water,One Ice and One Electric type. A Water-Ice dual Pokémon will decisively reduce your workload.

Lorelei
Lorelei shouldn't give you much trouble as most of her Pokémon are Water types and can be battled comfortably with your Electric Pokémon. She begins with Dewgong who will use Safeguard to block status problems for five turns and Hail to pelt your team with hail for five turns. Dewgong also knows Ice Beam and Surf which are both powerful moves and Ice Beam can freeze your Pokémon, although this is very unlikely as the chances are only ten percent. An Electric type is the best choice here, although a Grass type can work as long as it's strong enough to take an Ice Beam.

Cloyster is the most defensive of Lorelei's Pokémon, using Protect to block attacks whilst slowly weakening your Pokemon with Hail. She also has Spikes so switching Pokémon will result in any Pokémon that cannot fly or Levitate, getting hurt by the trap. Cloyster also knows Dive to dodge attacks and strike on the next turn. Due to her very high Defense, Special Attacks are best used against her.

Slowbro is the only member of Lorelei's team that is not an Ice type but she has Ice Beam to make up for this. She also knows Surf and has Yawn, which will put your Pokémon to sleep on the turn after it is used. Slowbro has high Defense, although not as high as Cloyster, and also has Amnesia to raise her Special Defense by two levels each time she uses it.

Jynx is the only member of Lorelei's team that is not a Water type. Since Ice Punch is, in this generation, a Special Attack, Jynx can hit quite hard with that move, but her preferred strategy is to cause Sleep with Lovely Kiss or, against male Pokémon, infatuation with Attract. Double Slap is hardly worth mentioning because it's such a pathetic move.

Lapras is Lorelei's strongest Pokémon and is not only bulky but also has a Sitrus Berry to restore health. She has a brilliant moveset consisting of Confuse Ray, Body Slam, Ice Beam and Surf. Confuse Ray is especially annoying because there is fifty percent chance that your Pokémon will hurt themselves, and Body Slam has thirty percent chance of paralysis to make things even harder.

Bruno
Bruno's main type is Fighting, so bring in your strongest flying or Psychic types for him. On the other hand, he has two Onix to counter any Flying type, so bring in your best Water or Grass type for them. He begins with the lower leveled Onix who uses Rock Tomb to hurt your Pokémon and lower their Speed, Earthquake to damage Pokémon who use Dig, or simply as a powerful move, and Iron Tail which might miss but also might lower your Pokémon's Defense. This Onix also has Roar to scare off your Pokémon but if you are using a Water or Grass type it is unlikely that he will get a chance to use it.

The second Onix is slightly stronger and can actually make use of his Rock Head ability due to Double-Edge which would normally cause recoil damage. While Bruno's first Onix might scare off your Pokémon, his second might trap it in a Sand Tomb, meaning you can't recall it until the Sand Tomb wears off. Like the weaker Onix, he has Earthquake and Iron Tail.

Bruno's Hitmonchan can hit a Pokémon that uses Fly with Sky Uppercut, and use Counter to send Physical Attacks back at the opponent with twice the power, making Psychic types the safest option against him. He has Rock Tomb but causing the opponent to lose Speed seems a bit pointless since he also has Mach Punch to strike first.

Hitmonlee has Foresight, to make up for the fact that none of his attacks can hurt Ghost types. These attacks are Façade, Mega Kick and Brick Break.

Machamp is slow but has two moves to make up for this; Rock Tomb and Scary Face. He also has Bulk Up to increase his already sky high Attack power and reasonable Defense. His final move is the powerful but fairly inaccurate Cross Chop. Be thankful that No Guard didn't exist in this generation or Machamp would be a far greater challenge.

Agatha
Bring in your strongest Psychic type. All of Agatha's Pokemon are weak to the Psychic-type. After taking her out, move onto the next room.

Lance
All of Lance's Dragon-type Pokémon are weak to Dragon and Ice, especially Dragonite. Before you go into the next room, first heal all of your Pokemon and save before it's too late.

Blue
He's back and he's not holding back this time! Blue (Gary for you anime fans) has picked Pokémon that take care of all 16 types. The starters all hold Sitrus Berries so they can get some health back to get another shot at you.

If player chose Squirtle


After defeating Blue, Professor Oak comes over to congratulate you and scold his grandson. He then takes you to the Hall of Fame where, "You and your Pokemon's memeroies last forever." Congratulations!! You beat the game!!! Or did you?