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Please leave some help!

Hallnavy

Beginning Trainer
Ok. I have NEVER EVER IN MY LIFE had this much trouble with a Pokemon game EVER. Ok I just can't beat the Elite 4. Here is my pokemon and their moves.
Sceptile Lv. 42 w/Miracle Seed
Leaf Blade
Pursuite
Giga Drain
Quick Attack

Mightyena Lv. 42 w/Blackglasses
Take Down
Swagger
Roar
Bite

Lombre Lv. 36
Dive
Fake Out
Waterfall
Surf

Linoone Lv. 61 w/Silk Scarf
Headbutt
Rock Smash
Strength
Cut

Gradevoir Lv. 40
Psychic
Confusion
Imprison
Teleport

Beautifly Lv. 35
Silver Wind
Mega Drain
Secret Power
Gust
 
Get rid of Beautifly, and Linoone, you don't need them for the E4, get a good water pokemon and teach it Surf and Ice Beam, you'll need them for Drake, and get a good fighting type or electric type for Glacia, but what version are you playing R/S or Emerald
 

Hallnavy

Beginning Trainer
Ok well im not gonna get rid of Linoone. I can wipe out Sidney without even switching out. Also I need to come up with a good one to replace Beautifly that can get me through Pheobe.
 

Aquarelle

Well-Known Member
Staff member
Well first off, you definately need to level up more. None of your pokemon should be below the level 40-45 range if you want a bare minimal chance of survival against the elite four.

Like ShinyManafi said, get rid of Beautifly and Linoone, their stats are just to low to do your team any good. You WILL need a good water pokemon with surf/ice beam, I reccomend evolving your Lombre and teaching it those moves.

EDIT: Your post beat mine, so keep Linoone.
If you need a pokemon to beat Phoebe, get a normal type with shadow ball, (i.e. Slaking, Exploud, ect.) since they would be immune to ghost moves, and be able to land a super effective hit with shadow ball.

Or you could keep Mightyena and teach it howl and shadow ball, since it has decent attack and ghost moves aren't very effective against it.


And a thunderbolter or fighting type wouldn't be a bad idea, especially if you're playing emerald, where having an electric attack/pokemon is EXTREMELY helpful.

I would get rid of all the HM moves, save surf, since they're not very useful in battle and waste a move space. Also, try not to use two moves of the same type, it really limits the types you can cover. Maybe replace Gardevour's confusion with thunderbolt, Lombre's dive/waterfall with ice beam, and one of Sceptile's attacks (But NOT leaf blade) with Dragon Claw or something. (That's if you don't mind using the TM, just that Sceptile doesn't have very many move options unless you can breed, where you can get crunch on it)

Mightyena isn't too good either, I would reccomend getting a good ground type such as Donphan or Rhydon, or maybe a good normal type, like Slaking or Dodrio even. (Though if you need it for Phoebe, then keep it)

Then, just level them up a lot, so that they're in their forties. Then when you go to battle the Elite Four again, make sure you bring a lot of hyper/max potions, full heals/restores, and revives to heal your pokemon if you need to.

And one more thing, can you please tell us which game you're playing?

~Aquarelle
 
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Aquarelle

Well-Known Member
Staff member
Ah Yes sorry about that. Emerald.

Okay, then you'll definately want to get a pokemon with thunderbolt, it'll come in handy.

You should teach it to your Gardevoir, along with calm mind. CM will boost its special attack and special defense, then following that with thunderbolt/psychic will make the foe suffer huge damage.

Or you could get an electric type if you want, but most of the good ones aren't available until you can trade with other games. Raichu or Manectric can be good, but their defense leaves something to be desired. Lanturn is the best electric available at this point in the game, IMO, if it has the volt absorb ability, and it can be a boltbeamer.

Starmie is also a very good choice for a water type, it has very high special attack and speed, and can boltbeam and use double STAB, even recover if you want it to.

~Aquarelle
 

Sarukarisha

Retiring
Wow, really level up. And you might try to go catch rayquaza cause that really helps.
 

neo_senku

Well-Known Member
evolve lombre to ludicolo and teach it ice beem, level up all pkmn to at least 50,
teach sceptile dragon claw,
replace beautifly with a magneton
 
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