Elite Four (Hoenn)

Hoenn Elite Four

Location Pokémon League Hoenn Champion Steven

Members Sidney Phoebe Glacia Drake

The Hoenn Elite Four is a quartet of prodigious trainers challengers must defeat before battling Steven, the champion. They are challengeable at the Pokémon League Hoenn upon acquiring all of Hoenn's badges.

Hoenn Elite Four

The player must fight five difficult trainers, and it is suggested to use Pokémons from previous regions, as the leveling areas of Hoenn are not as good as those available in Kanto and Johto. Each trainer will fight with a full team of 6 Pokémons, and each will have one Mega evolved Pokémon.

The player will have to fight the five following trainers:

• Sidney, a Dark type master.
• Phoebe, a Ghost type master.
• Glacia, an Ice type master.
• Drake, a Dragon type master.
• Steven, the Champion who uses Steel types.

Sidney

Sidney will be the first member of the Elite Four waiting for the player. Using a full Psychic monotype team, he will be particularly vulnerable to Fighting, Bug and Fairy types. Fighting Pokémons only have to watch out for Shiftry's Hurricane and Bug Pokémons only have Zoroark's Flamethrower to watch out for, but Fairy Pokémons are left completely unchecked. With the right Pokémons, he will not pose any challenge.

Sidney's Lineup
Mightyena Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Roar Normal Status — — Scary Face Normal Status — 100	Shiftry Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Toxic Poison Status — 90
Cacturne Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Toxic Poison Status — 90	Sharpedo Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Aqua Jet Water Physical 40 100 Skull Bash Normal Physical 100 100 Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95
Absol Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Swords Dance Normal Status — — Toxic Poison Status — 90 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100	Zoroark Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 Scary Face Normal Status — 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.

Phoebe

Phoebe is the Ghost type trainer, and only has two Pokémons with secondary typing. Dark and Ghost moves will be very efficient against her. However, with over half of her Pokémons knowing Will-O-Wisp, getting in physically could prove to be hard. Defensively, Dark and Normal type Pokémons will have an easy time, blocking all the Ghost moves, especially since the only super effective move she has is Brick Break from Sableye, which is a bit lacking in power.

Phoebe's Lineup
Dusclops Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Will-O-Wisp Fire Status — 85 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100 Hex Ghost Special 65 100	Banette Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Will-O-Wisp Fire Status — 85 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100
Sableye Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status — 85 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100	Chandelure Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Pain Split Normal Status — — Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status — 85
Dusknoir Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Pain Split Normal Status — — Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100 Shadow Punch Ghost Physical 60 100	Mismagius Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 100 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 Ominous Wind Ghost Special 60 100
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Glacia

If the Hoenn Elite Four is challenged with a Hoenn team, her Ice team may prove to be the hardest to face. With almost her entire team knowing Sheer Cold, being lower level than her Pokémons can mean instant death at any time. Ice being a very offensive type while having a very varied moveset amongst her Pokémons, playing defensively is going to be difficult, and as such it is recommended to go offensively with super effective moves. Fire and Rock Pokémons may however not be the most ideal types, due to the very large amount of super effective move she has against those types. It is to note that her Vanilluxe knows no directly offensive move. If there is a Pokémon that can set-up, this is the easiest place to do it.

Glacia's Lineup
Glalie Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100 Sheer Cold Ice Special — 30 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100	Froslass Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunder Wave Electric Status — 100 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100
Beartic Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thrash Normal Physical 120 100 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 Sheer Cold Ice Special — 30 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90	Vanilluxe Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Mirror Coat Psychic Special — 100 Sheer Cold Ice Special — 30 Toxic Poison Status — 90 Autotomize Steel Status — —
Walrein Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 Surf Water Special 90 100 Sheer Cold Ice Special — 30	Abomasnow Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Wood Hammer Grass Physical 120 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Sheer Cold Ice Special — 30 Grass Whistle Grass Status — 55
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Drake

Just like his name implies, Drake is the Dragon type trainer, and unlike Lance, every of his Pokémon has the type. Fairy Pokémons will thus have a significant advantage, at least until his last Pokémon, Dragalge. However, with three double weaknesses to Ice, any Pokémon that knows an Ice move will also prove to be very useful in the battle, especially if they can outspeed his Pokémons. Without any direct counter Pokémon, the best option would instead be to set-up against his Altaria, who will usually be attacking with the two-turn Sky Attack, before tackling his very offensive team.

Drake's Lineup
Altaria Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100 Sing Normal Status — 55 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — —	Flygon Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100 Sandstorm Ground Status — — Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100
Kingdra Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Waterfall Water Physical 80 100 Rain Dance Water Status — — Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100	Haxorus Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Assurance Dark Physical 60 100 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — —
Salamence Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100	Dragalge Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Toxic Poison Status — 90 Thunder Electric Special 110 70 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Steven

Steven may be a Steel type specialist, but three of his Pokémons are lacking the type, instead being of the two other Sandstorm-resistant types Ground and Rock. That said, his team is very defensive, while mostly lacking in speed and offense, at least until his signature Pokémon Mega Metagross. That said, all of his Pokémon can increase their own stats, and can become very powerful if unlucky, particularly with Ancient Power. Ironically, Steel type Pokémons resist the entirity of Steven's Pokémons with no normal effective without a secondary typing, and will make the battle very easy, especially if they can heal themselves and either set-up or remove stat changes with a move like Whirlwind.

Steven's Lineup
Skarmory Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 Stealth Rock Rock Status — — Whirlwind Normal Status — — Roost Flying Status — —	Claydol Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 Explosion Normal Physical 250 100 Sandstorm Ground Status — — Extrasensory Psychic Special 80 100
Aggron Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Autotomize Steel Status — — Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Iron Defense Steel Status — — Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100	Cradily Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Sludge Wave Poison Special 95 100 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80
Armaldo Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 Rock Blast Rock Physical 25 90 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95	Metagross Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Meteor Mash Steel Physical 90 90 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90 Scary Face Normal Status — 100 Bullet Punch Steel Physical 40 100
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.