Elite Four (Johto)

Johto Elite Four

The Johto Elite Four can be fought in the west building of Indigo Plateau. The player must fight five difficult trainers, and it is suggested to bring a party of level 90 Pokémons to succeed the challenge without spending too much money on healing items. This time, 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:

• Will, a Psychic type master.
• Koga, a Poison type master.
• Bruno, a Fighting type master.
• Karen, a Dark type master.
• Lance, the Champion who uses Dragon types.

Will

Will will be the first member of the Elite Four waiting for the player. Using a full Psychic monotype team, he will be vulnerable to Dark, Bug and especially Ghost types. However, his large type coverage leaves no Pokémon unchecked. Most Pokémons will however attack with Special moves, as such a Pokémon with high Special Defense is a good choice to consider. Else, the wisest choice would be to aim for a one-shot KO on all of his Pokemons. His Bronzong and particularly his Grumpig are two Pokémons that can easily be set-up against, as their offensive prowess and coverage leaves a bit to be desired.

Will

Bronzong Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Feint Attack Dark Physical 60 100 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90 Flash Cannon Steel Special 80 100 Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100

Jynx Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 Perish Song Normal Status — —

Grumpig Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Payback Dark Physical 50 100 Bounce Flying Physical 85 85 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100

Slowbro Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Surf Water Special 90 100 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100

Gardevoir <td style="background-color: #{{_color}};">[[_(type)|]] <td style="background-color:#{{_color}};">[[ Moves|]] Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy [[]] Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —

Mega Alakazam Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Calm Mind Psychic 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.

Koga

Koga, the original Poison type leader of the Kanto region, makes his first appearance in Pokemon Revolution as a member of the Elite Four. Every of his Pokémons know a Poison type move, as such there is always a chance of getting Poisoned. Blocking these attacks with the Steel type is not a very good idea, as most of his Pokémons know a move to counter this type. However, using a Poison type Pokémon seems a good idea with only one Pokémon having a counter to it. Furthermore, that counter being Drill Run, it can be outplayed with Levitate. In particular, Weezing will take no super effective from any of his Pokémon, on top of boasting high Defense to survive his majorly physical movesets. But if playing defensive is not an option, setting up on his Skuntank while luring its Sucker Punch is also an efficient strategy.

Koga

Skuntank Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100

Venomoth Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Quiver Dance Bug Status — — Silver Wind Bug Special 60 100 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100

Toxicroak Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 75 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100

Muk Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100

Mega Beedrill Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 Drill Run Ground Physical 80 95 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100

Crobat Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Acrobatics Flying Physical 55 100 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 Taunt Dark Status — 100 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.

Bruno

Bruno, the Fighting type specialist of Kanto's Elite Four, returns again in Johto's Elite Four. However, this time he brings no Onix with him. While he focuses on physical attacks again, his Mega Lucario will catch physical walls off-guard with his powerful special attacks. He also has learned from his mistake from Kanto and will now be able to fight against Ghost Pokémons more easily, with 4 of his Pokémons knowing a Dark type move and the other having at least something normal effective. He also has a few countermeasures against the other types that resist Fighting. Fortunately, his Hitmontop is very easy to set-up on in order to aim for a one-turn sweep against the rest of his Pokémons

Bruno

Hitmontop Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Triple Kick Fighting Physical 10 90 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Endeavor Normal Physical — 100

Hitmonlee Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Blaze Kick Fire Physical 85 90 High Jump Kick Fighting Physical 130 90 Bullet Punch Steel Physical 40 100

Hitmonchan Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 75 100 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100

Hariyama Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Heavy Slam Steel Physical — 100 Reversal Fighting Physical — 100 Endure Normal Status — —

Mega Lucario Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 Aura Sphere Fighting Special 80 — Flash Cannon Steel Special 80 100 Nasty Plot Dark Status — —

Machamp Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Dynamic Punch Fighting Physical 100 50

Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Karen

Karen will fight the player with her Dark monotype team. Unlike the previous Elite fours however, she does not bring very good coverage with her team. While Bug type Pokémons might struggle, her other two weaknesses, Fighting and Fairy, will have an easy time, each seeing only one super effective move from her whole team. Furthermore, her type coverage starts dropping in the later game, making it easier to wall her. As if was not enough, her Weavile likes to use Fake Out if its other moves are not super effective, making it another easy target to set-up on.

Karen

Weavile Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100

Absol Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 Play Rough Fairy Physical 90 90 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80

Spiritomb Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Taunt Dark Status — 100 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100

Mega Houndoom Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Nasty Plot Dark Status — — Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100

Honchkrow Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Brave Bird Flying Physical 120 100 Pursuit Dark Physical 40 100

Umbreon Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Pursuit Dark 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.

Lance

Just like Bruno, the Dragon user Lance returns, but this time standing on the Champion throne. His team will also be more worthy of his type than last time, now having only two Pokémons that are not Dragon, as well as all of his Pokémons knowing either Outrage or Dragon Pulse. Fortunately, he knows no move to counter his main nemesis, the Fairy type. Furthermore, his last 4 Pokémons all know Earthquake and are double weak to Ice. Once his Charizard and Gyarados are out of the scene, his rest will ultimately fall in front of a Pokémon with Levitate such as Weezing, or will fall quickly if a fast enough Pokémon brings any Ice type move.

Lance

Charizard Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100

Gyarados Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Waterfall Water Physical 80 100 Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100

Garchomp Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stealth Rock Rock Status — — Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100

Altaria <td style="background-color: #{{_color}};">[[_(type)|]] <td style="background-color:#{{_color}};">[[ Moves|]] Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy [[]] Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100

Mega Salamence Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100

Dragonite Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — — Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100

Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.