Elite Four (Sinnoh)

Sinnoh Elite Four

The Sinnoh Elite Four can be fought in Pokemon League Sinnoh. The player must fight five difficult trainers, and it is suggested to use Pokémons from previous regions, as they are already trained and ready to fight the Elite Four. However, unlike Hoenn, Sinnoh has an excellent leveling spot in Sendoff Spring. Each trainer will fight with a full team of 6 Pokémons, and all but one of them will have one Mega evolved Pokémon.

The player will have to fight the five following trainers:

• Aaron, a Bug type master.
• Bertha, a Ground type master.
• Flint, a Fire type master.
• Lucian, a Psychic type master.
• Cynthia, the Champion who does not specialize in any type.

Aaron

Aaron will be the first member of the Elite Four waiting for the player. Using a full Bug monotype team, he will be weak to Fire, Flying and Rock. However, he has one or two Pokémons that are not weak to each of those types and, of course, he knows some moves super effective against Pokémons of those types. Particularly, Rock type Pokémons will struggle as they will usually be outsped and will take super effective attacks from five our of his six Pokémons. As most of his Pokemons are on the very fast side, going defensively can work well too. Poison types, in particular, will resist their STAB attacks and take no super effective from his whole team and resist all of Accelgor's moves.

Aaron

Galvantula Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunder Electric Special 110 70 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100

Accelgor Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100 Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100

Mega Heracross Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Megahorn Bug Physical 120 85

Scizor Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100

Yanmega Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100

Volcarona Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 Quiver Dance Bug Status — — Bug Buzz Bug 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.

Bertha

Bertha is the Ground type trainer, and the only Sinnoh Elite Four member without a Mega evolution. Despite that, she should be underestimated. Her Hippowdon and Tyranitar will usually bring Sandstorm, causing lot of damage over time to the player's team, while activating the abilities of her following Pokémons, Excadrill and Garchomp. Furthermore, she does not take her weaknesses lightly, as Grass, Ice, Water and Flying will all take super effective attacks from three to all of her six Pokémons. Setting up also proves to be difficult against her Hippowdon as it may use Whirlwind at any time. Her only special attacks being non-STAB from her Tyranitar which does not have excellent Special attack, a physical wall, particularly if it knows Levitate such as Weezing, may be able to put off something, but otherwise, a swift and strong Pokémon that can make use of both Water and Ice type moves, preferably on the special side, is probably the safest bet.

Bertha

Hippowdon Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95 Whirlwind Normal Status — — Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80

Excadrill Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 Swords Dance Normal Status — —

Tyranitar Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100

Garchomp Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 Swords Dance Normal Status — — Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100

Rhyperior Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Megahorn Bug Physical 120 85

Krookodile Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 Superpower Fighting 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.

Flint

Flint is the Fire type specialist, and perhaps the most offensive of all of Sinnoh's Elite Four members. With Flare Blitz being used by half of his Pokémons, any Pokémon that does not resist Fire will struggle staying alive. Fortunately, he is not very good at handling Dragon and Ground types. The former will resist his STAB attacks and take no super effective hit, while the later will be able to hit super effective all of his team while only fearing Ninetales' Energy Ball. This particularly makes Garchomp his worst nemesis. Water type moves will also be super effective, although Pokémons of that type will also take super effective from his first four Pokémons.

Flint

Infernape Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 Mach Punch Fighting Physical 40 100 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100

Magmortar Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100

Ninetales Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Nasty Plot Dark Status — — Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100

Arcanine Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100 Wild Charge Electric Physical 90 100 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100

Mega Camerupt Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 Flash Cannon Steel Special 80 100

Darmanitan Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90

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

Lucian

Lucian is the first member of Sinnoh's Elite Four that uses a type previously used in other Elite Fours, being Psychic. His lead choice, Alakazam, will punish those trying to set-up on the first turns with his quick and devastating attacks. Sucker Punch is the easiest solution, but any physical Pokémon that can either survive a hit or outspeed him can easily take him down in one hit. Bronzong will be the best Pokémon to set-up on, especially if it resists Psychic; its Calm Mind is of no use for its other moves. Defensively, the best type will be Bug, although they will only be super effective against two of his Pokémons. Ghost types will rather be the most efficient offensively, although they have to be careful of the front and back Pokémons with their Shadow Ball and Knock Off.

Lucian

Alakazam Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100

Mr. Mime Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Reflect Psychic Status — —

Bronzong Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Calm Mind Psychic Status — — Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100

Gardevoir <td style="background-color: #{{_color}};">[[_(type)|]] <td style="background-color:#{{_color}};">[[ Moves|]] Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 Hyper Voice Normal Special 90 100 [[]]

Slowbro Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Scald Water Special 80 100 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100

Mega Gallade Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Swords Dance Normal Status — — Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100

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

Cynthia

Cynthia, a popular character in the franchise, uses a very balanced team worthy of her Champion title. There are no evident weakness to exploit, and will be an all-on battle. However, it is to note that Fairy will do particularly well on all of her Pokémons except her Roserade. Lucario may seem scary to the fairies, but as it does not know any Steel move, Lucario is the one in disadvantage for that matchup. Playing defensively against Cynthia can prove innefficient, as Milotic can take defensive boosts away with Dragon Tail and use Recover, Spiritomb will wear down the already lowered PPs with Pressure, and two of her other Pokémons can possibly break through with Swords Dance.

Cynthia

Togekiss Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Aura Sphere Fighting Special 80 — Air Slash Flying Special 75 95

Milotic Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 60 90 Recover Normal Status — — Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100

Spiritomb Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Calm Mind Psychic Status — — Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100

Lucario Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 Swords Dance Normal Status — — Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 Extreme Speed Normal Physical 80 100

Roserade Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Sleep Powder Grass Status — 75 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100

Mega Garchomp Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Swords Dance Normal Status — — Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95 Dragon Rush Dragon Physical 100 75

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