Yesterday we covered the eight Johto Gym Leaders and the differences between their original Pokemon Gold & Silver appearances and those in the recently released Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Today we’re going to look at the Elite Four (and the Pokemon Champion) and show you the differences in their Pokemon and their respective levels.
| Gold and Silver | Heart Gold and Soul Silver |
| Xatu – Level 40 (Psychic-Flying) | Xatu – Level 40 (Psychic-Flying) |
| Exeggutor – Level 41 (Grass-Psychic) | Exeggutor – Level 41 (Grass-Psychic) |
| Slowbro – Level 41(Water-Psychic) | Slowbro – Level 41(Water-Psychic) |
| Jynx – Level 41 (Ice-Psychic) | Jynx – Level 41 (Ice-Psychic) |
| Xatu – Level 42 (Psychic -Flying) | Xatu – Level 42 (Psychic -Flying) |
My tip here is to bring Electric. A solid Electric Pokemon should be able to take out both Xatu and the Slowbro in a single round. Have a Fire Pokemon as backup against the Jynx and Exeggutor. Note not even a slight deviation from the original game.
| Gold and Silver | Heart Gold and Soul Silver |
| Ariados – Level 40 (Bug-Poison) | Ariados – Level 40 (Bug-Poison) |
| Venomoth – Level 41 (Poison-Flying) | Venomoth – Level 41 (Poison-Flying) |
| Forretress – Level 43 (Bug-Steel) | Forretress – Level 43 (Bug-Steel) |
| Muk – Level 42 (Poison) | Muk – Level 42 (Poison) |
| Crobat – Level 44 (Poison – Flying) | Crobat – Level 44 (Poison – Flying ) |
Do I even need to say it? Psychic, Psychic, Psychic. That should take out four of the five. For Forretress, just have a Fire Pokemon on hand.
| Gold and Silver | Heart Gold and Soul Silver |
| Hitmontop – Level 42 (Fighting) | Hitmontop – Level 42 (Fighting) |
| Hitmonlee – Level 42 (Fighting) | Hitmonlee – Level 42 (Fighting) |
| Hitmonchan – Level 42 (Fighting) | Hitmonchan – Level 42 (Fighting) |
| Onix –Level 32 (Rock-Ground) | Onix –Level 32 (Rock-Ground) |
| Machamp – Level 46 (Fighting) | Machamp – Level 46 (Fighting) |
Once again, make sure your Psychic Pokemon is center stage. It should be able to take out all of Bruno’s Pokemon by itself, save the Onix. It’s kind of disappointing that the Gym Leaders had some change to each of them and yet the Elite Four are three-for-three in being THE EXACT SAME.
| Gold and Silver | Heart Gold and Soul Silver |
| Umbreon – Level 42 (Dark) | Umbreon – Level 42 (Dark) |
| Vileplume – Level 42 (Poison-Grass) | Vileplume – Level 42 (Poison-Grass) |
| Murkrow – Level 44 (Dark-Flying) | Murkrow – Level 44 (Dark-Flying) |
| Gengar – Level 45 (Ghost-Poison) | Gengar – Level 45 (Ghost-Poison) |
| Houndoom – Level 47 (Dark-Fire) | Houndoom – Level 47 (Dark-Fire) |
Karen has the most diverse team so far. I’d do a Fighting Pokemon to take out Umbreon and Houndoom. If you teach it some non Fighting attacks, it’ll work great against Gengar too. Bring your Psychic back out against Vileplume, and your Electric from Will against Murkrow.
Basically, a solid team for beating the Eliter Four consists of: A Fighting Pokemon, a Psychic Pokemon, a Fire Pokemon, an Electric Pokemon and two other types. Due to the nature of the Pokemon Champion, a strong Ice Pokemon (Or a Water type with Ice moves) would be a good choice as a fifth. Now, let’s get to the main event!
| Gold and Silver | Heart Gold and Soul Silver |
| Gyarados – Level 44 (Water-Flying) | Gyarados – Level 44 (Water-Flying) |
| Charizard – Level 46 (Fire-Flying) | Charizard – Level 46 (Fire-Flying) |
| Aerodactyl – Level 46 (Rock-Flying) | Aerodactyl – Level 47 (Rock-Flying) |
| Dragonite – Level 47 (Dragon-Flying ) | Dragonite – Level 47 (Dragon-Flying) |
| Dragonite – Level 47 (Dragon-Flying ) | Dragonite – Level 47 (Dragon-Flying) |
| Dragonite – Level 50 (Dragon-Flying ) | Dragonite – Level 50 (Dragon-Flying) |
Ice and Electric are your friends against Lance. If your Ice is a Dual type like Dewgong or Lapras, it’ll be strong against Aerodactyl and Charizard as well as the three Dragonites. Have your Electric Type go after Gyardos, and maybe even Charizard to give your Ice Pokemon a breather. This is a fairly cut and dry boss battle across the board.
Once you’ve beaten the Elite Four though, you’ll find entirely new lineups awaiting you after you’ve finally taken the eight badges of Kanto and beaten Red to boot. After that, come back to Indigo Plateau and see what’s changed.
| Bronzong – Level 58 (Psychic-Steel) |
| Grumpig – Level 59 (Psychic) |
| Jynx – Level 60- (Ice-Psychic) |
| Slowbro – Level 60 (Psychic-Water) |
| Gardevoir – Level 61 (Psychic) |
| Xatu – Level 62 (Psychic-Flying) |
| Toxicroak – Level 60 (Poison-Fighting) |
| Skuntank – Level 61 (Poison-Dark) |
| Swalot –Level 62 (Poison) |
| Muk – Level 62 (Poison) |
| Venomoth – Level 63 (Poison-Flying) |
| Crobat – Level 64 (Poison-Flying) |
| Hitmonlee – Level 61 (Fighting) |
| Hitmonchan –Level 61 (Fighting) |
| Hitmontop – Level 62 (Fighting) |
| Hariyama – Level 62 (Fighting) |
| Machamp – Level 64 (Fighting) |
| Lucario – Level 64 (Fighting-Steel) |
| Weaville– Level 62 (Ice-Dark) |
| Spiritomb – Level 62 (Dark-Ghost) |
| Honchkrow – Level 62 (Flying-Dark) |
| Houndoom – Level 63 (Dark-Fire) |
| Absol – Level 63 (Dark) | Umbreon – Level 64 (Dark) |
| Gyardos – Level 68 (Water-Flying) |
| Charizard – Level 68 (Fire-Flying) |
| Salamence – Level 72 (Dragon-Flying) |
| Garchomp – Level 72 (Dragon – Ground) |
| Altaria – Level 73 (Dragon-Flying) |
| Dragonite – Level 75 (Dragon-Flying) |
So we’ve covered the Johto Gym leaders and now the Elite Four. Tomorrow we’ll finish things off by covering the Kanto Gym leaders and your dealings with them.
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Hi,
I like this game.It is nice to play and the elite four lineups given here is excellent.Thanks for this collection.
Bring it on peple Lance the Champion ME!!
Hello, I am Casey. I am currently playing Pokemo Soul Silver, but I cannot read the Japanese lettering. I usually write down the elite four and gym leaders in a book so when I paly pokemon with my friends, I can battle them. Thank you.
Hey Casey. Glad this helps. You should also consider picking up My Japanese Coach so that you can start to learn Kana and Kanji. Japanese is a great language to know!
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i finished the elite four got ho-oh got suecune got the badges from 5 people in the kanto spot but the guy in the indigo platou wont let me get to viridian city why? (i still need the badges from brock and the 2 guys at the bottom right)
You kind of answered your own question. You need all the badges.
but i cant get to viridian city :|
hey guys i have beaten all the gym leaders in kanto but now i dont know where Red is in Mt. Silver so i can’t battle him… also, what level are his pkmn at? and is the kanto/johto E4 the same or different? thx 4 helpin!
I just got beat in the soul silver pokémon league. My team is:
Quilava lv. 43
Cut
Flame Wheel
Lava Plume
Flamethrower
Golem lv 44
Rock Smash
Rock Throw
Earthquake
Double-Edge
Fearow lv. 43
Peck
Assurance
Aerial Ace
Fly
Dragonair lv. 44
Aqua Tail
Surf
Dragon Rush
Draco Meteor
Ampharos lv. 44
Thundershock
Signal Beam
Strength
Discharge
Lugia lv. 46
Avalanche
Waterfall
Extrasensory
Aeroblast
does anyone have tips to win?
alexis lucard u can go to viridian city but u need to get the s.s ticket from professor elm after u catch ho oh or lugia
to get to viridian city you need to beat/catch the sleeping snorlax and then take diglet tunnel to come out undernearth viridian, hope this helps.
I won!!!! jk. I wish, but ill keep at it
Re: Jadey-Fadey
OK, first things first, you might want to consider leveling up just a few more levels- so everyone is about L45. I’d recommend you pick up a Thunder TM for Ampharos at the Goldenrod Dept. Store- ThunderShock isn’t exactly the most powerful Electric-type move. If you do that, you’ll have no problem with Will, because his Pokemon are dual-type, Quilava and Ampharos will have a field day.
Another thing, I’d dearly recommend you evolve your Quilava. Typhlosion is a better Pokemon and it seriously looks cooler. I’d also recommend getting rid of a move (one that’s not Flamethrower) and slotting in Sunny Day, another TM that you can get from Goldenrod Dept. Store.
Aside from this, Lugia will completely pone Koga. Just use Extrasensory against all of his Pokemon, and for Fortress,you have a nice selection of Pokemon. You can Aeroblast it if Lugia’s feeling up to it, or ou can send out Fearow to Aerial Ace it, or Quilava to torch the thing with a Flamethrower.
For Bruno, again, Lugia will succeed. Just use Extrasensory (it’s your only Psychic-type move)or Aeroblast against all his Pokemon. If you want to level up Fearow, then this is the battle for it. Just consistently Aerial Ace it, Fly it or even Peck it to ensure victory. For Onix,(you’d think he would have evolved it to Steelix by now), you can bring out Lugia again to Waterfall it, but if he’s not up to it, you can bring out Golem to Earthquake it to oblivion, or get Dragonair to Surf it out.
Karen, the darling, darling Karen. I hate her. Aside from my personal prejudices against her Dark-type Pokemon, she, in my opinion, is the hardest Elite Four member to beat. Unless, of course you have a Fighting-type Pokemon. But you don’t, but there’s no need to worry. For Umbreon, a purely Dark-type Pokemon, you can send out Golem and keep on hitting it with Rock Smash, because it’s a Fighting-type move, or Earthquake it out. Vileplume burns easily, so you know what that means. Murkrow is taken out by Ampharos’s winning move, Thunder, or any other damage-dealing Electric type move you have on your Ampharos. Gengar can be taken out by Lugia’s Extrasensory, but be careful, because Dark-type moves are super effective against Psychic Pokemon, of which Lugia is (partly). Houndoom, a Pokemon that will take you far in Kanto, can be taken down with Dragonair’s Surf or Aqua Tail or Lugia’s Waterfall.
Hopefully you’ve reached this far, and you’re about to face the League Champion, that kid that you battled with (with, not against) when you defeated that thing… what was it called? Some kind of club, or team. He used really powerful Pokemon. Ring a bell? IT’S LANCE! Anyway, Ampharos, Dragonair and Lugia will rule this battle. Ampharos’ Thunder will take down Gyarados, Charizard and Aerodactyl. If you’re feeling particulary adventurous, you can slip Dragonair in instead of Ampharos when you’re facing Charizard and just Surf it out. Lance’s three Dragonites will fall to Lugia’s Avalanche (beware that Avalanche has decreased priority, which means that it will invariably go after whatever move Lance pulls out)or Dragonite’s Draco Meteor (again, be wary of using Draco Meteor, as it lowers your Special Attack). Your best bet is using Dragon Rush if you absolutely HAVE to use Dragonair, because remember that Dragonite and Dragonair are Dragon-types (no way!), so they’ll be super effective against each other. After you pone Lance, you will become League Champion! Huzzah!
Make sure you always save before a battle, and I recommend giving your lead Pokemon the Amulet Coin so you get heaps of money from this. If you really think you’re going to lose, I recommend you stop by Mom’s and give her all your money, but keep about $30-40 000. When you get to the Pokemon League, spend ALL OF IT. Buy up as many Full Heals, Revives, Super Potions, Hyper Potions, Ethers and any other items you might need, because once you go in, there isn’t any coming back.
Good luck. You’re going to need it.
hydro cannon used by any water type above lv55 will decimate WILL’s 1st 3 pokemon
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