4th Gen I heard Red was tough?

[NickofTime]

oh dang i just ruined reds entire strategy with one pokemon not even ev or iv trained...
steelix at lvl 70 which resists or nullifies pikachu's lead moves
move set
curse
rock polish
thunder fang
earthquake
Can you guess what i did?
=P, but thats just how i did it on heart gold... red is tough, no joke almost all of his pokemon can 2hko a lvl 70

 

[LethalTexture]

Try playing with a Set battle style, guys. You are going to find him easy if you use a Shift style.

 

[560cool.]

Man...

I beat him with a Lv. 66 Team. It was really, really tough and annoying. My luck was hail on Venusaur : I jumped from Revive to Revive until Hail got its HP to half, then my Typhlosion used BlastBurn and owned.

I don't plan on battling him any soon... my secondary team (see sig) is still in its mid-30s. XD

 

[wikzan]

My pokemon were set around level 75~ so Red gave me nothing to be scared about.

 

[Melinda]

Red was a sissy. :P


Lol. He might of been a little harder for me if I wasn't so well prepared. ;)

 

[RedWar]

Had my team between 55 and 67. beat him but it took a WHOLE lot of revives to pull it off.

 

[Snarcle]

I have been trying for days

 

[wikzan]

I have been trying for days

Whats your pokemon, levels and attacks.

 

[15ares]

lol as soon as i got to kanto, I rode my bike to fuschia and migrated my party from fire red, all trained myself:
lvl 100 dragonite
lvl 100 evd tyranitar 397 attack
lvl 100 charizard
lvl 100 zapdos
lvl 100 rayquaza
lvl 100 salamence

I swept his whole team with tyranitar XD

 

[Penutz]

Since i find migraring kinda cheating. I already had a team all in the 70 area. one around 80. I gave them a raising sesh and then they were ready.

 

[Hessian]

To be honest, he was not the hardest trainer in the game at all =/ I still found Clair (yes, the chick who runs that bloody Kingdra... at a time when you have no dragon moves available to you x.X) to be the most difficult to beat.

My team for Red was a 63 Feraligatr, 57 Ho-oh, and 70 Lugia. Ho-oh led off with an Earthquake, and since he was scarfed the Pikachu had no chance to even touch him. Feraligatr had superpower to deal with Snorlax, Ho-oh had Sacred Fire to clean up Venusaur, and Lugia did the rest of the hard work (ancientpower on Charizard, Lapras, and Giga Drain stall war against Blastoise). No revives were needed and no potions, though I did have to use Full Heal about three times because I got frozen on three different occasions by Blizzard.

I do remember getting all excited about hail, and Blizzard being 100% accuracy. Sadly, after I bought the TM and taught it to Lugia, I realized that the only Pokemon weak to ice were Charizard (already 4x weak to Ancient Power :S) and Venusaur, who got smacked around by Sacred Fire anyways...

 

[Demigod]

Wasn't that hard

Beat him with

Alakazam Lv69
Kingler Lv 78
Hitmonchan Lv 91
Feraligtr Lv 67

 

[typhlosionLV80]

I'm excited for this battle. Most other trainers aren't too challenging lol

You're right, not many of them are challenges. Red is a Pokemon Trainer God. He has Pikachu, all of the FR/LG starters, Lapras, and Snorlax. His highest level is 88 (Pikachu) and his lowest is (I THINK) 82 and (AGAIN, I THINK) that is his Lapras.

 

[Massai]

My Breloom squashed most his team with Spore/Focus Punch combo. I switched in my Infernape for Venasaur and there was one other switch, I forget which, I just would have felt bad running a train with just my Breloom.

 

[Mortalis]

I actually found him pretty easy ...

Lvl. 83 Dragonite -> Pikachu in one hit with Dragon Pulse.
Lvl. 65 Typhlosion -> Venusaur in two hits with lava plume and blast burn.
Lvl. 60 Ampharos -> Lapras in two hits with discharge, one being critical.
Lvl. 100 Blastoise -> Charizard in one hit with Hydro Pump.
Lvl. 60 Ampharos -> Blastoise in tow hits with Discharge.
Lvl. 83 Dragonite -> Snorlax in one hit with outrage.

All in all, no items, pretty easy.

 

[Toa Hyro]

I defeated him with my recently caught mewtwo, my Giratina, My recently caught Snorlax, and my lv.100 Blaziken.

 

[KAZillonaire]

Pikachu is his strongest Pokémon. (Well, actually, the highest level.) He's going to draw him out first. I recommend a ground type?

 

[LethalTexture]

Try playing with a Set battle style, guys. You are going to find him easy if you use a Shift style.

I reirterate. Those of you who found him easy should find it more challenging if you do this.

 

[DaPokeMaster]

Pikachu Lv.88 = i used my lv.81 Rhyperior earthquake (1 hit ko lol)
Lapras Lv.80 = 2 hits of thunder from my dragonite lv 84
Snorlax Lv.82 = 2 Close Combats and 1 aura sphere from Lucario lv 80
Venusaur Lv.84 = 1 Blast Burn from charizard lv.78
Charizard Lv.84 = 1 hit of thunder from dragonite
Blastoise Lv.84 = ^same as above^
And that is how i beat red
so really you need (as most people said) is a team of pokemon lv 75+ or you will get pwned

And if you beat him and want to battle him again,just beat the E4 again and he will come back.

 

[KAZillonaire]

Pikachu Lv.88 = i used my lv.81 Rhyperior earthquake (1 hit ko lol)
Lapras Lv.80 = 2 hits of thunder from my dragonite lv 84
Snorlax Lv.82 = 2 Close Combats and 1 aura sphere from Lucario lv 80
Venusaur Lv.84 = 1 Blast Burn from charizard lv.78
Charizard Lv.84 = 1 hit of thunder from dragonite
Blastoise Lv.84 = ^same as above^
And that is how i beat red
so really you need (as most people said) is a team of pokemon lv 75+ or you will get pwned

And if you beat him and want to battle him again,just beat the E4 again and he will come back.

Remember, the hits and stuff are basically random. You won't get a critical hit, nor get a One-Hit KO. The guy probably won't get the One-Hit KO.