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Guy April 4th, 2011 11:45 AM

"Grimsley, I challenge you...first!"
 
I was probably one of the very few who did not actually know that you could challenge the Unova Elite Four in any order of your choosing. To say the least, it had caught me by surprise. Now, it had me wondering...

In what order did you challenge the Elite Four? And to give this thread a little flavor, who did you find to be the most challenging?

The_Noob April 4th, 2011 11:51 AM

I just went willy-nilly. Also, Shauntal was a real threat to my team, if memory serves me right.

Noob out.

Perriechu April 4th, 2011 11:53 AM

I went with Marshall first, he gave me a heap load of crap in my Japanese run through, so I decided to return the favor with my Sigilyph. <:

Grimsley came next since he was the easiest. Then Caitlin and finally Shauntal

Porygon Z April 4th, 2011 12:35 PM

Ghost > Psychic > Fight > Dark - and so on.

Follow this way to clear up things in your mind.
For me, it was Shauntal.

nate890 April 4th, 2011 12:42 PM

For me it was caitlin, Marshall, Grimsley, Shauntal. I honestly thought the hardest was grimsley but none of them were really that hard.

Oryx April 4th, 2011 12:45 PM

I went clockwise, because I was healing between each battle so it didn't matter to me which one I did first.

Neiko Star April 4th, 2011 12:49 PM

Shauntal, Grimsley, Caitlin, then Marshal.

The hardest for me was Marshal because my Bisharp swept all the others.

Esper April 4th, 2011 12:52 PM

If I remember correctly... Shauntal -> Marshal -> Grimsley -> Caitlin. I didn't plan on any order so just picked them randomly by going in and seeing who was there.

Marshal was easily the biggest challenge, mostly because my flyers got Stone Edge'd and I had to fight the hard way. The rest weren't much trouble.

X Latios April 4th, 2011 1:39 PM

Caitlin > Shauntal > Grimsley > Marshall

Liepard learned Sucker Punch after taking out Caitlin's first pokemon, the rest of the Caitlin and Shauntal's fell to that. Haxorus cleaned out Grimsley. My Braviary was Stone Edge'd so I had to rely on Simipour's Acrobatics and Haxorus to take down Marshall.

Marshall give me the most trouble, but Braviary was my only pokemon to faint in the E4 challenge and no healing items were used. I had no idea what their levels would be so I over prepared :P

StarlightSerenity April 4th, 2011 1:46 PM

I had no idea you could do that... Well, no I do :D I'll most likely forget by the time I get there mind you...

vaporeon7 April 4th, 2011 1:55 PM

I think I went with Ghost > Psychic > Fighting > Dark. Pretty much the easiest for my team to handle.

Spikey-Eared Pichu April 4th, 2011 2:08 PM

Shauntal > Caitlin > Grimsley > Marshal

Specifically chose this order to raise my Zweilous to Lv.64.

Eurydice April 4th, 2011 2:18 PM

Shauntal, Caitlin, Grimsley, Marshal

i found marshal to be the most challenging just because his pokemon were strong against mine. i only really won out of pure dumb luck and alot of healing XD

Nakuzami April 4th, 2011 2:30 PM

Er...i've played through twice and I don't remember either order.

Marshall was extremely easy for me, falling to Musharna in White and Reuniclus in Black.
Caitlin was pretty easy.
Grimsley was average since my Psychic types were useless against him, but I didn't really use them anyway.
Shauntel was definately the hardest, her Chandelure was beast. Not even my Chandelure could beat her on its own.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 4th, 2011 2:35 PM

Caitlin first, then Shantel (I used my Zoroark to take both of them down quickly) then I proceeded to Marshal who I saw as the next biggest Threat and finished it up with Grimsley who I saw as the smallest Threat to my team.

JP April 4th, 2011 2:35 PM

I went clockwise, not very original but yeah. I probably had the hardest time against Shauntal and Caitlin on my first run.

blue April 4th, 2011 2:46 PM

I didn't know that you could do it in your desired order but I was kinda happy cos it game me a chance to get prepared.

I went anti-clockwise.. I think, starting with Marshal.

Lady Gaga April 4th, 2011 3:03 PM

I never knew either, it also caught me by surprise. So, I thought as you kept going clockwise it would get harder. So I did the first one to the left (Ghost), then the third one (Dark), then the second (Psychic), then Fighting last.

Drekin April 4th, 2011 3:04 PM

I can't remember what order I used in the first E4 but in the second I do it in the order of easy>difficult

1. Caitlin
2. Grimsley
3. Marshal
4. Shauntal

blue April 4th, 2011 3:14 PM

I would have prefered it if they were either slightly higher, or became slightly higher, say 48 - 52? but then again you battle N & Ghetis and the rematches are 71-73 & 75-77 so that kinda makes up for it. They might implament some sort of system relevant to that in a third game.

Ho-Oh April 4th, 2011 3:15 PM

Hope everyone remembers to discuss the elite four in general in the discussion thread for them!

Anyways, the order I did was Marshal, then Shauntal...then Grimsley, then Caitlin, because she was the hardest and I wanted to avoid her. :(

AngelXavier April 4th, 2011 3:18 PM

Well, I went in thinking, oh I'll battle Caitlin because her pokemon look the easiest, and I like how her room is set up. Well I went in and she destroyed me. I went to face Shauntal who I swept with Excadrill/Stoutland. I then went to Grimsley who I tried sweeping with my Conkeldurr, but it didn't go as planned, and I had some how pulled it off with Samurott. When I got in to Marshall I sent in my level 43 Conkeldurr on Throh and went +6 bulk up, because my Conkeldurr received <30 damage per hit. I swept with Wake up Slap/Dynamic Punch(which it learned in victory road), and then somehow Caitlin's pokemon were so much more easier the second time around. :D

tl;dr Shauntal>Grimsely>Marshall>Caitlin.

Azumi April 4th, 2011 3:22 PM

I always have some variation to each challenge, haha. So it's usually never the same.

The one that gave me the hardest time was Marshal because either Unfezant is Stone Edge'd and I had to fight the rest of his team the hard way (my Musharna was in storage because I had a rotational team) or my Musharna gets killed somehow (and my Unfezant was in storage). The others were pretty easy. C:

Woobat April 4th, 2011 4:01 PM

I did the ones I thought would be the hardest first. The order was Grimsley, Caitlin, Shuntal, Marshal.

Gothitelle. April 4th, 2011 4:42 PM

Well the fight type leadur wuz ze easiest tew beat sense I had a Gothitelle and a Chandelure.

The dark type leadur came nexr cuz I had a level 66 Embroar.

Then psychic and ze nghost... which wuz ze hardest.


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