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Rodriguezjames55 December 11th, 2014 9:57 AM

How many times did you lose to Steven
 
It took me 4 times to beat Steven he wreaked me 3 times, curious if anyone else lost to him and if so how many times?

Malters Machuchu December 11th, 2014 10:04 AM

I didn't lose to Steven because I put a lot of time into training early in the game and I kept re-challenging Trainers over and over. I did find him really troublesome, that said. Since on my Pokémon was an Ice-type and it was transported from another game, meaning that it levelled up quicker than the rest of my team. I ultimately had a big advantage. I spent most of the battle fighting him with my non-type advantage Pokémon.

Nah December 11th, 2014 10:43 AM

I beat him on my first try; updated mechanics and movepools really help with that. And I wasn't underleveled for once.

I did lose to him once on my recent Water monotype run on my old Ruby though.

GhostTrainer December 11th, 2014 10:51 AM

I beat him my first go around. I let him beat me all the other times I battled him because I'm not about to go through the long credit scene again, especially when I only repeat fight him for Exp quickly

Pendraflare December 11th, 2014 12:15 PM

Here he was just as easy as ever. In my first time battling him, I came very close to beating him without any of my Pokémon fainting or using any items despite my team all being Level 52, and I would have if my Flygon hadn't missed with Draco Meteor against his Armaldo. And on the rematch, I did, using all six of my team members each both times (seriously, Carbink?). So yeah, this wasn't very tough for me.

But we'll see if he ends up being any tougher when I face him in a challenge or something.

Bellsprout December 11th, 2014 1:30 PM

The question should be "how many times did Steven lose to you?"

I got Hoenn whipped

Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer December 11th, 2014 1:42 PM

First go I blasted through the elite 4 no probs as my team was designed to crush them quickly, nearly did Steven then when I had just Mega Absol left and him Mega Metagross things went wrong. A Quick soft reset later and He was easily pummeled (It was that he ran skarmory first whist I ran hariyama first to smash through his Steel and Rocks so after taking Skarmory out it was a clear run with Hariyama and Mega Absol).
I think in some ways Steven can be tough compared to other champs because he uses high defense stat pokes much more of a challenge than Diantha who was the easiest champ ever.

captainfez3 December 11th, 2014 2:24 PM

First time I played on the GBA I think it was about 3-4 times. Haven't gotten to him yet now. I will update when I do, but I don't think I'll lose to him. I'm going in only when I'm ready and by then I will have plenty of guys to beat him up with.

Blueredemption December 11th, 2014 3:10 PM

yeah, he caught me off guard the first time. well, his mega metagross did. i probably would have won if i had more revives and lemonade, but i ran out soon after beginning the battle. the second time around my levels were a bit higher and i swept him with my ludicolo :3

Lymphy December 11th, 2014 3:14 PM

Strangely, I didn't lose to him at all, and I don't think my team was exactly strong.

Judge Mandolore Shepard December 11th, 2014 3:30 PM

I have never lost to Steven. This is because I have a strong team. Plus I know to have a type advantage over his Pokemon.

Candy December 11th, 2014 3:39 PM

Miraculously beaten him on first try. It was more like sweeping his team 'til Metagross came out, and then he proceeds to sweep my team 'til Delcatty was left.

And then miraculously, Delcatty endured an attack that I was sure will knock her out. And then Sing managed to hit it. And then I proceeded to attack with Shadow Ball 'til it was close to fainting. I thought it will wake up now and deal the finishing blow on her, since if I waste even a single turn to heal I'll be in a rather tight spot where I'm on the defending side. Miraculously, it stayed asleep as I hit the finishing blow on it with Shadow Ball.

Let's say that this is the first time since Cynthia and HGSS Lance that I was close to blacking out.

Dunnydude December 11th, 2014 3:44 PM

I beat him on my first attempt. Unfortunately I was too overlevelled despite having tried not to train too much xP

Outsethero December 11th, 2014 3:58 PM

He was tougher than the rest of the Elite 4, but he was still rather easy. I don't think any of my Pokémon fainted during my battle against him, actually xD;

Venitardus December 11th, 2014 4:15 PM

I bet him the first try. I thought I was going to lose to him the 2nd time around, but I beat him then too.

I was a level or 2 over his the first time, under leveled by 3-7 lvls the second time around.

SleepingTyrant December 11th, 2014 4:19 PM

well, I was out of heals when i got to Steven. I lost the first time. He was down to just his metagross, and I only had my gourgeist. Took a meteor mash, burned him with will-o-wisp, and then he got a crit on the next meteor mash.

Altius December 11th, 2014 5:56 PM

Steven is manageable, besides that metagross. He's more annoying than powerful, but he's obviously more difficult than Diantha.

I did not lose to him at all in ORAS, though his mega metagross wiped out 3 of my team members swiftly. I think giving it earthquake rather than giga impact would make it an even scarier contender. To be honest, I find him easier in the rematches.

Pendraflare December 11th, 2014 6:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AltiusX (Post 8529280)
I think giving it earthquake rather than giga impact would make it an even scarier contender. To be honest, I find him easier in the rematches.

Basically this - the fact that the Metagross has almost nothing for Steel-types isn't helpful to his case. I had a Magnezone that probably could have handled a good chunk of his team with ease (all of them except Aggron and Claydol, which have Ground-type moves), but the only Pokémon of his I used it against was Cradily, because a) that would've been kinda dirty using only one Pokémon for most of his team, and b) as I said, I wanted to give my entire team chances against him.

If he had Earthquake instead of Giga Impact, he would have definitely been more difficult. I guess they just gave him Giga Impact to have a stupid powerful attack (which, with Tough Claws, is a massive 195 power) since Meteor Mash was cut, and Bullet Punch was something to pick off your low HP stuff but without something to use against Steel-types it's somewhat moot. (Although my Mega Swampert did less than half to him with Scald in the rain, but it burned him and allowed me to finish him with Earthquake...)

Spinosaurus December 11th, 2014 6:13 PM

If Shiftry didn't have Foul Play (which is LOL against Metagross) I'd have lost. And that's an egg move I got from DexNav!

My team was 10 levels lower anyway.

clbgolden December 11th, 2014 6:28 PM

I beat him on my first try, was easier than I expected.

Sheep December 11th, 2014 6:41 PM

I OHKO'd most of his Pokemon so the battle breezed by with minimal effort on my part, and I had the Exp. Share off. No problems at all! Last time I had any issues with a champion was Cynthia in Diamond.. gosh the memories.

Flushed December 11th, 2014 7:07 PM

I beat Steven on the first try. However, early on I lost to that Lass outside of the Petalburg Forest, the one with the Shroomish, so for all we know she could be Champion material.

psy_commando December 11th, 2014 7:37 PM

Steven was really easy for me. I beat him on the first try, and it wasn't even clutch !
I steamrolled his team, with a single moxie mightyena lvl 60, carrying a metronome ! (I steamrolled most of the E4 that way)

It took a few turns to get it started against skarmory, but metronome really helped. I had to heal it once or twice though, because skarmory crited like 3 times in a row.. But after that everything got 0hko-ed, except aggron, because of its ability sturdy.(it wasn't much of an issue though)

Mega-Metagross only had enough time to mega-evolve before it got hit with a +5, 100% metronome boosted, STAB, super-effective crunch to the face ! {<3}

Iceshadow3317 December 11th, 2014 9:25 PM

I beat him in the first try. My Torkoal did most of the work. I think Metagross defeated 2 of my pokemon and then I brought Torkoal back out and won.

Got to love Torkoal with charcoal. :p

captainfez3 December 12th, 2014 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 8529341)
I OHKO'd most of his Pokemon so the battle breezed by with minimal effort on my part, and I had the Exp. Share off. No problems at all! Last time I had any issues with a champion was Cynthia in Diamond.. gosh the memories.

I don't remember having trouble with Cynthia, but reading what you wrote, I do recall that Steven was the first Champ that I ever really did struggle with. One of the biggest things that threw me off about him was that he didn't use all steel types and so when I got to some of his team, I didn't really know what moves to use (back then) and he really beat me up. The only fire Pokemon I used was my ol' buddy Torkoal and he typically got his butt handed to him early on.

HairyLoco December 12th, 2014 12:09 PM

I've not filled in the poll yet, because I'm still trying. The first time I fought him he caught me off guard with his Cardily who wiped four out of five of my Pokémon.
The fact that his Pokémon are level 57 caught me off guard as well - my Pokémon were 54 at highest, and stood no chance against his.

I remember also having a lot of trouble fighting him in Emerald too. He's probably the hardest paired with Cynthia.

SparklingMistral December 12th, 2014 5:41 PM

He beat me once. His Megagross ended up getting me off guard, and he ended up finishing me with that. Second time around, I had a better idea of what was going to happen, so I was able to beat him easily.

Rankumander December 13th, 2014 6:47 AM

This brings back some old memories.
When I was six or seven, I played Sapphire for the first time. Me being young and all, I really only used my starter, plus a few other Pokeon. My only other team members I remembered was my Plusle, Plusy, and a Swablu I used to fly. I saved before Steven, and got owned many times over. My poor Blaziken's Blaze Kick just did not cut it. Finally, after many tries, I managed to take the champion down.
Fast forward to these remakes, I was able to beat Steven, with my Pokemon in the high fourties, on my first attempt. My Metagross really helped with taking down his Metagross, who just loved to use Giga impact on me.

elife December 13th, 2014 11:12 PM

I lost once against Steven, but not in the first time. When his Metagross is at almost lv 80 and megaevolves, it can be a pain in the ass. He beat me the first time. At least I saved before battling him and won the second time, defeating his Metagross with Crobat, Bite, and tons of luck

Mesty92 December 13th, 2014 11:47 PM

I beat everyone first try. My Pinsir I got in a trade came in handy. He knew Guillotine.

theonirvana December 14th, 2014 4:35 AM

i beat him at my first try :)

epicbiscuit23 December 14th, 2014 4:58 AM

I lost to him once and then the second time I won.

Frostinite December 14th, 2014 5:55 AM

During the second bought with him when his team are in the 70's i did lose, but thats because i had neglected to train a pokemon that could SE hits on his steel types. His metagross at the end won him the match because all i had at this point was my Mega Gardevour... Second time round though i made adequate changes and beat him. Still didn't use a fire type though haha

ChikoritaCheezits December 15th, 2014 12:20 PM

Meh, I beat him on the first try. Must. Not. Try. To. Rub. It. In.

faf December 15th, 2014 2:18 PM

Like most, I've beat him on the first try but with only one Pokemon. Skarmory was more of a threat to Scrafty due to Toxic and Aerial Ace (thank goodness for no Brave Bird) and plus, I was running a DD variant so after setting up on Skarm, Scrafty floored his team.

Bounsweet December 15th, 2014 10:00 PM

I haven't lost to him. I just rematched the E4 actually so I could get the Sinnoh starters from Birch, and both times my Beautifly OHKO'd his Mega Metagross with Bug Buzz, LMFAO.

antemortem December 16th, 2014 3:02 PM

huh

Steven was not difficult whatsoever with Camerupt and Mega Swampert present, haha. I beat him 6-0 on my first attempt. Thank God, though, because fighting the Elite Four was tedious, what with their introductions.

morrison December 19th, 2014 4:38 AM

at least once.... back in the day his fossile thingywas easy now not so much xD

skyburial December 19th, 2014 9:37 AM

It's pretty interesting, because you can sweep the entire Elite 4 with an Azumarill, but he's not quite as useful on Steven.

I came close to losing to him while I was training a Hydreigon the other day. His Aerodactyl got a crit ice fang on my Garchomp and I had to improvise. Ended up getting the final hit on his Metagross with an aura sphere from Mewtwo.

Twilight-kun December 19th, 2014 11:05 AM

I rather enjoyed how the credits showed what pokemon you used to triumph over certain areas

I beat Steven on my first try with my team all between level 48-55

I took down his level 59 Mega Metagross with a level 48 Mightyena using fire fang...

Pokemon-Amie and Super Training break this game on so many levels...

windsagesety December 19th, 2014 12:12 PM

I didn't lose to Steven in the first battle or the rematch, though I actually came closer to losing in the first battle than I did in the rematch.

The first time I battled him, all of my Pokemon were Level 48-54 or something like that, and the biggest problem I faced was actually his Cradily. His Metagross was taken down easily thanks to my Mega Manectric paralyzing it and therefore removing the one thing that made it so threatening - the fact that it could heavy damage before most of my Pokemon could even attack it - but his Cradily got absurdly lucky with Ancient Power and got the boost to all stats twice.

After the Delta Episode, I went into the Elite 4 with extremely underleveled Pokemon (and quite a few Hyper Potions and Revives, of course) just to see how far I would get. My team was the same as in the first battle, but about 5-7 Levels higher and with Primal Groudon instead of a HM Slave. I managed to get to Steven (and I learned that the AI is terrible at battling against Primal Groudon in the process of doing so), and obviously had a large level disadvantage, but managed to beat him thanks to a combination of Primal Groudon being amazing, Mega Manectric being extremely useful by paralyzing things, some of Steven's Pokemon being pretty bad (Skarmory spends most of its time trying to set up with Spikes, Carbink is terrible, Aerodactyl has good type coverage but weak moves, etc...), and luck. Honestly, this really does show that the Exp Share isn't necessarily the only thing making the more recent games seem easier - in this game I think the main factors that remove most of the difficulty are Mega Evolution/Primal Reversion, and DexNav, though the former is much less time consuming than the latter.

LilyAnn December 19th, 2014 1:46 PM

I didn't lose to him. I had my team planned out for the guy since the beginning of the game. xD I like making sure that I have a team that can beat the Champion so I don't lose :3

Lycanroc December 19th, 2014 2:04 PM

I beat Steven, first try. It was easy. I actually haven't lost a single battle yet, and here I am, having beaten the Delta Episode.

Pepperton January 3rd, 2015 4:01 PM

Steven was one of the most difficult NPC battles I've had in recent memory. My Aggron barely took out his Metagross with 6 HP remaining and the rest of my team fainted. It was a nail biter. Kudos to Nintendo for making it so challenging.

Nakasu January 3rd, 2015 5:20 PM

Not one problem at all. I solo'd most of the Elite 4 with just my Swampert. Steven was sadly a piece of cake. He was no challenge at all. It was close to being a 6-0 battle, but he finally took out my Swampert. I kind of expected more of a fight, especially how most spoilers said it was much harder than Cynthia will ever be. I got pretty excited, finally a decent Pokemon battle? Nope. I wasn't even godly Over Leveled. I was around the same level as the E4 and Steven. The second round is a joke too. Carbink? Seriously? Every time I battle Steven for now on, he always switches out his Carbink for a different Pokemon. Also..Giga Impact..seriously? xD

Shishoki January 4th, 2015 10:40 AM

I lost once, his Metagross wrecked me. I was underleveled too. Got him the second time though.

MckinkyMcormic January 4th, 2015 11:28 AM

on GBA version, 20 tries on saphire. i was also realy bad at the game, i tried to avoid almost every trainer, and i only used my blaziken the entire game.
on AS though i OHKOd everything except claydol (because i was stupid and i didnt switch out). ended up KOing Mega metagross with primal kyogre. was epic 10/10 would smash again.

BoPumpkin January 4th, 2015 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GhostTrainer (Post 8528842)
I beat him my first go around. I let him beat me all the other times I battled him because I'm not about to go through the long credit scene again, especially when I only repeat fight him for Exp quickly

Lol, you're gunna kick yourself.

One of the most beautiful things about ORAS that was introduced is that after the first time you watch credits, you can skip them by hitting the A button from then on. xD

Anyways, I also beat him my first try rather quickly. His Metagross took my team from 5 to 1 though, ended up coming down to a final turn of 2 red health Pokemon. We pulled it off, though. :)

pvnk-as-fvck January 4th, 2015 12:50 PM

It took me one time to defeat Steven, but my Pokémon were at extremely high levels. My weakest Pokémon was level 69 I think? I thought this was weird because my Pokémon were growing very fast & whatever gym leader I was going against I was at least ten levels up. I don't like how easy Nintendo has made Pokémon. I remember in the first gens it was extremely hard to beat a gym leader (for example in Pokémon Blue & Red going against your rival was hard). Does anyone else feel this way?

BoPumpkin January 4th, 2015 7:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pvnk-as-fvck (Post 8565199)
It took me one time to defeat Steven, but my Pokémon were at extremely high levels. My weakest Pokémon was level 69 I think? I thought this was weird because my Pokémon were growing very fast & whatever gym leader I was going against I was at least ten levels up. I don't like how easy Nintendo has made Pokémon. I remember in the first gens it was extremely hard to beat a gym leader (for example in Pokémon Blue & Red going against your rival was hard). Does anyone else feel this way?

Food for thought; Things in memory are always more exaggerated than one may think. As we grow old, things back then seemed different than what they would now. For instance, many people wouldn't touch RBY due to the lack of color and/or animation. Even if they played it once upon a time. Despite having great memories of how fun it was and all that, they still couldn't go back because of what they've grown accustomed to in today's time.

The difficulty back then may have been because of the fact that RBY was the first installment in the franchise. You knew a lot less about the game and may have gone about it a different way out of ignorance. Go back and play RBY today, as I have. Other than having to get used to type matchups/Special instead of SP Att and Def/and a lack of a physical/special split, I guarantee you'd have just an easy time with it, if not easier than current games.

I have, and this is what I've found, despite remembering it being far more difficult as a child. Just a thought.

Pinkie-Dawn January 4th, 2015 7:14 PM

I've beaten him on the first try, with Cosplay Pikachu being my only casualty. My team was at an equal level with his team.

Nakuzami January 4th, 2015 9:30 PM

Steven wasn't difficult for me. I swept the Elite Four and beat him on my first try, with my Pokémon all being between levels 48-50.

The Gogoat January 5th, 2015 6:46 AM

Defeated him on my first try, but only with one Pokémon left. My Delphox barely won. That Mega Metagross sure was a pain with that damn Giga Impact.

skyluigi2 January 5th, 2015 12:29 PM

I ended up beating him on my first try really easily. Like, no healing items were involved whatsoever. In fact, I don't think I've had a game over in AS since I began... which isn't good, especially considering RSE were (and still are, to be honest), in my opinion, the hardest Pokémon games. I don't like that they've been made easier...

Geoffrey January 5th, 2015 1:43 PM

None. Beat him twice as of today, just did the e4 rematch.

Swampert did most of the work with Surf and Earthquake. Really glad I made it a Mixpert since he only got off one of the screens with Claydol before I killed it.

DraconianWing January 5th, 2015 5:34 PM

Beat him on my first try; I was caught off-guard by the team changes, nothing too bad though. My team was on par with Steven's in terms of level.

Blade_of_darkness January 6th, 2015 2:37 PM

I just managed to beat him today, on my first try, like most of the people that responded before me. He did manage to put up a fight, though... unlike most everyone else...

Alfieri January 6th, 2015 2:51 PM

During the first match, it was a close battle with 1 against 1 left. I beat him in 1 try though.
As for all the other rematches, clean sweeps.

HoennTM January 6th, 2015 2:58 PM

All my Pokes were about Level 56-57, The first time I fought him I almost lost and when I noticed I was about to lose I turned off the power because I saved. So that kinda counts.

The second attempt his Cradily was bloody annoying but I killed it. Metagross was the easiest to kill because I could just wall it with +2 Curse Torkoal.

Altairis January 6th, 2015 3:55 PM

I didn't lose to him, but it wasn't a cakewalk either. I almost lost a couple of my Pokemon at one point; I think I just got lucky :P I turned off the EXP share towards the end of the game, but I was still probably around the same level as his Pokemon or higher, so that may have been a factor. Also, I had a lot of Full Restores.

Tek January 6th, 2015 4:17 PM

Exp Share destroyed any chance of me losing to anyone. Seriously, I was overleveled the entire game.

Necrum January 6th, 2015 4:17 PM

I was doing a Nuzlocke, so I had no choice but to win on the first try. I had mega Swampert, so Mega Metagross wasn't too bad. The one that gave me the most trouble was actually Cradily. Dang thing refused to die D: I used my Exp Share sparingly, so I wasn't even close to over leveling.

LightBlast January 6th, 2015 5:19 PM

Even though I beat him on the first try, it was still a fun fight. I played the original, so I knew what was comming. The rematches were a lot closer though.

Atleast he was better than Zinnia. God, was she pathetically easy and so dissapointing, but oh well.

PikaSamus January 6th, 2015 7:55 PM

I lost once because I didn't expect him to have a Mega Evolution. Every other Pokémon was a breeze.

I did change up a few moves with TMs to help counter it, but I ended up winning by repeatedly causing it to flinch with Swellow's Air Slash or whatever. After it was in red health (Steven already used up his Full Restores), it actually was able to attack. Swellow got knocked out in one shot, but Kyogre quickly defeated Metagross with Surf.

Nakala Pri January 6th, 2015 10:04 PM

I lost to him once. >:( He was so easy except for that god damn CRADILY WHICH HAS LITERALLY NO WEAKNESSES

Only won the second time because of my Ninetales' Will-O-Wisp. XD

Stormerbuzz35 January 12th, 2015 1:41 PM

Beat him on my first try. Things got kinda dicey for abit with Armaldo and Cradily but I pulled through. Easily beat his Metagross with my Mega Aggron. One thing I can't figure out is why it kept using Giga Impact. Sure it's a strong move but I had double resistance and beastly defence. If he had whipped out a few Psychics, I woulda been in trouble.

Oblivion Wing January 12th, 2015 1:48 PM

I beat him on my first try. The only Champion that gave me a problem was Lance back in Pokémon Silver, that was a Pain haha. Steve does have a good team though.

Vegeta™ January 12th, 2015 4:14 PM

I havent faced him yet lol.

I'm standing outside the elite 4 right now.

My team are - Blaziken, Pikachu, Milotic, Swampert, Salamence and Metagross

RaRa91 January 13th, 2015 1:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegeta™ (Post 8577790)
I havent faced him yet lol.

I'm standing outside the elite 4 right now.

My team are - Blaziken, Pikachu, Milotic, Swampert, Salamence and Metagross

No Sceptile? :(

I didn't lose to Steven. I found him quite easy, especially compared to R/S, but that's a given. I think my lowest leveled Pokemon was about 10+ levels higher then his Metagross, and I was using a team of about 16 Pokemon lol. Then again my first playthrough I do absolutely EVERYTHING so by the time I got to him I had about 70+ hours on my save.

Megan January 13th, 2015 3:35 AM

I only fought him once and I used a party that was about ten levels weaker than his team. The only Pokemon that fainted was my Azumarill and that was because I was just careless.

TheUnit684 January 14th, 2015 11:13 AM

My goooodness, Steven. My first time coming up against him, I completely destroyed his entire team. That is, his entire team except Metagross. I came so close, but Mega Metagross just completely decimated my team. My team wasn't really balanced at all, I had a lot of grass types, but that Mega Metagross power just completely caught me off guard.

When I went back through, I simply Mega evolved my Aggron instead of my Sceptile and Aggron was able to handle Mega Metagross. :P

DyingWillFlareon January 14th, 2015 11:45 AM

It took two or three tries because the first time I forgot to buy healing items and didn't realize it until I beat Glalie. And you know I wasn't getting ready to reset after that so he beat us pretty fast. Then I think I had to soft reset when we went through a second time, but thanks to Camerupt dodging the attack(I think it missed not from Pokemon Aime) she murdered his Mega-Gross with Eruption. XD

RisingMaster85X2 January 14th, 2015 5:24 PM

Beat him on first try on my first run. IT was close though, had that megagross that was an idiot and used giga impact one too many times. I had the same levels as he did too so it was actually a perfectly fair fight. Second game through was two tries because I was severely under-leveled (seldom used the Exp. Share).

TheTwilitTrainer January 15th, 2015 2:28 PM

First try. Of course I think was just because I had primal Kyogre and mega Metagross. I'm kind of nervous of fighting him in my wonderlocke.

Pendraflare January 15th, 2015 3:40 PM

^ Yeah, see, those are the Pokémon that will surefire make it laughably easy. As it's been mentioned, if that Mega Metagross had Earthquake, it'd be much harder. Kinda wish they had changed his moves a little bit in the rematches like they did the Unova League, and Cynthia in Platinum.

Jigglets January 17th, 2015 2:24 PM

I beat the elite 4 on my first try, but on my second i lost to Lance but have beaten them every time after that so technically i haven lost My team:
CLOUDY (Altaria)- Lv. 100
TAKI (Blaziken)- Lv. 90
Alakazam- Lv. 94
ANVIL (Crawdaunt)- Lv. 85
ACORN (Shiftry)- Lv. 83
FROST (Walrein)- Lv. 65

Skip Class January 17th, 2015 11:51 PM

Beat him on the first try like majority.
Had a Sceptile, Ninetails, Flygon, Seadra, Galalie and some other pokemon in my 6th Slot all around the 55- 60 level. First time playing him ever (since I never played the original) and found him as one of the more easier Champions to beat.

Twilight-kun January 19th, 2015 1:26 AM

Finally got to him again on my Alpha Sapphire run

His Mega Metagross actually took out my Mega Metagross, but since I wanted to beat him with my Mightyena, I wasn't discouraged (that Bullet Punch caught me off guard)

Two Earthquakes would've KO'd him and I'm pretty sure Crunch would do the same

This time, my team was ten levels higher than my Omega Ruby run, so it was laughably easy

...I was level 50 by the time I got to Primal Kyogre, so...

Vegeta™ January 19th, 2015 2:54 PM

I'm thinking of restarting the game and picking Treecko or Mudkip. Move all my current Pokemons to PokeBank. Trade certain items to my Pokemon Y game and trade em back to AS. I still haven't faced the Elite 4. I'm literally inside the Pokemon centre, standing outside the door that leads to the first Elite 4 trainer. I've just been challenging people to battles lol

Emboar January 20th, 2015 3:15 PM

I beat Steven on my first try. Part of that had to do with having a Blaziken and a Sandslash, which destroyed most of his team. In the end, it came down to my Sandslash and Swellow against his Mega Metagross. Mega Metagross went for Giga Impact, which I thought would surely knock out my Sandslash and make me lose, but my Sandslash survived with 3 HP and, one Earthquake later, the battle was won.

Adore January 21st, 2015 12:05 AM

I won on my first try. I had a pretty well-rounded team and I took my time with the game, so by the time I got around to battling the Elite Four my Pokemon were like 10~20 levels stronger than Steven's.

KillerTyphlosion January 21st, 2015 1:31 PM

In my very first run on the original ruby i lost like 10+ times. I resetted a lot to beat him and used a lot of healing items. But on omega ruby run he was rather easy even when my pokémon were 50-55. I didn't use the exp share at all and I was on set + plus I decided no healing items in battle. In the first 3 gens I always used my starter for the whole game and just captured the legendary's that I could find. But for me the second gen was the hardest as a kid because I only had my starter and could never find the legendary's.

Circuit January 21st, 2015 2:49 PM

Steven was a breeze. Not the clean sweep I'd wanted, but he didn't take much effort. Now I've to have my rematch, which will be clean sweep. But the first time I made it so it was my mega Metagross against his. needless-to-say mine won by a ton. I mean seriously, Giga Impact? Come now Steven, you're better than that XD

Katchelina January 24th, 2015 8:50 AM

I almost lost to Steven my first time but his mega metagross had to recharge and gave my swampert a free turn to finish the battle. I wound up beating him with my highest level pokemon at the same level as his metagross.

FeralSlaaneshi January 24th, 2015 10:31 AM

I feel like he shot himself in the foot by giving you Metagross...
Basically it was a case of dealing with the rest of his team first, then countering his Metagross with my own. I remember my very first run through of Ruby and I just couldn't touch his Metagross with anything I had at the time, but this time it was a case of using my own, Mega Evolving it, then waiting him out.

EnigmaPyrope January 25th, 2015 2:11 PM

First thing I did upon getting the exp share was to disable it, and keep it disabled for the entire game. By the time I got through victory road, my team reached from level 40 to 45. I beat the elite four all on my first try, but only beat Steven on my second attempt. The first time, I think I spent a little too long against his Skarmory, and both times I lost my mega evolved Pokémon before getting to Metagross.

Also I never used Pokémon-Amie or Super Training.

My team:
Swampert
Metagross (only evolved after beating Glacia)
Gardevoir
Shiftry
Ninjask
Castform (Ice focused)

jombii January 26th, 2015 7:36 AM

I never lost to Steven. I mean, I find more difficulty in Glacia than him.

Groudon wrecked his team down.

donavannj January 26th, 2015 8:45 AM

Steven never was a challenge for me this generation. Though I still have yet to face him on my OR cart, so I've really only faced him once.

First time around in Gen 3 he was a challenge, but I still managed to beat him on the first try via some luck and a Blaziken/Kyogre tag team.

Kyora January 26th, 2015 9:05 AM

I didn't lose at all.
Lumio the Fire fang Mightyena was able to KO most of his pokemon in between one to four hits (he was like level 79 or something), then when mega metagross came out and fainted Lumio, Lulu, the level 80 perfect-IV EV-trained Altairia, dropped mega metagross' hp to about half before he crit her D:
Then Japas the Masquerain killed it with a Bug Buzz. It wasn't even a critical hit, just a Bug Buzz, and he was only level 78.

The first thing I said when I beat him was "WELL. That was definitely harder than Diantha." because she was the easiest champion I've ever faced.

TheSonicMaster662 January 26th, 2015 4:42 PM

Beat Steven On My First Try. I one hit KO'D Half his team (including Mega Metagross) with Primal Kyogre's Origin Pulse.That move is op as heck

gamercomix615 February 21st, 2015 4:18 PM

Did it on my first try easily because I was overleveled, but when I did the Elite 4 rematch, I got absolutely destroyed.

TheGhosteon February 22nd, 2015 6:05 AM

I beat him first try in both OR and AS. He was surprisingly easy for me. Maybe it's because we were evenly matched, I dunno.

blue February 22nd, 2015 7:30 AM

I defeated Steven on my first attempt. He did K.O a couple of my team members, but I found him to be easier than expected.

CheeryChimchar February 22nd, 2015 8:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 8529341)
I OHKO'd most of his Pokemon so the battle breezed by with minimal effort on my part, and I had the Exp. Share off. No problems at all! Last time I had any issues with a champion was Cynthia in Diamond.. gosh the memories.

Same here. I was way overleveled this time around, even though I sped through the last few gyms. I just barely won (with half HP on my only surviving Pokemon, the HM slave Linoone) the second time around, though. Cynthia was a pain in multiple games. I remember crying over losing to her a few times.

EternalSushi February 22nd, 2015 10:47 AM

It's really not that difficult. My underleveled Lucario went nasty plot then swept with Aura Sphere and Dark Pulse o.o

Hikamaru February 23rd, 2015 2:08 AM

I didn't lose to him, because I had the awesome powerhouse that was Mega Swampert. In fact, my Swampert alone makes such short work of his rematch team.

Pendraflare February 23rd, 2015 11:48 AM

Seems we have more than a few people who opt for super buff mega vs super metal mega xP Yeah, that was how it went for me, as I mentioned, in the rematch it was even less of a hassle even though I only used Swampert against the Metagross in both goes.


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