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Posted January 22nd, 2014
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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?

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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









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

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For me, it was Shauntal.
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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.
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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
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I think I went with Ghost > Psychic > Fighting > Dark. Pretty much the easiest for my team to handle.
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Shauntal > Caitlin > Grimsley > Marshal

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


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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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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. :(
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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.

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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:




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