Lorelei (Payoff: $5400)
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Dewgong (52) Water/Ice Electric, Fight, Fire, Grass, 1960
Steel, Rock
Cloyster (51) Water/Ice Electric, Fight, Fire, Grass, 2218
Steel, Rock
Slowbro (52) Water/Psychic Bug, Dark, Electric, Ghost, Grass 1827
Jynx (54) Ice/Psychic Bug, Dark, Fight, Fire, Ghost, 1584
Steel, Rock
Lapras (54) Water/Ice Electric, Fight, Fire, Grass, 2533
Steel, Rock
While Lorelei claims to be the master of ice Pokemon, most of her team is of a
hybrid type and weak against a lot of stuff. Though if you'll notice, of every
weakness her team has, at least one of them does not have that weakness. In
other words, you'll have to switch out Pokemon at least once. Dewgong and
Cloyster are weak against a lot and they aren't that tough, but Cloyster can
use Protect to drag out a fight. Slowbro can be annoying if you don't shock
it into submission. The last two are equally annoying, but type-matching their
weaknesses will take them out fast. Lapras can and will use Ice Beam often, so
anything that's weak against ice should stay far, far away from it. If any of
your team is frozen, heal it ASAP or switch it out if you can't.
Bruno (Payoff: $5600)
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Onix (51) Rock/Ground Fight, Steel, Grass 4x, Water 4x, 1179
Ice, Ground
Onix (54) Rock/Ground Fight, Steel, Grass 4x, Water 4x, 1249
Ice, Ground
Hitmonlee (53) Fighting Flying, Psychic 1578
Hitmonchan (53) Fighting Flying, Psychic 1590
Machamp (56) Fighting Flying, Psychic 2316
At this point Onix is a joke. The fact that Bruno uses two of them is even
funnier. Hitmonchan/lee should be familiar territory as well, and simple as
long as they die fast. They're not the real threats, though. Machamp is the
tough one, using some powerful fighting moves like Cross Chop that can kill
incredibly quickly. Not only that, but it's powerful and will use Bulk Up to
protect it against physical attacks. Plus it has a lot of HP, so sending an
atypical psychic type will likely end with it being smooshed. Even so, your
best bet is sending out a psychic type with a lot of speed and using your best
attacks right away so it dies fast. You should try for a OHKO if possible,
because Bruno, like all the Elite 4, has a pair of Full Restores in stock and
will use them.
Agatha (Payoff: $5800)
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Gengar (54) Poison/Ghost Dark, Ghost, Ground, Psychic 2197
Golbat (54) Poison/Flying Electric, Ground, Ice, Psychic, Rock 1978
Haunter (53) Poison/Flying Electric, Ground, Ice, Psychic, Rock 1431
Arbok (56) Poison Psychic, Ground 1764
Gengar (58) Poison/Ghost Dark, Ghost, Ground, Psychic 2361
Just like in the original game, Agatha is a pushover. While ghost types are
ordinarily annoying and difficult, all the ones in this lady's line-up are all
of a poison type, so a good psychic type will wipe them out. Golbat is weak
against electric attacks as well as psychic, and Arbok...well, Arbok sucks.
Sad, but true. Agatha is something of a breather in this gauntlet, as a single
psychic Pokemon can wipe out her entire line-up as long as it's tough enough.
Lance (Payoff: $6000)
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Gyarados (56) Flying/Water Electric 4x, Rock, Grass, Ice 2568
Dragonair (54) Dragon , Ice 1665
Dragonair (54) Dragon , Ice 1665
Aerodactyl (58) Rock/Flying Fight, Grass, Ground, Ice, Rock, 2509
Steel, Water
Dragonite (60) Dragon/Flying Dragon, Electric, Ice 4x, Rock 2802
While Gyarados may look dragon-like, it's still incredibly weak to electric
attacks. Push-over. The rest of his team, though, is too **** tough for its
own good. If you have a Dragon or Ice type waiting in the wings, now is the
time to bring it out. Both his Dragonair and Dragonites will have Hyper Beam
and will use it constantly, as well as Outrage. Even worse, Lance has the same
Full Restores and has the horrible tendency to use them just as you've whittled
down these beasts' HP to almost nothing. Aerodactyl is annoying, as it's
immune to electric attacks, and because it's flying, it's immune to many ground
type attacks as well. Not to mention it has Hyper Beam and is quite strong. I
used a Psychic type against it, but matching its other weaknesses will work
just as well (or even better). After defeating Lance you may think it's
over...nope. Continue to the next room to face...
Rival (Payoff: $6300)
Starter - Bulbasaur
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Pidgeot (59) Flying Electric, Rock, Ice 2173
Rhydon (59) Rock/Ground Fight, Steel, Grass 4x, Water 4x, 2578
Ice, Ground
Gyarados (61) Flying/Water Electric 4x, Rock, Grass, Ice 2793
Exeggcutor (61) Grass/Psychic Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, 2770
Ice, Poison
Alakazam (57) Psychic Bug, Dark, Ghost 2271
Charizard (63) Fire/Flying Electric, Water, Rock 4x, Ground, Ice 2823
Starter - Squirtle
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Pidgeot (59) Flying Electric, Rock, Ice 2173
Rhydon (59) Rock/Ground Fight, Steel, Grass 4x, Water 4x, 2578
Ice, Ground
Gyarados (61) Flying/Water Electric 4x, Rock, Grass, Ice 2793
Arcanine (59) Fire Water, Rock, Ground 2692
Alakazam (57) Psychic Bug, Dark, Ghost 2271
Venusaur (63) Grass/Poison Bug, Fire, Flying, Psychic, Poison, 2823
Ground, Ice
Starter - Charmander
Pokemon (Level) Type Weakness(es) EXP
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Pidgeot (59) Flying Electric, Rock, Ice 2173
Arcanine (59) Fire Water, Rock, Ground 2692
Rhydon (59) Rock/Ground Fight, Steel, Grass 4x, Water 4x, 2578
Ice, Ground
Exeggcutor (61) Grass/Psychic Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, 2770
Ice, Poison
Alakazam (57) Psychic Bug, Dark, Ghost 2271
Blastoise (63) Water Electric, Grass 2835
I'd just like to point out that this guy's still using Pidgeot. Granted, it's
a unbelievably high level Pidgeot, but still a Pidgeot. Zap it. Also, he
finally evolved the stupid Rhyhorn to a Rhydon, but it's still a Rock/Ground
and still insanely weak to water and grass. The rest of his team is quite
familiar, but his starter is the real trouble. It's jumped ten levels since
your last meeting, and it's much, much more powerful. Exploit whatever its
weakness may be should he bring it out. Gyarados is, as always, electric
fodder. Arcanine now likes to spam ExtremeSpeed, and Alakazam is dangerous,
but still weak against physical attacks. While your Rival seems to be able to
yank Full Restores directly out of his ***, his team is still mostly pushovers
bolstered only by their high levels. My team consisted mainly of Pokemon in
the very low 50's and I still whooped him soundly.
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Credit goes to Chris and Relle