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6th Gen The Elite Four

I loved A LOT B/W's Elite 4, not only because we had the choice to choose the order to beat them, but also for the really awesome animations. And not only that, I also loved how I had to deal with Team Plasma just before I could challenge the Champion... :3

TL;DR: The E4 in B/W was less boring than in the previous games, I hope GF will make it even better in X/Y. :]
 
Jake♫ said:
Only problem I see with those typings is that they're all primarily physical attacks. I'd imagine that the Elite Four would follow it's usual trend and have a combination for physical and special-based attack types.
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Or it could be based on version for the elite four. So X would be physical, and Y would be special. It'd certainly be a... change at least?
 
Thus far we've seen Ice, Bug, Psychic, Fighting, Dark, Dragon, Poison, Fire, Ground, and Ghost. So hopefully they'll chose ones from the types not yet covered mentioned earlier in this thread. I'll like it if it were Grass, Rock, Flying, and Water.
 
Yveltal could pass for a Flying type, actually.

Cyclone
 
I loved the choose your path in the E4. It gave you a chance to strategize before the battle. I kinda also hope To see something like Water, Fire, Electric, Grass as the E4 and A champ with 12 types on his team. It would be an amazing battle.
 
What I'd like to see would be the Elite 4 having more diverse team. I mean, the gym leaders already have a monotype team, which can be challenging, but given the right type they are not that hard anymore. I think the Elite 4 having teams with 2 base types would be a bit more challenging and fun! These types could either complement each other (Steel+Electric, Ghost+Dark, Posion+Grass) or make up for each other's weaknesses. It would add a spin to what we are used to and make it a greater challenge!
 
I agree. Two primary types could make e4 more interesting. Or three, even, as things would be much harder to take down then! Like ground/rock/steel and water/grass/fire etc.
 
I'd actually like that a lot. I mean I get sticking with the theme of monotypes for the sake of the Gyms and Elite Four matching up, but if they had more than one type it'd actually be more of a challenge, which would make them actually elite to me. If anything, I'd just love to keep the champion as not having a single type of Pokémon, since if they're the one who beat the Elite Four the it's unlikely they only used one type.
 
As long as Normal and Flying get a place in the E4, I don't really mind what the others are really. Aside from Bug, which we got with Aaron, I think Normal and Flying would come across as types that you wouldn't expect to see as the focus of Elite trainers. I'd love it if those thoughts were proven wrong by bringing more light on them.
 
I kinda don't want anything but the usual sets to be in the E4 this round. So any of the types from before (except dark since I want a dark gym).

Dragon, Fighting, Poison, Ice, Psychic, Ghost, Ground, or Fire (possibly already one).

I don't like the idea of a Normal or Flying type E4....neither seem decent enough to be there. Normal is ok and by far the bane of my existance as Gyms, but Normal types just don't seem like end boss material. Flying is forever an add on type with only 1 exclusion and its a Legendary Pokemon so it can defy logic as much as it wants since all legends tend to defy all logic, but there is still no Main type Flying Type Pokemon. Flying is always a sub type just thrown on IMO.
 
I think they could definitely throw in some new types, not always the same one's. Just because a type doesn't feel like "end boss" material, it doesn't mean it couldn't be one.
I think it all depends on the Pokemon the Elite 4 has, not just their type.
Dragon should definitely be in there, since they usually make for the strongest Pokemon of every generation and have that epic feel to it...for the rest, i really don't mind seeing something new and unexpected.
 
XanderO said:
I don't like the idea of a Normal or Flying type E4....neither seem decent enough to be there. Normal is ok and by far the bane of my existance as Gyms, but Normal types just don't seem like end boss material. Flying is forever an add on type with only 1 exclusion and its a Legendary Pokemon so it can defy logic as much as it wants since all legends tend to defy all logic, but there is still no Main type Flying Type Pokemon. Flying is always a sub type just thrown on IMO.
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That's the thing though; We should be pleasantly surprised by Elite Four who have gone through the troubles of making such types like Normal and Flying to be more 'end game' material than they have been in the past.

Regardless of what they are now(even though it's somewhat opinion), that stance can always change and should really. Any type should have just as much of a chance to shine, even if some are, in general, 'weaker'.
 
XanderO said:
I kinda don't want anything but the usual sets to be in the E4 this round. So any of the types from before (except dark since I want a dark gym).

Dragon, Fighting, Poison, Ice, Psychic, Ghost, Ground, or Fire (possibly already one).

I don't like the idea of a Normal or Flying type E4....neither seem decent enough to be there. Normal is ok and by far the bane of my existance as Gyms, but Normal types just don't seem like end boss material. Flying is forever an add on type with only 1 exclusion and its a Legendary Pokemon so it can defy logic as much as it wants since all legends tend to defy all logic, but there is still no Main type Flying Type Pokemon. Flying is always a sub type just thrown on IMO.
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And Bug, Aaron has been the only E4 thus far with Bug. Sinnoh had the most original E4 imo, and I enjoyed it because of that, I didn't know what to expect. I hope they show more new types like Grass, Electric, Water, and Steel.
How about a E4 of Dragon, Steel, Water, and Bug after the champions with specialized types (Alder I saw as being a Bug specialist due to his team being half bug.)
 
Magmaruby and Aquasapphire said:
And Bug, Aaron has been the only E4 thus far with Bug. Sinnoh had the most original E4 imo, and I enjoyed it because of that, I didn't know what to expect. I hope they show more new types like Grass, Electric, Water, and Steel.
How about a E4 of Dragon, Steel, Water, and Bug after the champions with specialized types (Alder I saw as being a Bug specialist due to his team being half bug.)
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Its kinda funny...could have sworn I included bug XD

As for Alder, since the bug types disappear in his B2W2 team you can easily say he's a non-specialist. The bugs were just there to fill in the gap. His main Pokemon was Baufallant too so it would be more Normal if so. Though that would be cool.
 
That's an awesome way to pay tribute to the past :) Although also what if the elite four became the elite five and included everything from the past as e4?
 
I'd actually love a Normal type Elite Four member. Those gyms are honestly always so freaking annoying (Whitney's Miltank, Norman's Slaking), so it's almost worthy to see one in there. There's so many normal dual-types they could potentially include in this region's Pokédex to make a power team as well.
 
Normal just doesn't sound prestigious, imo. Maybe better fit for champion but I can't see it thrown in somewhere in the E4. :x
 
How did Bug sound prestigious in Sinnoh? I don't really think it makes much of a difference "how it sounds". Normal types have been proven to be some of the most difficult types in the games, so it's about due to be part of the Elite Four.
 
I agree, Normal types may sound easy, but imo they are actually pretty hard to beat. I remember Norman's Gym in RSE being really tough, probably one of the toughest out of the game. Sure, they are weak to fighting, but that's their only weakness, and most normal pokemon can learn a bunch of different moves of almost any type!
 
I guess. But just I'd rather if it was a well-known strong type. Gym leaders with normals just seem gimmicky to me, while bug... doesn't. XD;
 
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