If you want to become the champion of the Paldea region in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, you’ll need some great strategies for defeating the Elite Four in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
These trainers are supposed to be the most powerful in the region, so it’s important to come prepared.
Here are a few tips to keep in mind as you face off against Geeta and her lackeys:
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Level up your team
Make sure you’re adequately prepared before taking on the Elite Four in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The trainers you’ll face in the Paldea Pokémon League have Pokémon that range from level 57 to 62, so it’s important to level up your team to at least the mid-50s before challenging them.
This will give you a better chance of success and help you become the regional champion.
Healing
It is crucial to properly prepare before taking on the Elite Four in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
By leveling up your team and stocking up on healing items, you can increase your chances of success in the challenging battles ahead.
Be sure to visit the PokéMart outside the Pokémon League building to purchase Hyper Potions and Revives to use during the fights.
Remember, these battles are consecutive and you won’t have the opportunity to heal between them, so it is important to be well-equipped before entering the challenge.
In general, proper preparation and strategy will be key in defeating the Elite Four and becoming the regional champion in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Jack-of-all-trades team
Having a diverse range of moves is key to building a successful Pokémon team.
Probably it’s better to have a jack-of-all-trades team rather than one that relies heavily on moves of a single type.
For example, it would be better to ensure that your team can reasonably deal damage to a variety of Pokémon types.
In the main game, make sure that my Raichu had a diverse set of moves, including Thunderbolt (Electric), Play Rough (Fairy), Iron Tail (Steel), and Focus Blast (Fighting). This allows Raichu to deal with nine out of Pokémon’s 18 creature types on his own.
Try to apply this approach to the entire team, which gives you more options for handling whatever situation the game throws you.
In addition to base typing and tera typing, it’s important to consider the versatility of your team’s moves.
If Raichu can use a super-effective Iron Tail on a rock/ground-type Pokémon, but is still vulnerable to being one-shot by a devastating Earthquake, you can switch to your Quaquaval and use a water or fighting move without worrying about the same weaknesses.
By building a team with diverse moves, you can cover more weaknesses and make fights easier.
Saving between fights
Saving between fights at the Elite Four is a useful strategy to keep in mind.
If you lose a battle, you can simply close the game and reopen it to start from where you left off.
To avoid the autosave, you can do this before being transported back to the Pokémon Center or turn off the autosave in the options menu. This gives you the opportunity to try each fight again with new knowledge or adjust your team’s movesets as needed.
Following and without further delay, let’s discuss the Elite Four and the champion of Paldea:
Rika
Rika is a Pokémon trainer known for her strong ground-type team, which includes Whiscash, Dugtrio, and Clodsire. These Pokémon may not be the most intelligent, but they have powerful moves and effective defenses that can catch opponents off guard if they’re not prepared.
Dugtrio and Donphan are standard ground-type Pokémon with weaknesses to grass, ice, and water. However, the other three Pokémon on Rika’s team have inherent countermeasures to each of these types, so it’s important to have a diverse range of attacks.
Whiscash is a water/ground-type Pokémon that is only weak to grass-type moves, but is double weakened by them.
It also has a strong Blizzard attack that can easily take out grass-type Pokémon, so it’s important to use a strong, risk-free move like Energy Ball or Sprigatito’s signature attack Flower Trick to take advantage of its double weakness to grass.
Camerupt is a fire/ground-type Pokémon that is more resistant to grass and ice attacks, but is weak to water attacks, which do four times as much damage. Its moves focus on its fire and ground typing, but it also has a steel-type move in Flash Cannon that can be tough on rock-type Pokémon. To take advantage of its lower physical defense, it’s best to use a water move like Aqua Tail or Quaquavel’s signature Aqua Step.
Clodsire is Rika’s final Pokémon and one of the trickiest to deal with. Its poison/ground typing can be overwritten by a tera orb to make it simply ground, and its ability Water Absorb negates water attacks and also heals its HP by a quarter of its maximum.
Its weaknesses in this scenario are grass, water, and ice, and it has a higher special defense but lower physical defense.
To defeat it, it’s best to use physical ice or water moves like Ice Spinner, Ice Hammer, or Aqua Tail, or fall back on Aqua Step if available. It’s important to be aware of Clodsire’s tera typing and ability, as they can catch opponents off guard if they go in expecting to use certain moves.
Poppy
Poppy is the second member of the Elite Four and is known for her strong steel-type Pokémon team. To successfully fight her team, it’s important to have a diverse range of attacks as her Pokémon have a mix of steel’s strengths and weaknesses.
Poppy’s first Pokémon, Copperajah, is a simple steel-type with the ability to use Stealth Rock, which scatters stones around the opponent’s team that deal rock damage to any Pokémon sent out. To counter Copperajah, it’s best to use a powerful fire, fighting, or ground attack, or to use a Pokémon that can clear enemy hazards like Donphan, Forretress, or Coalossal that can learn Rapid Spin. Magnezone is weak to ground-type moves, while Corviknight is vulnerable to fire and electric attacks.
Bronzong is more challenging, with its Rock Blast and Earthquake moves that counter fire-type Pokémon and its Levitate ability that makes it immune to ground-type moves. To counter Bronzong, it’s best to focus on its psychic typing, using a dark-type Pokémon with high physical defense like Umbreon that has immunity to psychic moves and can use dark-type attacks like Dark Pulse or Crunch.
Poppy’s final Pokémon, Tinkaton, is terastalized into a full steel-type, making it vulnerable to fighting in addition to its existing weaknesses of fire and ground. To defeat Tinkaton, it’s best to use ground-type moves as it is likely to use Play Rough and Stone Edge to counter fighting and fire. Tinkaton has a high special defense, but its physical defense is lower, so it’s best to use physical moves that are super effective against it.
Larry
Larry, the gym leader from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, returns as a member of the Elite Four with a flying-type team. Unlike other flying-type trainers who can be easily defeated with electric-type Pokémon, Larry’s team requires a different approach.
His first Pokémon, Tropius, is a grass/flying type that is weak to ice. However, it also knows Sunny Day and Solar Beam, which can be effective against water-type Pokémon. To counter Tropius, it’s best to use a fire-type Pokémon like Flamethrower or target one of its other weaknesses, such as rock or poison.
Oricorio is an electric/flying type with weaknesses to rock and ice. However, it is immune to ground moves and resistant to electric ones, so it’s best to use rock or ice-type moves against it. Be cautious, as Oricorio also knows Icy Wind, which can be effective against rock-type Pokémon with a secondary ground affinity.
Altaria, a dragon/flying Pokémon, knows Moonblast, Flamethrower, Ice Beam, and Dragon Pulse, which can be effective against most types. However, it is weak to fairy-type moves and has lower physical defense, so it’s best to use Play Rough against it.
Larry’s last two Pokémon, Staraptor and Flamigo, can be easily defeated with strong electric attacks. It’s best to avoid ice-type Pokémon as both have fighting attacks that can do significant damage.
Hassel
Hassel, the art teacher and dragon-type expert, is the final trainer you will face before the Pokémon League champion. His team includes a variety of dragon-type Pokémon, some of which you may not have encountered before in your journey. It is important to be prepared for the unique challenges they present.
Noivern (Flying/Dragon), Level 60 Haxorus (Dragon), Level 60 Dragalge (Poison/Dragon), Level 60 Flapple (Grass/Dragon), Level 60 Baxcalibur (Terastalized Dragon), Level 61
Noivern and Flapple are fairly straightforward to defeat, as they both have double weakness to ice-type moves. Noivern is a flying/dragon-type and Flapple is a grass/dragon-type, making them vulnerable to ice attacks.
Haxorus is a pure dragon-type, but it has a wide range of attacks that can counter both ice and dragon Pokémon. It is best to exploit its weakness to fairy-type moves, as it does not have any counters for these attacks. Its physical defense is stronger than its special defense, so using a fairy-type Pokémon with a strong physical attack like Play Rough or Moonblast can be effective.
Dragalge presents a bit more of a challenge, as it can easily take down dragon and fairy Pokémon with its poison-type Sludge Bomb and dragon-type Dragon Pulse. Its biggest weakness is psychic-type moves, although ground-type moves can also be effective if you have a Pokémon with high physical attack. Be aware that Dragalge knows Hydro Pump, which can be a threat to ground-type Pokémon.
Baxcalibur, Hassel’s ace and a pseudo-legendary Pokémon, is a formidable opponent. Hassel will terastalize it into a full dragon-type and use its signature move Glaive Rush until it takes out your team. If you have a fairy-type Pokémon, they will be immune to this attack.
Baxcalibur only knows two other moves – Icicle Crash (ice-type) and Brick Break (fighting-type). Fairy-type Pokémon are resistant to fighting attacks and take normal damage from ice attacks, so using a fairy-type with strong special attack such as Sylveon can be a good strategy.
Geeta
Geeta is the final challenger and champion of the Paldea region in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Her team includes a variety of types, including psychic, grass, water, ice, dark, and steel.
To defeat her, it is important to use moves that exploit the weaknesses of her Pokémon.
Espathra and Gogoat, both with single type elemental affinities, can be taken down with ghost, dark, or bug attacks for Espathra, and fire, bug, or flying attacks for Gogoat.
Veluza and Kingambit, both with dual typings, can be defeated with bug, ghost, grass, electric, or dark moves for Veluza, and water or steel attacks for Kingambit, being mindful of Kingambit’s Zen Headbutt psychic move.
Glimmora, a rock/poison type that terastalizes into a rock type, is vulnerable to fighting, steel, water, and grass moves, and can be defeated by using water attacks or exploiting its slow speed.
In general, it’s important to have a diverse team with a variety of moves to effectively counter Geeta’s Pokémon and emerge victorious.
