Phase 9

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Phase 9: Indigo Plateau Walkthrough

Phase 9 of the Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen walkthrough: Victory Road, Elite Four, Champion, and first clear.

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 24, 2026 Walkthrough

Victory Road, Elite Four, Champion, and first clear.

Phase 9

Target50-65 RewardHall of Fame, National Dex setup Sections2

Phase Sections

Victory Road

Elite Four and Champion

Phase Data Rollup

Section	Source maps	Wild rows	Trainers	Items
Victory Road	5	28	13	10
Elite Four and Champion	6	0	14	0

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Victory Road

Push Strength boulders onto switches, collect late TMs/items, and exit to Indigo Plateau.

Source maps

Victory Road 1F, Victory Road 2F, Victory Road 3F, Indigo Plateau Exterior, and Indigo Plateau Pokemon Center 1F.

Wild rows28 Trainers13 Items10

Route plan

Bring Strength, healing, and Escape Ropes. Boulders reset when leaving floors, so finish each switch route before backing out.

Route Notes

Moltres is not here in FR/LG; it moved to Mt. Ember.

Victory Road 1F

Victory Road 1F wild Pokemon by method, games, levels, encounter rates, and requirements
Pokémon	Games	Levels	Rate	Notes
Grass / cave floor
Onix	FRLG	40 or 43 or 46	30%	—
Geodude	FRLG	32	20%	—
Machop	FRLG	32	20%	—
Zubat	FRLG	32	10%	—
Arbok	FRLG	44	5%	—
Golbat	FRLG	44	5%	—
Machoke	FRLG	44 or 46	5%	—
Marowak	FRLG	44 or 46	5%	—
Sandslash	FRLG	44	5%	—

Victory Road 2F

Victory Road 2F wild Pokemon by method, games, levels, encounter rates, and requirements
Pokémon	Games	Levels	Rate	Notes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude	FRLG	34	20%	—
Machop	FRLG	34	20%	—
Onix	FRLG	45 or 48	20%	—
Primeape	FRLG	42	10%	—
Zubat	FRLG	34	10%	—
Arbok	FRLG	46	5%	—
Golbat	FRLG	46	5%	—
Machoke	FRLG	46 or 48	5%	—
Marowak	FRLG	46 or 48	5%	—
Sandslash	FRLG	46	5%	—

Victory Road 3F

Victory Road 3F wild Pokemon by method, games, levels, encounter rates, and requirements
Pokémon	Games	Levels	Rate	Notes
Grass / cave floor
Onix	FRLG	40 or 43 or 46	30%	—
Geodude	FRLG	32	20%	—
Machop	FRLG	32	20%	—
Zubat	FRLG	32	10%	—
Arbok	FRLG	44	5%	—
Golbat	FRLG	44	5%	—
Machoke	FRLG	44 or 46	5%	—
Marowak	FRLG	44 or 46	5%	—
Sandslash	FRLG	44	5%	—

Trainers

Trainer	Area / position	Team	Reward	Notes
RolandoCooltrainer	Victory Road 1F	Raticate Lv. 42 \| Super Fang / Pursuit / Scary Face / Quick Attack Ivysaur Lv. 42 \| Razor Leaf / Sleep Powder / Sweet Scent / Synthesis Wartortle Lv. 42 \| Water Gun / Bite / Rapid Spin / Tail Whip Charmeleon Lv. 42 \| Flamethrower / Slash / Smokescreen / Scary Face Charizard Lv. 42 \| Flamethrower / Wing Attack / Smokescreen / Scary Face	$1512	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (5, 2); sight 4.
NaomiCooltrainer	Victory Road 1F	Persian Lv. 42 \| Fury Swipes / Screech / Faint Attack / Pay Day Ponyta Lv. 42 \| Agility / Take Down / Fire Spin / Stomp Rapidash Lv. 42 \| Fury Attack / Fire Spin / Stomp / Growl Vulpix Lv. 42 \| Flamethrower / Confuse Ray / Quick Attack / Imprison Ninetales Lv. 42 \| Safeguard / Will-O-Wisp / Confuse Ray / Fire Spin	$1512	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (14, 6); sight 4.
DawsonPokemaniac	Victory Road 2F	Charmeleon Lv. 40 Lapras Lv. 40 Lickitung Lv. 40	$1920	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (7, 4); sight 1.
DaisukeBlack Belt	Victory Road 2F	Machoke Lv. 43 \| Held: Black Belt Machop Lv. 43 \| Held: Black Belt Machoke Lv. 43 \| Held: Black Belt	$1032	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (20, 11); sight 4.
NelsonJuggler	Victory Road 2F	Drowzee Lv. 41 Hypno Lv. 41 Kadabra Lv. 41 Kadabra Lv. 41	$1640	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (31, 16); sight 4.
VincentTamer	Victory Road 2F	Persian Lv. 44 Golduck Lv. 44	$1760	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (26, 6); sight 1.
GregoryJuggler	Victory Road 2F	Mr. Mime Lv. 48 \| Psychic / Role Play / Doubleslap / Encore	$1920	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (36, 5); sight 3.
GeorgeCooltrainer	Victory Road 3F	Exeggutor Lv. 42 \| Egg Bomb / Confusion / Stun Spore / Sleep Powder Sandslash Lv. 42 \| Fury Swipes / Swift / Poison Sting / Sand-Attack Cloyster Lv. 42 \| Spike Cannon / Spikes / Aurora Beam / Supersonic Electrode Lv. 42 \| Spark / Sonicboom / Screech / Light Screen Arcanine Lv. 42 \| Flame Wheel / Roar / Bite / Take Down	$1512	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (40, 7); sight 1.
AlexaCooltrainer	Victory Road 3F	Clefairy Lv. 42 \| Light Screen / Cosmic Power / Doubleslap / Encore Jigglypuff Lv. 42 \| Sing / Body Slam / Rollout / Disable Persian Lv. 42 \| Pay Day / Faint Attack / Bite / Screech Dewgong Lv. 42 \| Sheer Cold / Take Down / Rest / Aurora Beam Chansey Lv. 42 \| Sing / Egg Bomb / Softboiled / Minimize	$1512	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (21, 5); sight 4.
ColbyCooltrainer	Victory Road 3F	Kingler Lv. 41 \| Guillotine / Stomp / Mud Shot / Bubble Poliwhirl Lv. 42 \| Body Slam / Doubleslap / Water Gun / Hypnosis Tentacruel Lv. 42 \| Barrier / Wrap / Bubblebeam / Acid Seadra Lv. 42 \| Water Gun / Smokescreen / Twister / Leer Blastoise Lv. 43 \| Water Gun / Bite / Rapid Spin / Rain Dance	$1548	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (10, 17); sight 5.
CarolineCooltrainer	Victory Road 3F	Bellsprout Lv. 42 \| Razor Leaf / Acid / Stun Spore / Poisonpowder Weepinbell Lv. 42 \| Razor Leaf / Acid / Sleep Powder / Poisonpowder Victreebel Lv. 42 \| Razor Leaf / Acid / Stun Spore / Sleep Powder Paras Lv. 42 \| Growth / Slash / Leech Life / Stun Spore Parasect Lv. 42 \| Spore / Slash / Leech Life / Poisonpowder	$1512	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (11, 16); sight 5.
Ray & TyraCool Couple	Victory Road 3F	Nidoqueen Lv. 45 \| Superpower / Body Slam / Double Kick / Poison Sting Nidoking Lv. 45 \| Megahorn / Thrash / Double Kick / Poison Sting	$1080	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (38, 13); sight 1.
Ray & TyraCool Couple	Victory Road 3F	Nidoqueen Lv. 45 \| Superpower / Body Slam / Double Kick / Poison Sting Nidoking Lv. 45 \| Megahorn / Thrash / Double Kick / Poison Sting	$1080	One-time or scripted battle. Map tile (39, 13); sight 1.

Items And Hidden Items

Item	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
Full Restore	Hidden item	Victory Road 1F: Hidden in Victory Road 1F; press A on the tile around (16, 1).	16, 1	Use the Itemfinder or check the described tile.
Rare Candy	Visible item ball	Victory Road 1F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 1F; check around tile (12, 3).	12, 3	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 1F RARE CANDY
TM02 Dragon Claw	Visible item ball	Victory Road 1F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 1F; check around tile (14, 1).	14, 1	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 1F TM02
Ultra Ball	Hidden item	Victory Road 1F: Hidden in Victory Road 1F; press A on the tile around (12, 12).	12, 12	Use the Itemfinder or check the described tile.
Full Heal	Visible item ball	Victory Road 2F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 2F; check around tile (25, 13).	25, 13	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 2F FULL HEAL
Guard Spec.	Visible item ball	Victory Road 2F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 2F; check around tile (17, 6).	17, 6	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 2F GUARD SPEC
TM07 Hail	Visible item ball	Victory Road 2F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 2F; check around tile (40, 7).	40, 7	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 2F TM07
TM37 Sandstorm	Visible item ball	Victory Road 2F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 2F; check around tile (14, 13).	14, 13	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 2F TM37
Max Revive	Visible item ball	Victory Road 3F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 3F; check around tile (38, 7).	38, 7	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 3F MAX REVIVE
TM50 Overheat	Visible item ball	Victory Road 3F: Visible item ball in Victory Road 3F; check around tile (12, 9).	12, 9	HIDE VICTORY ROAD 3F TM50

Elite Four and Champion

Beat Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha, Lance, and Champion Rival to enter the Hall of Fame.

Source maps

Pokemon League Loreleis Room, Pokemon League Brunos Room, Pokemon League Agathas Room, Pokemon League Lances Room, Pokemon League Champions Room, and Pokemon League Hall Of Fame.

Wild rows0 Trainers14 Items0

Route plan

Pack Full Restores, status cures, Electric/Ice/Psychic coverage, and a plan for the Rival starter branch.

Route Notes

After the Sevii post-game, the Elite Four and Champion upgrade to rematch teams.

Trainers

Trainer	Area / position	Team	Reward	Notes
LoreleiElite Four	Pokemon League Loreleis Room	Dewgong Lv. 52 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Hail / Safeguard Cloyster Lv. 51 \| Spikes / Protect / Hail / Dive Slowbro Lv. 52 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Amnesia / Yawn Jynx Lv. 54 \| Ice Punch / Doubleslap / Lovely Kiss / Attract Lapras Lv. 54 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Confuse Ray / Ice Beam / Surf / Body Slam	$5400	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
LoreleiElite Four	Pokemon League Loreleis Room	Dewgong Lv. 64 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Signal Beam / Double Team Cloyster Lv. 63 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Supersonic / Rain Dance Piloswine Lv. 63 \| Blizzard / Earthquake / Double-Edge / Rock Slide Jynx Lv. 66 \| Ice Beam / Psychic / Lovely Kiss / Attract Lapras Lv. 66 \| Held: Cheri Berry \| Ice Beam / Surf / Psychic / Thunder	$6600	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
BrunoElite Four	Pokemon League Brunos Room	Onix Lv. 51 \| Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Iron Tail / Roar Hitmonchan Lv. 53 \| Sky Uppercut / Mach Punch / Rock Tomb / Counter Hitmonlee Lv. 53 \| Mega Kick / Foresight / Brick Break / Facade Onix Lv. 54 \| Double-Edge / Earthquake / Iron Tail / Sand Tomb Machamp Lv. 56 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Cross Chop / Bulk Up / Scary Face / Rock Tomb	$5600	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
BrunoElite Four	Pokemon League Brunos Room	Steelix Lv. 65 \| Earthquake / Iron Tail / Crunch / Rock Tomb Hitmonchan Lv. 65 \| Sky Uppercut / Mach Punch / Rock Slide / Counter Hitmonlee Lv. 65 \| Mega Kick / Foresight / Earthquake / Rock Slide Steelix Lv. 66 \| Earthquake / Iron Tail / Crunch / Dragonbreath Machamp Lv. 68 \| Held: Persim Berry \| Cross Chop / Earthquake / Brick Break / Rock Slide	$6800	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
AgathaElite Four	Pokemon League Agathas Room	Gengar Lv. 54 \| Shadow Punch / Confuse Ray / Toxic / Double Team Golbat Lv. 54 \| Confuse Ray / Poison Fang / Air Cutter / Bite Haunter Lv. 53 \| Hypnosis / Dream Eater / Curse / Mean Look Arbok Lv. 56 \| Sludge Bomb / Screech / Iron Tail / Bite Gengar Lv. 58 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Shadow Ball / Sludge Bomb / Hypnosis / Nightmare	$5800	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
AgathaElite Four	Pokemon League Agathas Room	Gengar Lv. 66 \| Shadow Ball / Psychic / Confuse Ray / Hypnosis Crobat Lv. 66 \| Sludge Bomb / Air Cutter / Shadow Ball / Confuse Ray Misdreavus Lv. 65 \| Shadow Ball / Psychic / Thunderbolt / Attract Arbok Lv. 68 \| Sludge Bomb / Earthquake / Giga Drain / Double Team Gengar Lv. 70 \| Held: Chesto Berry \| Shadow Ball / Psychic / Thunderbolt / Sludge Bomb	$7000	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
LanceElite Four	Pokemon League Lances Room	Gyarados Lv. 56 \| Hyper Beam / Dragon Rage / Twister / Bite Dragonair Lv. 54 \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Dragon Rage / Outrage Dragonair Lv. 54 \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Thunder Wave / Outrage Aerodactyl Lv. 58 \| Hyper Beam / Ancientpower / Wing Attack / Scary Face Dragonite Lv. 60 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Outrage / Wing Attack	$6000	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
LanceElite Four	Pokemon League Lances Room	Gyarados Lv. 68 \| Hyper Beam / Dragon Dance / Earthquake / Thunder Wave Dragonite Lv. 66 \| Hyper Beam / Earthquake / Dragon Claw / Flamethrower Kingdra Lv. 66 \| Hyper Beam / Dragon Dance / Surf / Ice Beam Aerodactyl Lv. 70 \| Hyper Beam / Ancientpower / Aerial Ace / Earthquake Dragonite Lv. 72 \| Held: Persim Berry \| Hyper Beam / Outrage / Thunderbolt / Ice Beam	$7200	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
TerryChampion	Pokemon League Champions Room	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Arcanine Lv. 59 \| Extremespeed / Flamethrower / Roar / Bite Exeggutor Lv. 61 \| Giga Drain / Egg Bomb / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Blastoise Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hydro Pump / Rain Dance / Skull Bash / Bite	$6300	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
TerryChampion	Pokemon League Champions Room	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Gyarados Lv. 59 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Rage / Bite / Thrash Arcanine Lv. 61 \| Extremespeed / Flamethrower / Roar / Bite Venusaur Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Solarbeam / Synthesis / Sunny Day / Growth	$6300	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
TerryChampion	Pokemon League Champions Room	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Exeggutor Lv. 59 \| Giga Drain / Egg Bomb / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Gyarados Lv. 61 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Rage / Bite / Thrash Charizard Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Fire Blast / Aerial Ace / Slash / Fire Spin	$6300	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
TerryChampion	Pokemon League Champions Room	Heracross Lv. 72 \| Megahorn / Earthquake / Counter / Rock Tomb Alakazam Lv. 73 \| Psychic / Shadow Ball / Calm Mind / Reflect Tyranitar Lv. 72 \| Crunch / Earthquake / Thunderbolt / Aerial Ace Arcanine Lv. 73 \| Extremespeed / Overheat / Aerial Ace / Iron Tail Exeggutor Lv. 73 \| Giga Drain / Psychic / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Blastoise Lv. 75 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hydro Pump / Ice Beam / Earthquake / Rain Dance	$7500	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
TerryChampion	Pokemon League Champions Room	Heracross Lv. 72 \| Megahorn / Earthquake / Counter / Rock Tomb Alakazam Lv. 73 \| Psychic / Shadow Ball / Calm Mind / Reflect Tyranitar Lv. 72 \| Crunch / Earthquake / Thunderbolt / Aerial Ace Gyarados Lv. 73 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Dance / Earthquake / Hyper Beam Arcanine Lv. 73 \| Extremespeed / Overheat / Aerial Ace / Iron Tail Venusaur Lv. 75 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Solarbeam / Sludge Bomb / Earthquake / Sunny Day	$7500	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.
TerryChampion	Pokemon League Champions Room	Heracross Lv. 72 \| Megahorn / Earthquake / Counter / Rock Tomb Alakazam Lv. 73 \| Psychic / Shadow Ball / Calm Mind / Reflect Tyranitar Lv. 72 \| Crunch / Earthquake / Thunderbolt / Aerial Ace Exeggutor Lv. 73 \| Giga Drain / Psychic / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Gyarados Lv. 73 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Dance / Earthquake / Hyper Beam Charizard Lv. 75 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Fire Blast / Dragon Claw / Aerial Ace / Earthquake	$7500	One-time or scripted battle. Scripted map battle.

Boss Strategy

Boss / branch	Team	Reward	Danger notes	Practical counters
LoreleiElite Four	Dewgong Lv. 52 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Hail / Safeguard Cloyster Lv. 51 \| Spikes / Protect / Hail / Dive Slowbro Lv. 52 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Amnesia / Yawn Jynx Lv. 54 \| Ice Punch / Doubleslap / Lovely Kiss / Attract Lapras Lv. 54 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Confuse Ray / Ice Beam / Surf / Body Slam	$5400	Bulky Water/Ice teams can freeze and stall.	Electric, Fighting, and strong neutral special damage keep her from dragging the fight.
BrunoElite Four	Onix Lv. 51 \| Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Iron Tail / Roar Hitmonchan Lv. 53 \| Sky Uppercut / Mach Punch / Rock Tomb / Counter Hitmonlee Lv. 53 \| Mega Kick / Foresight / Brick Break / Facade Onix Lv. 54 \| Double-Edge / Earthquake / Iron Tail / Sand Tomb Machamp Lv. 56 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Cross Chop / Bulk Up / Scary Face / Rock Tomb	$5600	Onix are slow, but Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan/Machamp hit hard.	Surf handles Onix; Psychic/Flying coverage handles the Fighting core.
AgathaElite Four	Gengar Lv. 54 \| Shadow Punch / Confuse Ray / Toxic / Double Team Golbat Lv. 54 \| Confuse Ray / Poison Fang / Air Cutter / Bite Haunter Lv. 53 \| Hypnosis / Dream Eater / Curse / Mean Look Arbok Lv. 56 \| Sludge Bomb / Screech / Iron Tail / Bite Gengar Lv. 58 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Shadow Ball / Sludge Bomb / Hypnosis / Nightmare	$5800	Status, Confuse Ray, and fast Ghost/Poison attacks are the danger.	Psychic, Ground coverage, and Full Heals are the practical answer.
LanceElite Four	Gyarados Lv. 56 \| Hyper Beam / Dragon Rage / Twister / Bite Dragonair Lv. 54 \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Dragon Rage / Outrage Dragonair Lv. 54 \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Thunder Wave / Outrage Aerodactyl Lv. 58 \| Hyper Beam / Ancientpower / Wing Attack / Scary Face Dragonite Lv. 60 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Outrage / Wing Attack	$6000	Dragonite and Gyarados punish teams without Ice/Electric coverage.	Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Rock Slide, and bulky Water types are premium.
TerryChampion	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Arcanine Lv. 59 \| Extremespeed / Flamethrower / Roar / Bite Exeggutor Lv. 61 \| Giga Drain / Egg Bomb / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Blastoise Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hydro Pump / Rain Dance / Skull Bash / Bite	$6300	The branch changes with your starter and is the guide's main repeated boss variable.	Plan for Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, and the final starter evolution, then adjust the last slot around your starter choice.
TerryChampion	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Gyarados Lv. 59 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Rage / Bite / Thrash Arcanine Lv. 61 \| Extremespeed / Flamethrower / Roar / Bite Venusaur Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Solarbeam / Synthesis / Sunny Day / Growth	$6300	The branch changes with your starter and is the guide's main repeated boss variable.	Plan for Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, and the final starter evolution, then adjust the last slot around your starter choice.
TerryChampion	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Exeggutor Lv. 59 \| Giga Drain / Egg Bomb / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Gyarados Lv. 61 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Rage / Bite / Thrash Charizard Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Fire Blast / Aerial Ace / Slash / Fire Spin	$6300	The branch changes with your starter and is the guide's main repeated boss variable.	Plan for Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, and the final starter evolution, then adjust the last slot around your starter choice.

Major Bosses

Boss / branch	Team	Reward	Danger notes	Practical counters
LoreleiElite Four	Dewgong Lv. 52 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Hail / Safeguard Cloyster Lv. 51 \| Spikes / Protect / Hail / Dive Slowbro Lv. 52 \| Ice Beam / Surf / Amnesia / Yawn Jynx Lv. 54 \| Ice Punch / Doubleslap / Lovely Kiss / Attract Lapras Lv. 54 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Confuse Ray / Ice Beam / Surf / Body Slam	$5400	Bulky Water/Ice teams can freeze and stall.	Electric, Fighting, and strong neutral special damage keep her from dragging the fight.
BrunoElite Four	Onix Lv. 51 \| Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Iron Tail / Roar Hitmonchan Lv. 53 \| Sky Uppercut / Mach Punch / Rock Tomb / Counter Hitmonlee Lv. 53 \| Mega Kick / Foresight / Brick Break / Facade Onix Lv. 54 \| Double-Edge / Earthquake / Iron Tail / Sand Tomb Machamp Lv. 56 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Cross Chop / Bulk Up / Scary Face / Rock Tomb	$5600	Onix are slow, but Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan/Machamp hit hard.	Surf handles Onix; Psychic/Flying coverage handles the Fighting core.
AgathaElite Four	Gengar Lv. 54 \| Shadow Punch / Confuse Ray / Toxic / Double Team Golbat Lv. 54 \| Confuse Ray / Poison Fang / Air Cutter / Bite Haunter Lv. 53 \| Hypnosis / Dream Eater / Curse / Mean Look Arbok Lv. 56 \| Sludge Bomb / Screech / Iron Tail / Bite Gengar Lv. 58 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Shadow Ball / Sludge Bomb / Hypnosis / Nightmare	$5800	Status, Confuse Ray, and fast Ghost/Poison attacks are the danger.	Psychic, Ground coverage, and Full Heals are the practical answer.
LanceElite Four	Gyarados Lv. 56 \| Hyper Beam / Dragon Rage / Twister / Bite Dragonair Lv. 54 \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Dragon Rage / Outrage Dragonair Lv. 54 \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Thunder Wave / Outrage Aerodactyl Lv. 58 \| Hyper Beam / Ancientpower / Wing Attack / Scary Face Dragonite Lv. 60 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hyper Beam / Safeguard / Outrage / Wing Attack	$6000	Dragonite and Gyarados punish teams without Ice/Electric coverage.	Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Rock Slide, and bulky Water types are premium.
TerryChampion	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Arcanine Lv. 59 \| Extremespeed / Flamethrower / Roar / Bite Exeggutor Lv. 61 \| Giga Drain / Egg Bomb / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Blastoise Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Hydro Pump / Rain Dance / Skull Bash / Bite	$6300	The branch changes with your starter and is the guide's main repeated boss variable.	Plan for Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, and the final starter evolution, then adjust the last slot around your starter choice.
TerryChampion	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Gyarados Lv. 59 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Rage / Bite / Thrash Arcanine Lv. 61 \| Extremespeed / Flamethrower / Roar / Bite Venusaur Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Solarbeam / Synthesis / Sunny Day / Growth	$6300	The branch changes with your starter and is the guide's main repeated boss variable.	Plan for Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, and the final starter evolution, then adjust the last slot around your starter choice.
TerryChampion	Pidgeot Lv. 59 \| Aerial Ace / Featherdance / Sand-Attack / Whirlwind Alakazam Lv. 57 \| Psychic / Future Sight / Recover / Reflect Rhydon Lv. 59 \| Take Down / Earthquake / Rock Tomb / Scary Face Exeggutor Lv. 59 \| Giga Drain / Egg Bomb / Sleep Powder / Light Screen Gyarados Lv. 61 \| Hydro Pump / Dragon Rage / Bite / Thrash Charizard Lv. 63 \| Held: Sitrus Berry \| Fire Blast / Aerial Ace / Slash / Fire Spin	$6300	The branch changes with your starter and is the guide's main repeated boss variable.	Plan for Pidgeot, Alakazam, Rhydon, and the final starter evolution, then adjust the last slot around your starter choice.

Phase Sections

Phase Data Rollup

Victory Road

Route Notes

Victory Road 1F

Victory Road 2F

Victory Road 3F

Trainers

Items And Hidden Items

Elite Four and Champion

Route Notes

Trainers

Boss Strategy

Major Bosses

Sources

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