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Pokémon Emerald walkthrough · Part 9 of 11

Part 9: Beat Juan — Sootopolis City Gym, badge 8

Beat Juan — Sootopolis City Gym, badge 8 opens 4 areas. There are 34 trainers standing in them. The fights at this checkpoint are Juan, Champion Wallace, Elite Four Drake, and 3 more.

Where to go

  1. Victory Road

    Wild: Golbat 100% · Lv 25-40, Barboach 80% · Lv 25-35, Graveler 70% · Lv 30-40, Magikarp 70% · Lv 5-10 +12 more

    Trainers: Cooltrainer Albert Lv 43, Cooltrainer Caroline Lv 43, Cooltrainer Dianne Lv 43, Cooltrainer Edgar Lv 43, Cooltrainer Felix Lv 43, Cooltrainer Halle Lv 43 +12 more

  2. Ever Grande City

    Wild: Magikarp 70% · Lv 5-10, Tentacool 60% · Lv 5-35, Wailmer 45% · Lv 30-45, Luvdisc 40% · Lv 30-35 +3 more

    Trainers:Champion Wallace Lv 58, ★ Elite Four Drake Lv 55, ★ Elite Four Glacia Lv 53, ★ Elite Four Phoebe Lv 51, ★ Elite Four Sidney Lv 49

  3. Sky Pillar

    Wild: Golbat 30% · Lv 34-35, Sableye 30% · Lv 33-34, Claydol 25% · Lv 36-38, Banette 15% · Lv 37-38 +2 more

  4. Sootopolis City Gym

    Trainers:Juan Lv 46, Beauty Bridget Lv 40, Beauty Connie Lv 40, Beauty Olivia Lv 39, Beauty Tiffany Lv 39, Lady Brianna Lv 40 +5 more

★ Juan — Sootopolis City Gym

5 Pokémon · level cap Lv 46 (every cap) · Juan’s own page

PokémonMoves
LuvdiscLuvdisc
Lv 41 · Swift Swim
Water Pulse Attract Sweet Kiss Flail
WhiscashWhiscash
Lv 41
Rain Dance Water Pulse Amnesia Earthquake
SealeoSealeo
Lv 43
Encore Body Slam Aurora Beam Water Pulse
CrawdauntCrawdaunt
Lv 43
Water Pulse Crabhammer Taunt Leer
KingdraKingdra
Lv 46 · Chesto Berry
Water Pulse Double Team Ice Beam Rest

★ Champion Wallace — Ever Grande City

6 Pokémon · level cap Lv 58 (every cap) · Champion Wallace’s own page

PokémonMoves
WailordWailord
Lv 57
Rain Dance Water Spout Double-Edge Blizzard
TentacruelTentacruel
Lv 55
Toxic Hydro Pump Sludge Bomb Ice Beam
LudicoloLudicolo
Lv 56
Giga Drain Surf Leech Seed Double Team
WhiscashWhiscash
Lv 56
Earthquake Surf Amnesia Hyper Beam
GyaradosGyarados
Lv 56 · Intimidate
Dragon Dance Earthquake Hyper Beam Surf
MiloticMilotic
Lv 58 · Sitrus Berry
Recover Surf Ice Beam Toxic

★ Elite Four Drake — Ever Grande City

5 Pokémon · level cap Lv 55 (every cap) · Elite Four Drake’s own page

PokémonMoves
ShelgonShelgon
Lv 52 · Rock Head
Rock Tomb Dragon Claw Protect Double-Edge
AltariaAltaria
Lv 54 · Natural Cure
Double-Edge Dragon Breath Dragon Dance Aerial Ace
KingdraKingdra
Lv 53
Smokescreen Dragon Dance Surf Body Slam
FlygonFlygon
Lv 53 · Levitate
Flamethrower Crunch Dragon Breath Earthquake
SalamenceSalamence
Lv 55 · Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
Flamethrower Dragon Claw Rock Slide Crunch

Also fought around here

Everything you can have caught by this checkpoint · Open the interactive guide

This game's documentation doesn't say where 8 of its 518 fights happen, so those trainers are on no part of this walkthrough; they are all on the Trainers page. It also doesn't say when 11 of its areas open up, so they are listed together in the last part rather than guessed into the story.