Part 8: Victory Road and the Elite Four

Route 26-28 lead to the Indigo Plateau. Will, Koga, Bruno, Karen and the Champion stand between you and the Hall of Fame.

Victory Road and the Elite Four opens 10 areas. There are 36 trainers standing in them. The fights at this checkpoint are Rival — if you chose Totodile, Rival — if you chose Chikorita, Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil, and 5 more.

Where to go

1. Route 26

   Wild: Tentacool 90% · Lv 25-30, Magikarp 85% · Lv 10, Goldeen 70% · Lv 40, Hoothoot 65% · Lv 10 +13 more

   Trainers: Cooltrainer Beth Lv 45, Fisher Scott Lv 45, Psychic Richard Lv 45, Cooltrainer Gaven (second rematch) Lv 46, Cooltrainer Joyce Lv 46, Cooltrainer Jake Lv 47 +4 more

2. Route 27

   Wild: Tentacool 90% · Lv 15-20, Magikarp 85% · Lv 10, Goldeen 70% · Lv 40, Hoothoot 65% · Lv 10 +13 more

   Trainers: Bird Keeper Jose (rematch) Lv 44, Cooltrainer Blake Lv 44, Cooltrainer Megan Lv 44, Psychic Gilbert Lv 44, Bird Keeper Jose Lv 45, Cooltrainer Brian Lv 45 +4 more

   Pick up: TM22 Solarbeam, TM37 Sandstorm

3. Route 28

   Wild: Magikarp 100% · Lv 10, Poliwag 90% · Lv 35-40, Poliwhirl 40% · Lv 40, Dratini 30% · Lv 40 +8 more

4. Victory Road

   Wild: Golem 30% · Lv 44, Rhydon 30% · Lv 42, Donphan 20% · Lv 43, Golbat 10% · Lv 44 +4 more

   Trainers: ★ Rival — if you chose Totodile Lv 48, ★ Rival — if you chose Chikorita Lv 48, ★ Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil Lv 48

   Pick up: TM26 Earthquake

5. Wills Room

   Trainers: ★ Elite Four Will Lv 50, ★ Elite Four Will (rematch, after the Elite Four) Lv 68

6. Kogas Room

   Trainers: ★ Elite Four Koga Lv 52, ★ Elite Four Koga (rematch, after the Elite Four) Lv 68

7. Brunos Room

   Trainers: ★ Elite Four Bruno Lv 54, ★ Elite Four Bruno (rematch, after the Elite Four) Lv 68

8. Karens Room

   Trainers: ★ Elite Four Karen Lv 55, ★ Elite Four Karen (rematch, after the Elite Four) Lv 69

9. Lances Room

   Trainers: ★ Champion Lance Lv 56, ★ Champion Lance (rematch, after the Elite Four) Lv 70

10. Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F

    Trainers: ★ Rival — if you chose Totodile Lv 68, ★ Rival — if you chose Chikorita Lv 68, ★ Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil Lv 68

★ Rival — if you chose Totodile — Victory Road

6 Pokémon · level cap Lv 48 (every cap) · Rival — if you chose Totodile’s own page

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Ursaring Lv 45 Normal	Held item Miracleberry	Slash Faint Attack Rock Smash Rest	HP90Attack130Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed55Total500
	Golbat Lv 45 PoisonFlying		Toxic Double Team Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Octillery Lv 46 Water	Held item Quick Claw	Surf Ice Beam Psybeam Hyper Beam	HP75Attack105Defense75Sp. Atk105Sp. Def75Speed45Total480
	Houndoom Lv 46 DarkFire		Flamethrower Iron Tail Crunch Sunny Day	HP75Attack90Defense50Sp. Atk110Sp. Def80Speed95Total500
	Meganium Lv 47 Grass	Held item Miracle Seed	Sunny Day Giga Drain Body Slam Synthesis	HP80Attack82Defense100Sp. Atk83Sp. Def100Speed80Total525
	Tyranitar Lv 48 RockDark		Crunch Earthquake Rock Slide Fire Punch	HP100Attack134Defense110Sp. Atk95Sp. Def100Speed61Total600

★ Rival — if you chose Chikorita — Victory Road

6 Pokémon · level cap Lv 48 (every cap) · Rival — if you chose Chikorita’s own page

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Ursaring Lv 45 Normal	Held item Miracleberry	Slash Faint Attack Rock Smash Rest	HP90Attack130Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed55Total500
	Golbat Lv 45 PoisonFlying		Toxic Double Team Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Octillery Lv 46 Water	Held item Quick Claw	Surf Ice Beam Psybeam Hyper Beam	HP75Attack105Defense75Sp. Atk105Sp. Def75Speed45Total480
	Victreebel Lv 46 GrassPoison		Sludge Bomb Giga Drain Sleep Powder Growth	HP80Attack105Defense65Sp. Atk100Sp. Def60Speed70Total480
	Typhlosion Lv 47 Fire	Held item Charcoal	Flamethrower Quick Attack Iron Tail Thunderpunch	HP78Attack84Defense78Sp. Atk109Sp. Def85Speed100Total534
	Tyranitar Lv 48 RockDark		Crunch Earthquake Rock Slide Fire Punch	HP100Attack134Defense110Sp. Atk95Sp. Def100Speed61Total600

★ Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil — Victory Road

6 Pokémon · level cap Lv 48 (every cap) · Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil’s own page

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Ursaring Lv 45 Normal	Held item Miracleberry	Slash Faint Attack Rock Smash Rest	HP90Attack130Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed55Total500
	Golbat Lv 45 PoisonFlying		Toxic Double Team Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Victreebel Lv 46 GrassPoison	Held item Quick Claw	Sludge Bomb Giga Drain Sleep Powder Growth	HP80Attack105Defense65Sp. Atk100Sp. Def60Speed70Total480
	Houndoom Lv 46 DarkFire		Flamethrower Iron Tail Crunch Double Team	HP75Attack90Defense50Sp. Atk110Sp. Def80Speed95Total500
	Feraligatr Lv 47 Water	Held item Mystic Water	Ice Punch Surf Slash Bite	HP85Attack105Defense100Sp. Atk79Sp. Def83Speed78Total530
	Tyranitar Lv 48 RockDark		Crunch Earthquake Rock Slide Fire Punch	HP100Attack134Defense110Sp. Atk95Sp. Def100Speed61Total600

Also fought around here

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

This game's documentation doesn't say where 11 of its 567 fights happen, so those trainers are on no part of this walkthrough; they are all on the Trainers page.