Appendix:FireRed and LeafGreen walkthrough/Section 15

Indigo Plateau

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Indigo Plateau,
battleground of the Elite Four

Welcome to Indigo Plateau

The front room doubles as a Poké Center and Poké Mart, allowing Trainers to prepare themselves and their Pokémon before challenging the Elite Four. The Elite Four is a group of talented Pokémon Trainers second only to the Pokémon League Champion in terms of power. The title of Champion designates a person as the strongest Trainer in the region, having defeated the Elite Four and the previous Champion to claim it. The next five battles will not be easy, but with a strong team and a large supply of Max Potions, Full Restores, and Revives, strong-willed Trainers should be able to reach the Hall of Fame.

Indigo Plateau
Great Ball $600	Ultra Ball $1,200
Max Potion $2,500	Full Restore $3,000
Full Heal $600	Revive $1,500
Max Repel $700

Take the hallway past the Poké Mart counter, and step into the first room. Lorelei's sub-zero army awaits!

Elite Four challenge

Battle 1: Lorelei

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Battle 1: Lorelei

The first member of the Elite Four is Lorelei, a master Template:Type2 Trainer. Three of her five Pokémon are Water/Ice-type elementals, so be wary of type-matchups. Template:Type2s may seem like a good idea, but they'll only be useful against her Slowbro. Trainers are better off throwing a few thunderbolts to clear through her team. Her Jynx is an Ice/Psychic-type, so try hitting it with a Flamethrower or Crunch to finish it off. Zapdos and Moltres are decent candidates; Zapdos learns Thunder at level 85, and Moltres can learn Flamethrower at level 49. Only bring them if they are higher-leveled, though, since their secondary Template:Type2 is vulnerable to ice attacks. Template:Type2s are more effective on Lorelei's team than Template:Type2s are, as all of her pokemon but Jynx are also part Template:Type2.

File:FL Lorelei.png Elite Four Lorelei Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Elite Four and Professor Lorelei Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $5400

Types: Water Ice Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Dewgong♀ Lv.52 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Hail Ice   --       Safeguard Normal   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Cloyster♀ Lv.51 Spikes Ground   --       Dive Water   --       Hail Ice   --       Protect Normal   --       Types: Water Psychic Ability: No Ability Held item: None Slowbro♀ Lv.52 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Yawn Normal   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Types: Ice Psychic Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Jynx♀ Lv.54 DoubleSlap Normal   --       Ice Punch Ice   --       Lovely Kiss Normal   --       Attract Normal   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: No Ability Held item: Sitrus Berry Lapras♀ Lv.54 Body Slam Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --

Defeating Lorelei opens the door to the second room. Bruno's team of martial artists awaits!

Battle 2: Bruno

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Battle 2: Bruno

The second member of the Elite Four is Bruno, a master Template:Type2 Trainer. That being said, only three of his five Pokémon are actually part of the Fighting-type. A strong Template:Type2 like Blastoise or Gyarados can flood the battlefield with Surf, eliminating his two Onix with little resistance. Dispatch a strong Template:Type2 to deal with the other three, though a high-powered bird like Zapdos can take them out with Drill Peck or Fly. For reinforcements, consider bringing a Starmie or Slowbro along, since their Water/Psychic combination will be a strong point here. A fast pokemon with strong special attack like Alakazam with be useful against Bruno's Attack and Defense oriented team.

File:FL Bruno.png Elite Four Bruno Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Elite Four and Professor Bruno Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $5600

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.51 Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Roar Normal   --       Types: Fighting Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Hitmonchan♂ Lv.53 Sky Uppercut Fighting   --       Mach Punch Fighting   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Counter Fighting   --       Types: Fighting Unknown Ability: Limber Held item: None Hitmonlee♂ Lv.53 Mega Kick Normal   --       Foresight Normal   --       Brick Break Fighting   --       Facade Normal   --       Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.54 Double-Edge Normal   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Sand Tomb Ground   --       Types: Fighting Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: Sitrus Berry Machamp♂ Lv.56 Bulk Up Fighting   --       Cross Chop Fighting   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --

Defeating Bruno opens the door to the third room. Agatha's team from the spirit world awaits!

Battle 3: Agatha

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Battle 3: Agatha

The third member of the Elite Four is Agatha, a master Template:Type2 Trainer. However, she is more of a Template:Type2 Trainer, as all of her pokemon are of the Template:Type2, and they are all weak to the Template:Type2. Only Template:Type2, Template:Type2 and Dark-type moves (like Shadow Ball, Psychic and Bite) can effectively damage Agatha's team, and all but Arbok are immune to Template:Type2 moves like Earthquake. Take out her two Gengar as soon as possible, or their Confuse Ray and Hypnosis attacks will get annoying really quick. Fortunately, Ghost and Poison type moves are physical attacks, which do not take advantage of the very high special attack stats of Gengar and Haunter.

File:FRLG Agatha.png Elite Four Agatha Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Elite Four and Professor Agatha Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $5800

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♀ Lv.54 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Shadow Punch Ghost   --       Double Team Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.54 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bite Dark   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Poison Fang Poison   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♀ Lv.53 Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.56 Bite Dark   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Screech Normal   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Gengar♀ Lv.58 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Nightmare Ghost   --

Defeating Agatha unlocks the door to the fourth room. Lance and his ferocious dragons await!

Battle 4: Lance

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Battle 4: Lance

The fourth and final member of the Elite Four is Lance, a master Template:Type2 Trainer, and leader of the Elite Four. The Dragon-type is probably the strongest type in the game, since it resists Electric-, Grass-, Fire-, and Water-type moves, and is only weak to Dragon- and Ice-type attacks. A formidable opposing team, though only three of the five are actually part of the Dragon-type. Call in a blizzard to take out his two Dragonair and his Dragonite, and the bulk of his team is finished. Due to the secondary Template:Type2, his Aerodactyl is also vulnerable to Ice moves, though there are other options to defeat them. Gyarados will take quadruple damage from electricity, so one good Thunderbolt should ground it. Aerodactyl is part-Rock, so a flooded battlefield is one of its worst nightmares. Articuno and Zapdos are the best choices to use against Lance's dragons.

File:FL Lance.png Elite Four Lance Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Elite Four and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $6000

File:Spr 1 130.png Types: Water Flying Gyarados Lv.56 Bite Dark   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Twister Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       File:Spr 1 148.png Types: Dragon Dragon Dragonair Lv.54 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       File:Spr 1 148.png Types: Dragon Dragon Dragonair Lv.54 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       File:Spr 1 142.png Types: Rock Flying Aerodactyl Lv.58 Wing Attack Flying   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       File:Spr 1 149.png Types: Dragon Flying Dragonite Lv.60 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

The Elite Four is defeated. After defeating Lance, the door to this unknown Champion's room is unlocked. Don't enter just yet, though - as soon you leave Lance's room, Trainers will be lured into battle almost immediately, so use any potions or Revives now. There is only one person left to defeat to claim the title of Champion! Step through the door to find a familiar face...

Champion battle

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Champion room

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Hall of Fame room

Blue defeated the Elite Four before most Trainers even set foot in Victory Road, and now he is the elite Trainer with the title of Indigo League Pokémon Champion. The first half of his team will always be Pidgeot, Alakazam, and Rhydon, so plan accordingly. His second half is what changes, depending on which starter Pokémon he took. Zapdos is a terror to his Pidgeot and Gyarados (or Blastoise), and a searing Thunderbolt will send them reeling. A strong Template:Type2 can wash away his Rhydon and Arcanine (or Charizard). Dispatch Articuno to fight his Exeggutor (or Venusaur), since Ice and Flying moves are the stuff of a Template:Type2's nightmares. The only real potential struggle is when facing his Alakazam - it typically has low defenses, so pound away with a strong physical move, like Earthquake. Once it neglects to recover its health, hit it fast & hard.

If the player chose Bulbasaur:	If the player chose Charmander:	If the player chose Squirtle:
File:FL Blue.png Champion Blue Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Champion and Professor Blue Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $6300 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.59 Aerial Ace Flying   --       FeatherDance Flying   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.57 Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Rhydon♂ Lv.59 Rock Tomb Rock   --       Take Down Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.61 Hydro Pump Water   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Bite Dark   --       Thrash Normal   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Exeggutor♂ Lv.59 Sleep Powder Grass   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Egg Bomb Normal   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Charizard♂ Lv.63 Fire Blast Fire   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Slash Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --	File:FL Blue.png Champion Blue Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Champion and Professor Blue Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $6300 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.59 Aerial Ace Flying   --       FeatherDance Flying   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.57 Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Rhydon♂ Lv.59 Rock Tomb Rock   --       Take Down Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Exeggutor♂ Lv.61 Sleep Powder Grass   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Egg Bomb Normal   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.59 Flamethrower Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Sitrus Berry Blastoise♂ Lv.63 Rain Dance Water   --       Hydro Pump Water   --       Bite Dark   --       Skull Bash Normal   --	File:FL Blue.png Champion Blue Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Champion and Professor Blue Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $6300 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.59 Aerial Ace Flying   --       FeatherDance Flying   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.57 Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Rhydon♂ Lv.59 Rock Tomb Rock   --       Take Down Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.61 Flamethrower Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Roar Normal   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.59 Hydro Pump Water   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Bite Dark   --       Thrash Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Overgrow Held item: Sitrus Berry Venusaur♂ Lv.63 Growth Normal   --       Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --

Congratulations, you've charged through the Elite Four, and stolen the title of Indigo League Champion away from your rival! After the battle, Oak appears and leads Trainers past the Champion's room, and into the Hall of Fame room. It is here that a Trainer's victorious team will be recorded, as a testament to their power and perseverance. After Oak enters your team's information, the game saves, and the credits roll.
But that's not the end...

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