Elite Four
The Elite Four (Japanese: 四天王 Four Heavenly Kings) are four Pokémon Trainers who are regarded as the toughest in their regional Pokémon League, short of League Champion. Those who challenge the Elite Four must have achieved all eight Badges from that region and face all four and the current Champion consecutively without losing to any of them.
One group resides on Indigo Plateau in Kanto, and are considered the best trainers in both Kanto and Johto; another is in Ever Grande City in Hoenn; and the last known one is in the unnamed Pokémon League in Sinnoh.
Kanto/Johto Elite Four
Generation I/Generation III
In the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, and their Generation III remakes, the Elite Four at the Indigo Plateau consists of:
Generation II
In Generation II, the Elite Four at the Indigo Plateau consists of:
| Elite Member (Japanese) |
Type | Team |
|---|---|---|
| File:WillGSCsprite.png Will (イツキ Itsuki) |
Psychic | Lv41 Exeggutor Lv41 Slowbro Lv41 Jynx Lv42 Xatu |
| File:KogaGSCsprite.png Koga (キョウ Kyō) |
Poison | Lv43 Forretress Lv42 Muk Lv41 Venomoth Lv44 Crobat |
| File:BrunoGSCsprite.gif Bruno (シバ Shiba) |
Fighting | Lv42 Hitmonchan Lv42 Hitmonlee Lv43 Onix Lv46 Machamp |
| File:GSC Karen.gif Karen (カリン Karin) |
Dark | Lv42 Vileplume Lv43 Murkrow Lv45 Gengar Lv47 Houndoom |
| File:LanceGSCsprite.png Champion Lance (ワタル Wataru) |
Dragon | Lv47 Dragonite Lv46 Aerodactyl Lv47 Dragonite Lv46 Charizard Lv50 Dragonite |
Hoenn Elite Four
Generation III
In Generation III, the Elite Four in Ever Grande City consists of:
| Elite Member (Japanese) |
Type | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:E Sidney.png Sidney (カゲツ Kagetsu) |
Dark | Lv48 Shiftry Lv46 Cacturne Lv48 Sharpedo/Crawdaunt Lv49 Absol | |||
| File:E Phoebe.png Phoebe (フヨウ Fuyō) |
Ghost | Lv49 Banette Lv50 Sableye Lv49 Banette Lv51 Dusclops | |||
| File:E Glacia.png Glacia (プリム Prim) |
Ice | Lv50 Sealeo Lv52 Sealeo Lv52 Glalie Lv53 Walrein | |||
| File:E Drake.png Drake (ゲンジ Genji) |
Dragon | Lv54 Altaria Lv53 Flygon/Kingdra Lv53 Flygon Lv55 Salamence | |||
| File:RS Steven.png Champion Steven (ダイゴ Daigo) |
File:E-Wallace.png Champion Wallace (ミクリ Mikuri) |
Steel | Water | Lv56 Cradily Lv55 Claydol Lv56 Armaldo Lv56 Aggron Lv58 Metagross |
Lv55 Tentacruel Lv56 Ludicolo Lv56 Gyarados Lv56 Whiscash Lv58 Milotic |
Sinnoh Elite Four
Generation IV
In Generation IV, the Elite Four in Pokémon League consists of:
In the anime
Ash and his friends often meet the members of the Elite Four, who then impart them with battle strategies. So far, Ash has only met the complete Kanto group, meeting Lorelei in The Mandarin Island Miss Match, Bruno in To Master the Onixpected, Agatha in The Scheme Team and Lance in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution. Ash has also met Koga in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, though merely for the Fuchsia Gym Badge, Drake in Vanity Affair, Wallace in Our Cup Runneth Over!, Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet, Cynthia in Top-Down Training and Aaron in A Trainer and Child Reunion.
It has been hinted by Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet! that when a trainer wins their respective region's Conference Tournament that they can participate in the Elite Four Challenge, fighting the four members of that region's Elite Four, and then possibly the Champion as well.
Trivia
- In the Generation I games, the type specialties of the Elite Four were in ascending order by type-advantage: Lorelei's Template:Type2s are weak to Bruno's Template:Type2s, Agatha's Template:Type2s are resistant to Bruno's Fighting-types, and Lance's Template:Type2s have superior strength over Agatha. In Generation II, the order was reversed: Will's Template:Type2s are strong against Koga's Template:Type2s, which resist Bruno's Fighting-types, which are strong against Karen's Template:Type2s. This pattern repeated in Generation III, with Dark, Ghost, Ice and Dragon. However, Generation IV's Elite Four possess no obvious weakness or strength over the member before or after them apart from Bertha's Template:Type2's being stronger against Flint's Template:Type2's.
- Ash has met all members of the original Kanto Elite Four as well as the anime counterpart to its champion, Blue, his own rival Gary Oak. Of the Generation II group, Ash has met Koga, who was merely a Gym Leader the last time he was seen, Bruno, who is also a member of the Generation I group, and Lance. Of the Hoenn Elite Four, Ash has only so far met Drake, Steven, and Wallace, who was in Sinnoh at the time. And finally, of the Sinnoh Elite Four, he has met Lucian, Cynthia and Aaron.
- As of Generation IV, Champion Lance has the lowest average level, and Champion Cynthia has the highest average level in the player's first battle with them.
- The levels of the Johto Elite Four is considerably the lowest of the League, having levels under 50 (Apart from Lance), while the Kanto, Hoenn and Sinnoh have levels higher than 50/60.
In other languages
- Chinese: 四天王 (Sìtiānwáng)
- French: Conseil 4
- German: Top Vier
- Italian: Superquattro
- Korean: 사천왕 (Sacheonwang)
- Polish: Elitarna Czwórka
- Portuguese: Elite dos Quatro
- Spanish: Alto Mando
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The Pokémon League | 
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| Participation Trainer • Battle • Gym Leaders Gyms • Badges • Referee Championship matches Elite Four • Orange League Champion League Pokémon League Conferences Indigo • Silver • Ever Grande • Lily of the Valley Vertress • Lumiose • Manalo |
Regional Pokémon Leagues Indigo • Orange* • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh Unova (BB) • Kalos • Alola • Galar • Paldea Areas of jurisdiction Pokémon League Reception Gate • Hall of Fame Palace of Victory • Cerulean Cave • Area Zero Others Admissions Exam • Pokémon Association PIA • World Coronation Series (Masters Eight Tournament) | ||
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