get the two items and surf up to the Max Revive, then
take the waterfall down. Enter the cave and Surf up to Lugia. Save right
now.
To catch it, you'll need to put it to sleep, wear its health down with
attacks, then throw Ultra Balls. A Jynx at a similar level (within a couple
of levels of 40) with Lovely Kiss, Ice Punch, and Doubleslap would do great
here. Sleep it, Ice Punch it once, then use Doubleslap (which does little
damage) to put it in the red. When it's health is as low as you can get it,
and it's asleep, throw Ultra/Heavy Balls for the catch.
Lugia starts at L40, with the best Flying technique in the game, Aeroblast.
It also has Safeguard (prevents status for 5 rounds), Gust, and Recover (you
know what this does.) Give it Psychic and Earthquake by TM, and you'll have
little problems. Attach the Soft Sand or Leftovers (you'll get them later)
for even more power.
*Note: If you're playing Gold, this doesn't apply. Just catch Lugia with
the Master Ball later, and meet me in Tin Tower.*
TIN TOWER
Items- Full Heal, Ultra Bal, Escape Rope, Max Revive, Full Restore, Rare
Candy, Super Potion, Nugget, Max Elixir
Pokemon- Rattata (MAE), Gastly (E), Ho-Oh (ONE, need Rainbow Wing)
Go to Ecruteak City, and have a sleep Pokemon handy. The Jynx I recommended
for Whirl Islands would be good enough. To get to the tower, go to the house
north of the Dance Hall (where you got Surf.)
The first couple of floors are pretty basic, just get ready for an amaze-ing
next few floors. Starting on the 3rd floor, go left to the Full Heal, then
go right. Next, go up and left to the pillar, then go around the pillar and
up. Take the ramps going right to get to the 4th floor.
The 4th floor is simple. From the ladder, go down, left 2, down to the Ultra
Ball, and right. Go down to the Super Potion, then bounce all the way to the
left. Ignore the stairs, but get the Escape Rope. Go left from there, and
past the left side of the pillar. Take the next staircase.
On the 5th floor, go up and right, until you come to the first ramp. Go
right 2 ramps, down 1, left 2, down 5, right 2, and down to the next
staircase.
The 6th floor is easy. Go up to the pillar, right, up, and left to the
ramps. Hop down and take the stairs. The 7th floor is where the fun begins.
Go up, ignore the teleporter, and right to the Max Revive. Next, go down and
left until you come to a fork. Take this one down and step on the pad. From
there, follow the teleporters until you come to a lone teleporter and the
pillar. Take the stairs to Ho-oh.
To get this one, use Lovely Kiss/Hypnosis to put it to sleep. Use weak
attacks like Ice Punch and Doubleslap or set damage moves (like Night Shade
and Seismic Toss) to put it in the red. Next, toss Ultra/Heavy Balls and
ka-ching! You've got Ho-oh.
In Gold, Ho-oh starts at L40 and has Sacred Fire, the most powerful Fire
move in the game. It also has Recover, Gust, and Safeguard. It can learn
the Grass-type Solarbeam, and the Sunny Day attack that makes its Fire
moves more powerful (and eliminates Solarbeam's charge.) Be sure to keep
Recover.
*Silver players, come back here later with the Rainbow Wing and a Master
Ball.*
Now that that's taken care of, it's time to fight the Elite 4. Bring a Surf
a Waterfall, and a Whirlpool Pokemon, and your team for the final fight.
ROUTE 26/27
Items- Rare Candy, Moon Stone, TM 37 (Sandstorm), TM 22 (Solarbeam), Ice
Berry, Max Elixir
Pokemon- Gold-- Doduo, Dodrio, Raticate, Sandslash, Quagsire, Ponyta
Silver-- Doduo, Dodrio, Arbok, Raticate, Ponyta, Quagsire
Surf east from New Bark to come out on Route 26. Oh, and welcome to Kanto
by the way. To get the Candy, Surf to the far right. Enter the first cave
you see and surf to the Moon Stone, then Waterfall up to the other side of
the fence. When you come out, enter the house, where a lady will check the
happiness of your lead Pokemon. If it likes you, you'll get TM 37
(Sandstorm), which damages both Pokemon every turn. Steel, Rock, and Ground
aren't affected, so give it to one of those. To get TM 22 (Solarbeam), go
on the boardwalk and Surf until you see the Whirlpool. Destroy it and Surf
until you see an item and a trainer. Beat the trainer for Solarbeam.
The trainers in this area are not easy by any stretch of the imagination.
On Route 37, there's a lady who will heal your Pokemon, so stop in. At the
end of the route, you'll come to Champion's Path. Show the badges, ignore
the guards (they'll clear out eventually), and enter Victory Road.
VICTORY ROAD
Items- Max Revive, Full Heal, X Special, TM 26 (Earthquake), Full Restore
Pokemon- Gold-- Onix (MAE), Graveler (MAE), Golbat (MAE), Rhyhorn (MAE),
Ursaring (MAE)
Silver-- Onix (MAE), Graveler (MAE), Golbat (MAE), Rhyhorn (MAE), Donphan
(MAE)
The most annoying parts of the Red/Blue Victory Road (the trainers and the
rock puzzles) are gone. However, the wild Pokemon still roam. This is quite
easy, with one exception. Rival's back for another butt-kicking.
Rival
Pokemon- L34 Sneasel, L35 Magneton, L35 Kadabra, L35 Haunter, L36 Golbat,
L38 starter.
Sneasel is dead in a fighting move, and Magneton in a Ground move. Kadabra
and Haunter both fall victim to Dark moves, or strong physical attacks.
Golbat is Thunder Punched, and use the approriate counter (Fire, Water, or
Electric) on the starter.
After the fight, Rival runs away. But you'll see him again. After the fight,
go left and drop down the hole. This leads to TM 26 (Earthquake), the best
Ground move in the game. Give this to a Ground or Rock type if they
don't already have it. Get back to the exit, and enter Indigo Plateau.
INDIGO PLATEAU/ELITE 4
Items- None
Pokemon- None
This is it. The halfway point of the game. My general advice: Have everyone
at least L45, and have plenty of items from the Mart with you. That way, if
you do manage to lose, your cash penalty won't be as bad. I have only made
passing references to it before, but here's my recommended team for the
Elite 4. *attached item*
Lapras: Surf, Ice Beam, Body Slam, Confuse Ray *Nevermelt Ice* or
Feraligatr: Surf, Slash, Bite, Ice Punch *Nevermelt Ice*
Magmar: Flamethrower, Iron Tail, Thunder Punch, Confuse Ray *Charcoal* or
Typhlosion: Thunder Punch, Flame Wheel, Iron Tail, Smokescreen *Charcoal*
Ampharos: Thunder Punch, Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Light Screen *Magnet*
Golem (Graveler if you can't trade): Earthquake, Rollout, Headbutt,
whatever *Hard Rock*
Machamp/Machoke: Cross Chop, Earthquake, Headbutt, Foresight *Soft Sand*
Alakazam/Kadabra: Psychic, Recover, Reflect, Shadow Ball *Spell Tag*
Ready? Let's do it! By the way, I'll be using this team (with Lapras and
Magmar) in my examples.
Elite 4 Will
Pokemon- L40 Xatu, L41 Slowbro, L41 Jynx, L41 Slowbro, L42 Xatu.
There's two ways of approaching this. One is two bring in a Dark-type and
wipe them out in Crunch or Bite attacks. The other is to remember that all
of these are dual-typed Psychics, and work on the other type. Ampharos'
Thunder Punch and Magmar's Flamethrower will do well here. Just watch out,
as all of these Pokemon know Psychic, and will use it liberally.
Elite 4 Koga
Pokemon- L40 Ariados, L41 Venomoth, L42 Muk, L43 Forretress, L44 Crobat
Looks like Koga got a promotion. Anyway, the Bug-types can be taken out
by Magmar's Flamethrower. The Muk and Crobat can be beaten by Psychic
or Ground/Rock attacks from Alakazam and Golem. I'd use Golem and save
Alakazam for the next guy, though.
Elite 4 Bruno
Pokemon- L42 Hitmontop, L42 Hitmonchan, L42 Hitmonlee, L43 Onix, L44 Machamp
See why I said to save Alakazam? 4 of these guys will be beaten in one or
two Psychic attacks per. The Onix is destroyed by Lapras' Surf attack. If
you don't have Alakazam, use a Flying-type (like an Aeroblasting Lugia.)
Elite 4 Karen
Pokemon- L42 Umbreon, L42 Vileplume, L44 Murkrow, L45 Gengar, L47 Houndoom
You haven't had much in the way of battle experience with Dark types. Yeah,
I know TR had some, but they don't count. The best way to beat these Pokemon
is to use Fighting moves. Machamp's Cross Chop will do a ton of damage to
Umbreon and Houndoom. Vileplume's literally toasted by Magmar's
Flamethrower, and Murkrow in Ampharos' Thunder Punch. Gengar will try to
Curse you, and then use Destiny Bond, which faints you if you faint Gengar.
Use Alakazam's Psychic to KO the Ghost before it gets going.
After beating Karen, because they're called the Elite 4, you'll probably
think it's over. But it's not over yet, because Lance awaits. The winner
is League Champion. Are you ready for the fight of your career so far?
Lead with Ampharos, and good luck.
League Champion Lance
Pokemon- L44 Gyarados, L46 Charizard, L46 Aerodactyl, L47 Dragonite (x2),
L50 Dragonite
Ampharos' Thunder Punch will easily take the Water/Flying Gyarados. Golem's
Rollout attack can destroy Charizard. The rest is the Lapras show. Surf
should easily dispose of Aerodactyl, just watch for Rock Slide. Finally,
the 3 Dragonite are super-weak to Ice, so Ice Beam them all to death and
claim league supremacy.
After you win, Mary tries to get a word with you, but Lance pulls you into
the Hall of Fame room where you and your Pokemon are enshrined. The credits
roll, and the game is over.
Or is it...?
FREE TRIP TO KANTO
Items- S.S. Ticket
Pokemon- None
When you restart the game, you'll be back home in New Bark, when Prof. Elm
calls. He has a present for you: it's a ticket for the S.S. Aqua, which is
docked in Olivine City. So get there.
Head to the docks (the building in the south end of town), and go down the
stairs. When you come out in a watery area, show the man the ticket, and hop
on the S.S. Aqua.
S.S. AQUA
Items- Metal Coat
Pokemon- None
The Prof. must have some connections to get you a private room. It's also a
miniature Pokemon center, with the ability to heal and a PC. Go around,
beat a few trainers, break in some new Pokemon, etc. Eventually, you'll hear
about a man whose daughter is missing. She's downstairs with someone, but a
sailor is blocking the path because one of his sailors is shirking.
To find the lazy bum, check the room next to yours. You'll have to beat him
in a fight, but he's a cinch.
Sailor Stanley
Pokemon- L31 Machop, L26 Psyduck, L33 Machoke
Too easy. Psychic and Electric attacks waste him.
He'll report for duty after you beat him, so you can now access the ship's
lower decks. Beat a few trainers, and find a staircase on the left side.
Follow the doors to find the child. A grateful father will give you the
Metal Coat, which powers Steel moves and evolves a couple of Pokemon. After
collecting your prize, the ship will pull into Vermillion City.
VERMILLION CITY
Items- Rare Candy, Thunder Badge
Pokemon- None
When you pull into port, you'll come out in familiar surroundings for
Pokemon veterans: Vermillion City! Not a lot has changed, but the prize for
hearing the Fan Club president's speech is different. Now, it's a Rare
Candy.
The town is small, and it feels smaller because there's a huge Snorlax
blocking Diglett's Cave. However, the Gym is still around, and they still
train Electric Pokemon. The Jr. Trainers are easy, and the puzzle is
deactivated. Which means, you can easily access Lt. Surge.
Leader Lt. Surge
Pokemon- L44 Raichu, L40 Electrode (x2), L40 Magneton, L46 Electabuzz
Rewards- $4600, Thunder Badge
5 Electric Pokemon? A single Ground type will defeat this guy. His Raichu
might be a Surfer, but I don't know for sure.
You'll collect the Thunder Badge, the first of the 8 Kanto badges. Leave,
and heal before heading north to Route 6.
ROUTE 6
Items- None
Pokemon- Pidgey (MA), Bellsprout (MAE), Abra (MAE), Magnemite (MAE), Meowth
(MAE, Silver only), Oddish (E)
Quick route. You should have all of these guys already, so just waltz into
Saffron City.
SAFFRON CITY
Items- Upgrade, TM 29 (Psychic), Focus Band, Marsh Badge
Pokemon- None
The big city's just as busy. Silph Co. is sealed off above the first floor,
but the Upgrade, which evolves Porygon after a trade, is in there. Also, Mr.
Psychic is still reading people's minds, so pick up the Psychic TM from him.
The Fighting gym has only one person in it (you probably beat their leader,
Kiyo, already), but the Focus Band is inside. This sometimes prevents
fainting.
This is probably the first place you'll hear that the power is out across
Kanto. But, the Psychic Gym is up and running, and Sabrina's still in
charge. The teleporter puzzle is still the same (for those who don't know,
it's upper-right, upper-left, lower-left, lower-left teleporters). The only
difference is in Sabrina's party.
Leader Sabrina
Pokemon- L46 Espeon, L46 Mr. Mime, L48 Alakazam
Rewards- $4800, Marsh Badge
A single Dark-type (there's some great ones on Route 7, west of Saffron)
would defeat this team without difficulty. If you can't swing that, try
Pokemon with high Spec. Defense and Attack ratings and put their bad Defense
rating under the gun.
After you get the Marsh Badge, take the same route out of the gym, and
head north of Saffron to Route 5. You'll be back.
ROTUE 5
Items- Cleanse Tag
Pokemon- Pidgey (MA), Bellsprout (MAE), Abra (MAE), Meowth (MAE, Silver),
Oddish (E), Gloom (E)
When you get to the top of Route 5, jump down for wild Pokemon, and go into
the house where the Daycare was in Red/Blue. The old lady inside will give
you the Cleanse Tag, which lowers the chances of meeting a Wild Pokemon when
it's attached. After that, head north to Cerulean City.
CERULEAN CITY
Items- None
Pokemon- None
The Gym would be a logical place to start, but it's empty except for a
chicken TR member with a weird accent. So, head east (with Cut) to Route 9.
ROUTE 9
Items- None
Pokemon- Spearow (MA), Fearow (MA), Rattata (MAE), Raticate (MAE), Mankey
(MAE, Gold), Primeape (MAE, Gold)
Route 9 is from Cerulean to the Pokemon Center outside of the Rock Tunnel
(which we'll deal with later.) Basically, beat around the trainers, and get
some Exp. When you see water, surf it to Route 10.
ROUTE 10
Items- Machine Part, TM 07 (Zap Cannon)
Pokemon- Spearow (MA), Fearow (MA), Raticate (MAE), Voltorb (MAE),
Electabuzz (MAE), Quagsire (ME)
There's a grass area outside of the Power Plant with Electabuzz in it. Be
sure to pick one up, as it's useful for breeding purposes. When you go into
the plant, talk to everyone inside to learn that a part was stolen.
Go back to Cerulean and head north to the bridge. The Rocket you ran into
earlier will be waiting.
Rocket Grunt
Pokemon- L30 Golbat
Zap it out of the sky. I don't know why this is considered a boss.
After the fight, the Rocket will reveal the location of the part. It's in
Cerulean Gym. To get it, go to the square of water in the middle. Go to the
upper-left part and search downwards to get the part. Return to the Power
Plant and give the manager the part to kick-start the power and receive TM
07 (Zap Cannon). This is the Electric equivalent of Dynamic Punch, but it
paralyzes instead of causing confusion.
After you get the power restarted, go back to Saffron and talk to the
Copycat Girl. Her house is right below the Train Station. She'll wonder
about a Poke Doll that someone gave her 3 years ago. To find it, go back
to Vermillion's Fan Club and talk to the fat guy. Return the doll to get
the Rail Pass! Now, you can easily transport between Saffron and Goldenrod
back in Johto.
The power's back on, but the Cerulean Gym is still empty. Try looking on
Route 24/25.
ROUTE 24/25
Items- Protein, Nugget, EverStone, Leaf Stone, Fire Stone, Water Stone,
Thunder Stone
Pokemon- Sunkern (A), Venonat (ME), Venomoth (E), Oddish (E), Bellsprout
(MAE), Weepinbell (MAE), Abra (MAE), Pidgey (MA), Pidgeotto (MA)
The old Nugget Challenge is back, and under legitimate ownership. Beat the
first 7 trainers you see, and the 8th will give you a Nugget. Then, he'll
challenge you.
Shortly after that, you'll come to Bill's house, and you'll see Misty, head
over heels in love with someone. When you break up the smooch-fest, you'll
be able to fight for the Cascade Badge.
SIDE QUEST: In Bill's house is someone house-sitting, who's been reading
about Pokemon. He wants to see Lickitung, so bring him one to get an Ever-
Stone, which prevents evolution. After that, he'll want to see other
Pokemon, in riddle form. The answers are below.
"The one with leaves coming out of its head."-Oddish. You'll get a Leaf
Stone.
Either "The one with many tails" or "The one with big jaws." This varies
depending on your version, but it's either Vulpix or Growlithe. For this,
you get a Fire Stone.
"The one with the multi-colored core, that's shaped like a star."-Staryu.
Your reward is a Water Stone.
"The really popular one, before it evolves."-Baby Pokemon Pichu. Collect
a Thunder Stone for your efforts.
This is the only chance you get to collect these particular stones, and you
only get one (unless you use Mystery Gift.)
CERULEAN CITY- PART 2
Items- Cascade Badge
Pokemon- None
Enter the Gym to see the Jr. Trainers hanging around. Beat the three of them
and talk to Misty to let the fun begin.
Leader Misty
Pokemon- L42 Golduck, L42 Quagsire, L44 Lapras, L47 Starmie
Rewards- $4700, Cascade Badge
Electric Pokemon will take all but part-Ground Quagsire. Use a Grass-type
against this one.
After getting the Cascade Badge, go back toward the Power Plant, but enter
the Rock Tunnel instead. Bring a Flasher as well.
ROCK TUNNEL
Items- Iron, Revive, PP Up, TM 47 (Steel Wing), Elixir
Pokemon- Geodude (MAE), Machop (MAE), Machoke (MAE), Zubat (MAE), Onix
(MAE), Cubone (MAE), Marowak (MAE), Kanghaskhan (MAE)
Rock Tunnel looks a little different, and it actually has items in it.
Otherwise, it's the same dungeon with new Pokemon.
Go right to the ladder from the start, and take it down. When you go down,
go all the way to the left for the Iron, then double back and go up. Go
up, avoiding rocks, until you come to the next ladder. Take the ladder, and
then go down and right to another ladder. In the next room, go up to a
Revive, and left and down to get the PP Up. Go to the next ladder, and
snag the Elixir and Steel Wing TM, then go down to the exit. When outside,
just jump ledges to Lavender Town.
LAVENDER TOWN
Items- Expansion Card
Pokemon- None
First, go to the Radio Tower (it's where Pokemon Tower was in Red/Blue.)
Talk to the people to get Kanto's Radio Card, which has a Poke Flute
channel. You'll need that later. There's not much else here, so go west,
young trainer, to Route 8.
ROUTE 8
Items- Paralyzecure Berry
Pokemon- Gold-- Pidgeotto (MA), Abra (MAE), Kadabra (MAE), Growlithe (MAE),
Haunter (E), Noctowl (E)
Silver-- Pidgeotto (MA), Abra (MAE), Kadabra (MAE), Vulpix (MAE), Meowth
(MAE), Haunter (E), Noctowl (E)
You'll need Cut to get any of the Pokemon here. Just as in Yellow, Kadabra
caught here have the Kinesis move, which lowers accuracy. Get anything
you don't have, and beat some trainers around. The Underground Path is
closed, so cut through Saffron to Route 7.
ROUTE 7
Items- None
Pokemon- Gold-- Spearow (MA), Rattata (MAE), Raticate (MAE), Growlithe
(MAE), Houndour (E), Murkrow (E)
Silver-- Spearow (MA), Raticate (MAE), Meowth (MAE), Persian (MAE), Vulpix
(MAE), Houndour (E), Murkrow (E)
Come here at night to catch some Dark-types (as mentioned in the Saffron
Gym). Houndour is Fire/Dark, and can learn the best Dark move, Crunch.
Murkrow is Dark/Flying, and can learn Faint Attack, which is the Dark
version of Swift. After collecting anything needed, go to Celadon City.
CELADON CITY
Items- Leftovers, TM 03 (Curse), Rainbow Badge, TM 19 (Giga Drain)
Pokemon- None
When you enter Celadon City, start by going around the Pokemon Center to
the back entrance. If you do this at night, you'll get a scary (?) story
and TM 03, which is Curse. You know what it does to Ghosts, but in the
possession of anyone else, it doubles Attack and Defense while cutting Speed
in half.
Go to the bottom block of buildings, on the right side, and go in the second
building. Check the trash can for the L |