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Pokemon Yellow
Platform Game Boy
Publisher Nintendo
Developer Nintendo
Genre RPG
Number of Players 1
ESRB Rating E

Battling the Elite Four is based on a team of two strong Pokemon, one Electric and one Ground. The other four slots can be used to advance less powerful Pokemon and to get them to evolve, once you have acquired EXP All from Prof. Oak's Assistant. This is the best method I have found for advancing Pokemon, as it's the highest concentration of high-level Pokemon to battle.

LORELEI

Water Pokemon are the focus with Lorelei, of which Electric is the best for battling her Pokemon. Be sure and place your Electric Pokemon in the lead position before fighting Lorelei.

Dewgong: Use Electric to defeat Dewgong easily. Do not change Pokemon after defeating Dewgong.

Cloyster: By still using the Electric Pokemon, Cloyster is easily defeated. Again, do not change Pokemon after beating Cloyster.

SlowBro: Electric again is the best attack, quickly defeating SlowBro. At this point you'll want to switch to a Ground type Pokemon.

Jynx: Surprisingly not heavily affected by Electrical attack, Jynx can be easily defeated using Ground attacks such as Double Kick. After beating Jynx switch back to your Electric Pokemon. (Isn't that a dance?)

Lapras: Slightly more resilient than the other Water Pokemon, Lapras takes a bit more Electrical attacks to dispatch, but still is very vulnerable to these types of attack.

Once Lorelei is defeated change the position of your Pokemon to have the Ground Pokemon in the lead position.

BRUNO

Bruno's into ground-based Pokemon. If you have the advantage of a Water attack in your Ground Pokemon it will make defeating Bruno much easier.

Onix: Quick and easy to beat with a Water attack, or a stunning attack like Body Slam. Ground attacks are not too useful, nor are Electrical attacks. Do not change Pokemon after defeating Onix.

Hitmonchan: Also susceptible to Water attacks, maybe I should have built up a Water Pokemon, and defeated with strong attacks like Double Kick and Body Slam. Spends most turns using Defensive items and moves. Do not change Pokemon after defeating.

Hitmonlee: Much like Hitmonchan, susceptible to Water attacks, Double Kick, Body Slam, etc... Also spends much of it's time with defense. Do not change Pokemon after defeating.

Onix: Once again, treat as above. Do not change Pokemon after beating Onix.

Machamp: This one is quite a pain as it is fairly resilient to most forms of attack. Blizzard is a great attack, as is Fissure. Water-based attacks have little effect, Body Slam and Double Kick have a lessened effect on Machamp as well.

After defeating Bruno keep your Ground/Water (I've changed my mind now) Pokemon in the first position.

AGATHA

Psychic Pokemon are Agatha's thing, and I really hate that type of Pokemon, they tend to have nasty surprises. With that in mind you may have to switch back and forth between your two main Pokemon to get the job done. Confusion Rays tend to fly freely, causing your Pokemon to injure itself for a few rounds, and more importantly causing it not to inflict any damage on the enemy Pokemon for those rounds. Agatha also switches Pokemon mid-battle quite frequently, so be sure and get in your free attacks when the opportunity arises. When your Pokemon becomes hypnotized do not switch Pokemon, just play the Poke Flute, Agatha tends not to attack with powerful moves when you're hypnotized. And so we begin the most frustrating of the four battles.

Gengar: Fissure will make quick work, as will Earthquake or Blizzard. Generally you'll want to use your powerful moves in this battle, as the consequences of becoming confused, hypnotized or paralyzed are far worse than running short on moves later on in the battles. If you become confused, switch to your Electric Pokemon, Gengar is affected by Electric attacks as well. Switch to Electric Pokemon after defeating Gengar.

Golbat: Quick and easy with Electrical attacks. Golbat will most likely not even have the chance to attack. Switch back to Ground Pokemon after beating Golbat.

Haunter: For some reason, haunter is very susceptible to Water attacks, and oddly rarely affected by Fissure. Blizzard is still a good attack, as are any Electrical attacks. Haunter tends to waste time with Dream Eater moves. Do not change Pokemon after beating Haunter.

Arbok: Weak to Fissure and Blizzard attacks as well as Body Slam, Arbok also has the ability to paralyze, so use a heavy attack on this Pokemon too. Do not change Pokemon after defeating Arbok.

Gengar: Treat as above Gengar.

After defeating Agatha, you'll want your Electric Pokemon in the lead.

LANCE

Specializing in Dragons, Lance has several types of Pokemon, unlike the challengers before. Fortunately these Pokemon also have major weaknesses, if your two main Pokemon are still in good fighting shape. Heal any paralysis or poison at this time, as these Dragons are easily defeated, but also very fast and armed with damaging attacks.

Gyarados: Quickly defeated with an Electrical attack, but also quite nasty if you don't beat him right off the bat. Tends to use Fire attacks. Switch to Ground/Water Pokemon at this time.

Dragonair: Blizzard is the best attack I've found against Dragonair, but other Water-based attacks seem to do well also. Ground attacks are worthless; I'm really starting to wonder why I chose to build up that Ground Pokemon, I guess he's just well rounded. Do not change Pokemon after defeating Dragonair.

Dragonair: Yes, again. Same strategy as the first one. Switch to Electric after beating.

Aerodactyl: just like Gyarados, anything powerful and Electric should take out Aerodactyl in one or two rounds. Switch back to Ground/Water at this time for the last Dragon.

Dragonite: This sucker has some very powerful attacks, so try and beat him with speed. He's susceptible to Blizzard, as well as Body Slam.

Now you've defeated them all, except Gary, the final challenge. I find it most time-effective to lose against Gary if you're merely trying to advance and evolve your Pokemon. Having to sit through that ending takes time, and you'll need to get back to Pokemon League as well, which would require flying, and thus switching your current line-up. Thankfully Gary makes it quite easy for this to take place, even with one 85th level and one 75th level Pokemon, I still find it a challenge to get to the end.

Gary's line-up also changes, so what I fight may not be what you fight. This can take some time learning his strengths and weaknesses, or you can just take a fall and get back to the Elite Four, and bring up a whole new batch of Pokemon. As of writing this I accidentally started in against Gary with the Electric Pokemon, and the attacks lost when switching to the proper Pokemon quickly caused the demise of the entire team. Best to stick with beating the tar out of the first four, it gets to be quite easy after a bit, and quite an effective way to full out your Pokedex.

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