~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pokémon Colosseum (GameCube) (English) Creation Date: 31 May 2004 Version: Complete ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This FAQ is dedicated to Kao Megura. He inspired many people. 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Keep in mind that this FAQ/Walkthrough is completely finished when I put the short sentence "Version Complete" on top of the FAQ and the version number is changed to Complete or an abbreviation of the word like "Com". This is my 49th FAQ and I would appreciate it if you send tips and questions to wamd3992 [at] tiscali [dot] be or my second e-mail address fa354230 [at] skynet [dot] be. If you can talk Dutch by sending me a Personal Message on the forums of Gamed (www.gamed.nl) and Game Mania (www.gamemania.be\phpBB2). Anime fans can contact me at Anicom (www.anicom.org and www.anicom.org/forums) where my nickname is Chi Chi. Please don't add me on MSN if you want to ask questions about the game; everything I know about the game is in the FAQ. You can add me if you want but send a little mail who you are, where you found my FAQ and things like that. My Microsoft Messenger Address is fa354230 [at] skynet.be. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Table of Contents =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1- Introduction [A100] 2- FAQ [A200] 3- Walkthrough Story Mode [A300] 3.1- Outskirt Stand [A301] 3.2- Phenac City [A302] 3.3- Construction Lot [A303] 3.4- Pyrite Town [A304] 3.5- Agate Village [A305] 3.6- Mt. Battle [A306] 3.7- The Under [A307] 3.8- Shadow Pokémon Lab [A308] 3.9- The Under [A309] 3.10- Realgam Tower [A310] 3.11- Team Snagem Hideout and Shadow Pokémon Lab [A311] 3.12- The Colosseum challenges [A312] 3.13- Catching the Shadow Pokémon [A313] 3.14- Mt. Battle 100 Trainer challenge [A314] 4- Shadow Pokémon [A400] 4.1- What is a Shadow Pokémon? [A401] 4.2- Shadow Pokémon locations [A402] 4.3- Purifying Shadow Pokémon [A403] 4.4- Hyper Mode [A404] 5- Battling [A500] 5.1- Battle Screen [A501] 5.2- Snagging Pokémon [A502] 5.3- Type Advantages [A503] 5.4- Status ailments [A504] 5.5- Pokémon Nature and Stats [A505] 5.6- Pokémon Strategy Memo [A506] 5.7- Individual and Effort Values [A507] 6- Menu Screen [A600] 6.1- Pokémon [A601] 6.2- P*DA [A602] 6.3- PC [A603] 7- Items [A700] 7.1- Items [A701] 7.2- Pokeballs [A702] 7.3- Key Items [A703] 7.4- Shop List [A704] 7.5- Berries [A705] 8- Attacks [A800] 8.1- Regular Attacks [A801] 8.2- Technical Machines [A802] 8.3- Abilities [A803] 9- Battle Mode [A900] 9.1- Importing Pokémon [A901] 9.2- Different Modes [A902] 10- Loose Ends [B000] 10.1- Copyright [B001] 10.2- Contacting the Author [B002] 10.3- Environment Rant - Very Important for a FAQ this size [B003] 10.4- Version History [B004] 10.5- Credits [B005] 10.6- Info about the Author [B006] _______________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT --------- How to use the search string: Select the number next to the section title. Right click and choose "Copy" and press Control (Ctrl) and F at the same time after copying the code. A box will pop up. Paste the code in the box and press Enter. After pressing Enter a second time, you'll end up in the right section. _______________________________________________________________________________ [* ] I already started this section but I need more time to finish it. [**] This section hasn't been started yet. [ ] I finished it completely. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1- Introduction [A100] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, an incredible thing happened. I didn't care a lot about Pokémon Colosseum. I never played any of the Pokémon Stadium games and Sapphire got a bit boring. However, a couple of weeks before the launch of Pokémon Colosseum I started looking out for the game. It was the child in me that was looking out for the game. I bought it a week after the release; I even got my dad to drive me to the store while I normally just use the bus. I started playing and easily leveled up my Pokémon to incredibly high levels, I got my Pokémon to level 60 before I fought against the third admin and I realized that many people had problems with the game and that there aren't many walkthroughs available that is why I started this thing. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2- FAQ [A200] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [1] [Q]. What are those numbers like [A300] next to the title of every section? [A] It is the search engine of this FAQ. Press Ctrl and F. Type in the Search code for the section you want to visit. You should be there in two steps. [2] [Q]. Does this game contain a Nintendo VIP card? [A] Yes, the European version contains a card with the code. The game gives you 250 stars. You'll get a couple of wallpapers and the like. The only good thing you get is access to the Premium Pokédex. You'll get a Winamp Skin if you have registered Pokémon Ruby or Sapphire. [3] [Q]. Why can't I link with Ruby and Sapphire in the story mode? [A] You'll have to defeat the final boss to be able to trade. [4] [Q]. How can I get Jirachi? [A] It is on a bonus disk that is delivered with Pokémon Channel in Europe. You could also get it on a bonus disk if you preorder Pokémon in North America. [5] [Q]. What is in the Pokémon Colosseum GameCube Pack? [A] That pack contains a Memory Card 251, a GameCube, Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon Box. Pokémon Box is handy because Colosseum only has rooms for 96 Pokémon. (There are places 90 in the boxes and 6 in your party.) [6] [Q]. Can you get Shiny Pokémon in this game? [A] Yes, you can still encounter Shiny Pokémon although the chance is slim that you'll ever be able to get one. Shiny Pokémon don't have exceptional stats or special moves, they are just Shiny. [7] [Q]. Do you know any good places to train? [A] I usually train my Pokémon against Cail in Pyrite Town or at Mt Battle. [8] [Q]. How do you obtain the Ho-oh? [A] You have to catch all Shadow Pokémon and purify them. After that, you have to use the Pokémon from Story Mode to beat Mt Battle in Colosseum mode. After beating the last trainer, you'll get Ho-oh. [9] [Q]. Do I have to use the Pokémon you suggest? [A] No, it is only a suggestion. You can use other Pokémon too but I list the best combination of types to play through the game. [10] [Q]. Do you get experience for raising a Shadow Pokémon at the Day Care? [A] No, only regular Pokémon get experience at the Day Care0 [11] [Q]. Should I replace Thunder because it misses so much? [A] No, just team the Pokémon that knows Thunder up with one that knows Rain Dance. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3- Walkthrough Story Mode [A300] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You start the game by selecting a name for yourself. I named him Wes and I'll keep referring to him as Wes. The game starts with an opening movie showing how Wes blows up the Team Snagem hideout and runs out of there with his trusted Espeon and Umbreon. A couple of moments later, the hideout explodes. =============================================================================== 3.1- Outskirt Stand [A301] =============================================================================== There is not much you can do in Outskirt stand. You'll see two men coming out of the building and starting a conversation about how well they did. They sure look suspicious though. Just enter the locomotive that turns out to be a café. There is a news bulletin on the television about the explosion in the Team Snagem hideout. All members of Team Snagem have left the building before the police came there. You don't have to talk to the people in the café. They don't say anything important. They can give you some information about Team Snagem but that is it. Leave the train and a trainer called Willie will come after you. He wants to battle against you. I'd accept his offer. It isn't a difficult battle. He sends out two Zigzagzoon that are level 24. Your Pokémon are level 25 (Espeon) and 26 (Umbreon). Let Espeon use 'Confusion'. It will kill a Zigzagzoon. Umbreon his attack will almost kill his opponent but the chance his big that it will survive so you'll need to attack one more time. You defeated Rider Willie. He tells you about Phenac City go away from the Outskirt Stand and go to Phenac City. =============================================================================== 3.2- Phenac City [A302] =============================================================================== >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll start with a battle in Phenac City. There is a scream from inside of the sack and the suspicious guys think you heard it, so they'll attack you. They have 2 Whismur, one of level 24 and one level 25. Let Espeon use Confuse on the level 25 to knock him out. Let Umbreon use Bite on the other one too. You won't kill it so you'll need to attack a second time. After that, Umbreon will reach level 27. They run away and leave the bag behind. Stand in front of the bag and press A to open the bag. A girl will come out and you'll need to give her a name. I'll refer to her as Rui. Visit the Pokémon Center to heal your Pokémon. The guy at the Pokémon Center with his Marill doesn't want to fight right now so you'll have to come back later. On the right side of the village, you'll find an old guy that wants to battle. I suggest that you fight him to train your Pokémon. He sends out a Sentret (level 25) and Hoothoot (Level 25). Use Call on your Pokémon if he falls asleep. Go up the stairs behind the fountain. You can visit the Pre Gym that is lead by Justy. If you want, you can battle his trainers. I suggest that you defeat them now; your level is high enough. There are four trainers in total. The first one uses grass types. They're around level 26-27. Just keep using the same attacks as in the last battles (Bite and Confusion). If you followed this FAQ, Espeon will rise to level 26. He uses Hoppip and Sunkern. The second trainer specializes in Water Pokémon and uses Marill (26) and Surskit (27). Let Espeon and Umbreon focus their attacks on one Pokémon so that it'll go down in one turn instead of hurting both Pokémon. The third trainer will use, you should already know, fire type Pokémon. He sends out Trapinch and Swinub, they're not 100% fire types but they're close enough. With a bit of luck, these two Pokémon will both go down with a single attack. The fourth and last trainer uses Geodude and Rhyhorn. Confusion (and other Psychic attacks) is very effective against Rock Pokémon. It is too bad that Umbreon can't do much damage to these Pokémon. After that, you'll have to talk to Justy and he says he'll challenge you when you have six Pokémon and he gives you a White Herb. Go outside for a short moment and go talk to the teacher at the other side of the gym when you come back in and she'll give you the Strategy Memo. If you go to the right of the gym, you'll see a house. There is a kid that wants to fight you behind that house. He has a Wurmple and a Cascoon. He won't prove much of a challenge. Umbreon will reach level 28 after this fight. The boy will give you TM41. You can find the Phenac Colosseum behind the gym but it is closed for now. It might be a good time to visit the Mayor now. He lives close by. He lives to the left of the gym. When you want to enter it, a mysterious guy (Nascour) will leave it. Talk to the mayor and Rui will explain the situation. He'll ask for a little time to investigate so go save at the Pokémon Center. When you go inside of the Pokémon Stadium again, you'll be attacked by Team Snagem members when you come out. They make it clear that you are a traitor because you blew up their hideout. They tell Rui that Wes was the best Pokémon thief of Team Snagem. They want to steal the Snag machine from you so you'll have to fight to defend yourself. The Snagem member will send out Corphish and Koffing. Use Confusion on Koffing and he'll faint. Espeon will rise to level 27. Rui realizes that Wes can catch all Shadow Pokémon to purify them. She suggests that you go buy a couple of Pokeballs but the shop in Phenac City doesn't sell any. You'll have to go back to the Outskirt Stand and talk to the owner of the bar. He still has Pokeballs. You must talk to the guy at the table on the second floor in the Phenac City shop first tough. You'll first get five Pokeballs for free but buy ten Pokeballs after that and get a Premier Ball for free. Buy a couple of Great Balls too. It will save you the trip later on when you're in Pyrite Town. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Head back to Phenac and the lady at the entrance will tell you about a couple of scary guys, including the ones that kidnapped Rui. Save and then go to the Mayor's house and they'll be there. It is Mirror B and his henchmen, Mirror B will leave and you'll have to fight one of his henchmen. Peon Folly sends out a Whismur and a Lotad because he only has those two. Use Confusion against Whismur and Bite Lotad. Attack Lotad once more and the fight should be over. ________________ | | After that Mirror B. Peon Trudly attacks you. He owns three | Shadow Pokémon | Pokémon: Duskull, Spinarak and the Shadow Pokémon Makuhita. | Makuhita | Use Confusion against Spinarak and Bite the Duskull. You | | can't hurt him with psychic attacks but he is weak against | Level 30 | Dark Attacks. In the second part of the fight, let Espeon |________________| use Return on Makuhita and attack Duskull with Bite. Don't use Confusion against Makuhita, it will kill him. Use Return instead. Bring his health down to the red/yellow part and use Pokeballs until you catch him. Go save. After that, you'll have to leave for Pyrite Town but all exits are blocked by Mirror B. Henchmen. Each one of them as a Gold/Silver Starter's second evolution. The green one has Bayleef, the red one Quilava and the blue one Croconaw. I suggest going for Bayleef because with Entei and Mantine later in the game, you'll have good Pokémon from that kind. This walkthrough only describes the fight with the Bayleef trainer at the moment but the fight with the Croconaw and Quilava trainer are about the same. You can't steal all of them. I suggest you take Bayleef but if you want another one, go right ahead. The strategy remains the same for all the fights. The following bit is my recommendation on which one you have to catch. Bayleef: There isn't any other good Grass Pokémon in this game. You don't have to use him a lot but he might be handy at the start against Water Pokémon. He can be found at the exit next to the mayor's home. Quilava: There are a couple of Fire Pokémon in the game. Slugma is kind of slow and he doesn't get any faster but he is strong. Entei is the best choice for a Fire Pokémon but you only get him later. You don't need Quilava in my opinion. He is at the exit on the other side of the town. Croconaw: This game contains a lot of strong Water Pokémon. I'd recommend getting Mantine in the next town. He should be immune to Earthquake which makes him a good benefit at some places. You can get him in Pyrite Town so you won't miss him. He is at the entrance you used to enter the town. ________________ | | The trainer has three Pokémon: Bayleef, Grimer and Spoink. | Shadow Pokémon | First bring down Bayleef's HP until you can catch him with | Bayleef | Umbreon's Bite. Repeat that about three times. He'll use | | Shadow Rush too so he'll be in his red bar (unless he uses | Level 30 | Synthesis). Use Confusion to kill Spoink and Grimer with one |________________| attack each. The fight is over and you can go to the Construction Lot. =============================================================================== 3.3- Construction Lot [A303] =============================================================================== There isn't a lot you can do here right now. You can only talk to the construction workers. Just leave as soon as you have looked around and go to Pyrite Town. You'll have to come back here later to pick up a missing gear. =============================================================================== 3.4- Pyrite Town [A304] =============================================================================== >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Go to Duking's house and press A when you're next to the bookshelves. A secret door will open. Go in and talk to the kids. Come back up and watch the little movie. Silva is talking to Duking about the current situation in Pyrite Town. Leave the building and go to the inn. It is behind Duking's place. There is a trainer in front of the building. The trainer has Slakoth, Sentret, and Taillow. Use the Shadow Pokémon you captured in Phenac City to purify them. Go further in the town and attack the female chaser there. She has Golbat and Gulpin who can be killed with Espeon's attacks. Go to the circle with all the trainers around it. ________________ | | Ledyba, Wingull and Noctowl are Rider Nover's Pokémon. Use | Shadow Pokémon | Psychic attacks against Ledyba and use your Shadow | Noctowl | Pokémon against the other two. | | | Level 30 | |________________| ________________ | | Street Performer Diogo only has two Pokémon: Flaaffy and | Shadow Pokémon | Shroomish. Shroomish is bad against fire and Flaaffy | Flaaffy | against Ground. | | | Level 30 | |________________| ________________ | | Rider Leba has Oddish, Dustox and Skiploom. If you have a | Shadow Pokémon | Pokémon with a Fire attack, he would be very handy here. | Skiploom | You can use Psychic attacks against those Pokémon too. | | | Level 30 | |________________| ________________ | | The Bandana Guy only has two Pokémon. They are Psyduck and | Shadow Pokémon | Quagsire. Use regular attacks against them both but don't | Quagsire | forget to catch Quagsire. You should make sure you have | | enough Balls. | Level 30 | |________________| ________________ | | Rider Vant has Zigzagzoon, Skitty and Misdreavus. Use | Shadow Pokémon | regular attacks against Zigzagzoon and Skitty. Withdraw | Misdreavus | Espeon when Misdreavus comes out. He can hardly do damage | | and is very weak against Misdreavus' Shadow Ball. | Level 30 | |________________| ________________ | | The sixth trainer is behind the circle, he is the leader of | Shadow Pokémon | this gang. He has four Pokémon so he can be a challenge. He | Slugma | has Azurill, Swablu, Igglybuff and Slugma. Azurill and | | Igglybuff are weak against Makuhita's Fighting attack. | Level 30 | Don't use Water attacks against Slugma. |________________| You can battle again against all those trainers after leaving Pyrite Town for five seconds. Advance and use the bridge. Go inside the Colosseum and talk to the people. They'll tell you about a trainer that won the last competition and has a Shadow Pokémon. It is Cail and he is waiting at the entrance. ________________ | | Rogue Cail has Ralts, Seedot and Machop besides his Shadow | Shadow Pokémon | Pokémon. Ralts is bad against Dark Pokémon and Machop can | Furret | be killed with a single Psychic attack. | | | Level 33 | |________________| Go to the Colosseum after the movie, a man in a White lab coat will come out from one of the buildings. Talk with him (in and outside of the building). He will tell you that a piece from the Generator was stolen. Go to the Construction Site. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Go to the Construction Lot. The Missing Gear is in the upper right corner. Go back to the room with the generator. Install the Gear again and talk to the people there. Go to the Colosseum now. You'll have to win the challenge to get access to the Shadow Pokémon building. The first trainer uses Barboach and Sandshrew. Sandshrew is weak against Water/Grass attacks. Use electric against Barboach if Flaaffy is purified enough. The second trainer has Natu and Meditite. Use Dark Attacks against Natu and Psychic against Meditite. All Pokémon up until now are level 30. The third trainer uses Electrike (30), Cacnea (31), and Vulpix (32). Cacnea is weak against Fire, Ground attacks are super effective against Electrike, and Vulpix can't stand Water. The Fourth trainer has Magnemite (31), Bagon (32), Goldeen (32), and Delibird (34). Use Electric attacks to fight Bagon and Goldeen. Use Fighting attacks against Delibird. You'll get Toxic for winning. Go outside and talk to the Cipher Peon. He'll bring you to the previously locked building. One of the Peons in the building recognizes you. One of the trainers will attack you. ________________ | | Cipher Peon Nore has Pineco, Surskit and Nincada besides | Shadow Pokémon | his Yanma. They're around level 32. Use Psychic attacks | Yanma | against Nincada. | | | Level 30 | |________________| Grab the Ein File H and go to the elevator. Attack the trainer. It is a female chase with Phanpy and Trapinch. Use Water/Psychic against them. Go to the next room where a boy stands with a Taillow and a Hoothoot. Electric Attacks are very effective. You can use the PC and the Heal machine now. I'm not going to give detailed instructions as it is impossible to get lost in this building. Use the stairs and fight a Bandana Guy with Larvitar (weak against Water), Carvanha, and Barboach. Use electric attacks against them. The next trainer has Remoraid and Magnemite. Use Electric and Ground attacks. The next opponent has Wingull and Wooper. You can use electric attacks if Flaaffy is purified enough. You could also use Grass Attacks against Wooper. The next trainer has Electrike and Voltorb. They're both level 31. Use Makuhita. Use the stairs and fight the female trainer there. She has Swablu, Doduo and Ledyba. Use Psychic attacks against Ledyba. If you have healed Flaaffy enough, you can use him against Doduo and Swablu. The next trainer has a Spheal and a Snorunt. Use electric attacks against Spheal and a Fire attack against Glalie his pre-evolution, Snorunt. You can find a Treasure chest on this floor too, check in every room to find chests. Advance to find another two trainers on this floor. The first trainer has Horsea, Sandshrew and Oddish. Horsea can't stand electric attacks. Oddish can be defeated with Fire attacks so you can use Slugma/Quilava if they're purified. Use Espeon's Confusion against Sandshrew. The last trainer on this floor has Cacnea and Tentacool. Use Fire attacks against Cacnea and electric ones against Tentacool if you can. Use the stairs to go to the last floor of this building. Go past the trainer and use the door that is a bit further. A short movie will start starring Silva. ________________ | | The first trainer has Remoraid, Luvdisc and Spinarak. Use | Shadow Pokémon | electric attacks against Luvdisc and Psychic attacks | Remoraid | against Spinarak. I wouldn't try to attack Remoraid at the | | moment unless you have a really weak attack. If you killed | Level 20 | him by accident, use an untrained Plusle later. The next |________________| trainer will attack immediately. ________________ | | Mirror B Peon Ferma has Furret, Aipom, Yanma and Mantine. | Shadow Pokémon | Use Fighting attacks against Furret and Aipom if you use | Mantine | Makuhita. Use Espeon against Yanma. Mantine is good for | | your team, he is a strong Pokémon. | Level 33 | |________________| Pick up the Ein File and talk to Silva. Go down the stairs in the room and use the elevator. Pick up the Hyper Potions and heal yourself. Go up the stairs again and attack the trainer you passed the last time up there. It turns out that he is one of Mirror B's henchmen too. ________________ | | The Hunter has three level 33 Pokémon. They are Goldeen, | Shadow Pokémon | Linoone, and Qwilfish. Qwilfish and Goldeen are bad against | Qwilfish | electric attacks. Use Fighting attacks against Linoone. | | | Level 33 | |________________| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Enter the cave after defeating the guard in front of it. Go to the right of your television screen until you can't progress anymore. You'll find a Treasure Chest there that contains three ethers. Go back until you see a road that heads north. Go through it to reach another Treasure chest. Go back to the stairs you saw and battle the trainer. That trainer has an Anorith and a Lotad. Use Psychic moves against Anorith and electric against Lotad. Go down using the stairs. There is a trainer there. It is a chaser with Ralts, Koffing, and Shroomish as Pokémon. Use Dark Attacks against Ralts and Psychic against Koffing. Use Fire Pokémon to kill Shroomish. Use the next pair of stairs to go up again. This area leads to nowhere but it has two trainers and a trainer chest so it is certainly worth visiting. The chest contains three Ultra Balls. The first trainer has a Geodude, a Lotad, a Snorunt, and a Slakoth. Geodude can be killed with Psychic moves. Use Fire against Lotad and Snorunt. Slakoth is bad against Fighting Pokémon. The other fight is a bit harder. That trainer has four Pokémon, they're all Lotad. You probably don't have anything that is super effective against him so use Electric/Fire attacks. ________________ | | Go back down the stairs and head north this time. You'll | Shadow Pokémon | encounter a trainer with a Shadow Meditite. The trainer also | Meditite | has Bagon and Numel. Use Water against Numel and Ice attacks | | against the Dragon Pokémon Bagon. | Level 33 | |________________| Go a bit further and turn right. Battle the trainer. He has Lotad, Slakoth, and Whismur. Whismur and Slakoth are bad against Fighting attacks. (Makuhita) Lotad has no weakness that you can exploit at the moment. Fire/Electric attacks do normal damage. You can get a Full Heal from the Treasure Chest after the fight. Go back to the stairs and go down. Walk to the west and you'll encounter a female trainer. ________________ | | This trainer has Dunsparce, Mareep, and Cacnea. Use Fire to | Shadow Pokémon | defeat Cacnea and use Ground/Fighting attacks against Mareep | Dunsparce | so that only Dunsparce remains. Try to weaken him with Dark | | attacks. | Level 33 | |________________| Advance and you'll finally find a PC to save. You can heal your Pokémon so you won't have to go outside. Use the stairs. There is a trainer immediately after the stairs. He has Lotad and Lombre. Lotad and Lombre have no weakness that you can exploit at the moment. Fight the trainer next to the stairs. ________________ | | Hunter Zalo uses Lotad, Lombre, Beldum, and Swablu. Use | Shadow Pokémon | regular attacks against Lotad and Lombre. Don't use Water | Swablu | attacks. Beldum is weak against Fire and Dark. Swablu is bad | | against Ice Attacks but you don't have those. Don't be | Level 33 | afraid of killing him with one hit. |________________| Ignore the stairs and go to the right. The trainer you see has Pineco, Shuppet, and Koffing. Use Psychic against Koffing and Dark against Shuppet. Use Fire against Pineco. Go to the south where you should find another item. Go back to the last staircase you saw. It will lead you to many treasure chests. Go to the left and defeat the trainer with the two Zigzagzoon and Linoone. Anything should kill them. You don't need a strategy here. After beating him, you'll reach the chests containing Zinc, Protein, Carbos, and Iron. Go back to the stairs. If you want, you can go to the north there and battle two more trainers. You won't get anything for it though. The first of those trainers uses Natu, Tentacool, and Teddiursa. Use Dark Attacks against Natu, Fighting against Teddiursa and Electric/Grass against Tentacool. Spheal (34), Lileep (32), and Dustox (33) are the Pokémon of the first trainer. Electric Attacks work great against Spheal. Lileep and Dustox should be defeated with Fire attacks. Use the stairs again and head back to the staircase you didn't use yet. Follow the path and you'll eventually find Cipher Admin Mirror B. ________________ | | Mirror B is the first Cipher Admin that is going to fall. He | Shadow Pokémon | has four Ludicolo and a Sudowoodo. Sudowoodo is a Shadow | Sudowoodo | Pokémon. Ludicolo is a Grass/Water type so there aren't many | | super effective attacks. Your best bet is to use Fire and | Level 35 | Electric moves. |________________| Get the Ein File that is lying on the ground. Don't forget the TM. Go to the next room. Open the chest that contains the Macho Brace and talk to Plusle. Duking will come in and give you Plusle. Go to the Police Office and take the Jail Key from the table. Release the prisoners and grab the TM at the table. It contains Thief. Go to the Fortune Teller after beating Mirror B. She will suggest that you go and visit Agate Village. You can now go there. You can also battle against everyone again. You should try to level up against Cail and battle the trainers at the square to purify your Pokémon. =============================================================================== 3.5- Agate Village [A305] =============================================================================== Walk around the town. There are many Treasure Chests. You can find an old man with his Taillow. He'll give you a Berry every day. There is also a Treasure chest with an Exp. Share item. You have to go behind one of the houses to reach it. If you go down the hill at the Pokémon Center and follow the path at the front of the screen, you'll find Quick Claw in a chest. Go to the house with the tree on the top. It is Eagun and Beluh's home. If you go in, Rui will start talking to them and they're relieved to see their granddaughter is all right. She introduces you to them. A man will come barging in and saying that someone is in Relic Forest. Eagun goes there and you have to go and help him. Go to the Pokémon Center and head down the hill there. Enter the cave and you will have to fight Cipher Peon Doven. She has two Water Pokémon so I hope that your Flaaffy has been trained so that he has an electric attack. If he has, taking down Spheal and Carvanha will be easy. Otherwise, you should use Bayleef if you chose him in Phenac City. Cipher peon Silton is the next opponent. He has Cacnea and Shroomish. Fire attacks like that of Slugma are effective. You can use Espeon's Confusion to attack the other Pokémon. Proceed a little further and another Peon will appear. This one will drop from the ceiling. This one has three level 35 Pokémon: Ralts, Kirlia, and Baltoy. Use Water attacks against Baltoy. You can also use Dark Attacks against all of them. Don't use Psychic attacks because they aren't effective. Go save now because an important fight will follow. If you go further, you'll see that Eagun is fighting a Cipher Peon. He has his Level 50 Pikachu and the opponent uses a Shadow Hitmontop that is level 38. With only two attacks, Pikachu is defeated. ________________ | | This Cipher Peon has four Pokémon Geodude (38), Wynaut (37), | Shadow Pokémon | Clamperl (38) and Hitmontop (38). Use Psychic/Water attacks | Hitmontop | against Geodude. Clamperl is weak against electric attacks | | so bring along Flaaffy. Wynaut can be killed quickly with | Level 38 | Dark attacks. Don't use Psychic attacks against Hitmontop |________________| but use Umbreon's attacks to bring his HP down. Umbreon doesn't have moves that will do a lot of damage against Hitmontop. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After winning against the Cipher Peon Skrub, you'll be returned to Eagun's House. Rui's grandmother goes upstairs; she is searching for the Small Tablet. You have to visit one of Eagun's friends; he lives in the neighborhood of the Pokemart. After having a chat with him, you'll have to go back to Eagun. They found the Small Tablet. You should go to the Relic Stone where you fought the Cipher Peon. You'll receive a mail that there is trouble on Mt. Battle when you leave Eagun's house. You shouldn't go there yet. Go back to the Relic Stone and pick up the Ein File C. The C stands for Celebi. You can use the Relic Stone from now on to purify Shadow Pokémon. You have to unlock the final lock here. It will receive all of his experience points, a ribbon, and its old attack instead of Shadow Rush. It might even evolve. You should go back to Pyrite Town and purify your Pokémon there. There is a trainer outside of the Agate Pokémon Center too. He has three Pokémon. He has Swellow, Rhyhorn, and Sunflora. Use a Psychic attack against Rhyhorn and an electric attack against Swellow. If you trained Slugma, use it against Sunflora. Go down the hill at the Daycare and get the Cologne Case from the woman. She has two Cologne Cases so she is happy to give you one. There is a Pokémon trainer in front of the Pokemart too. He has a Machop, a Seedot, and a Furret. Use a Psychic move against Machop and a Fire attack against Seedot. Use regular attacks against Furret. You don't have anything useful against him at the moment. =============================================================================== 3.6- Mt. Battle [A306] =============================================================================== There are people outside telling you about Mt. Battle. They might want to fight you later but just go inside for now. Make sure you are healed, and then continue through the big door. You'll have to fight ten trainers there. You can save and heal yourself between fights. The first trainer uses three Pokémon that are weak against Water so I hope your Mantine is trained. He has Numel, Trapinch and Sandshrew. The second trainer uses a Swinub, a Baltoy and a Pupitar. They're all weak against Water Pokémon. You can also use Fire against the icy Swinub. The third trainer's entire team can be killed with attacks like Surf. Rider Riden has Pineco, Baltoy, Graveler and Houndour. Hunter Telia has two Trapinch, a Barboach, and a Lileep. Trapinch and Lileep are Ground Pokémon so use Water attacks. Barboach is weak against Electricity. Street Performer has Cacnea, Spinda, and Kadabra. Hunter Weeg has Sandslash, Graveler and Vibrava. They're all weak against Water attacks. Cipher Peon Kison has two Pokémon that are weak against Dark Pokémon, Duskull, and Kirlia. Use Psychic moves against Koffing. You don't have anything effective against Houndour right now. Cipher Peon Perin is also weak against Water attacks just like the first three. You can also use Leaf attacks if you want. ________________ | | Cipher Admin Dakim is the second Cipher Admin that is going | Shadow Pokémon | to be defeated. This is a very troublesome fight. Dakim has | Entei | four Pokémon that can use Earthquake. The Shadow Pokémon, | | the legendary dog Entei, is weak against Earthquake so you | Level 40 | will want to kill the other Pokémon s quickly as possible. |________________| Entei is weak against fire and ground attacks so you might refrain from using those attacks. His first four Pokémon use Protect too so there will always be one Pokémon protected. Concentrate your attacks on the other one. (A Pokémon won't use Protect two times in a row.) Metang is weak against Dark Attacks. Camerupt is bad against Water attacks just like Golem. Use Leaf attacks against Swampert. Don't try to use an electrical Pokémon, he wouldn't last very long. Pick up the F-Disk that is located there. Vander will also give you the Time Flute which can cure Pokémon in one go. You can now choose between continuing your journey and leveling up at Mt. Battle. I decided to do the latter option. =============================================================================== 3.7- The Under [A307] =============================================================================== If you want to continue, you should go back to Agate Village and talk to Eagun. Give him your PDA number. Talk to the old man in Agate Village too. You'll unlock the Shadow Pokémon lab. Go there and you'll get a mail. Return to Pyrite Town. Go to the Police office and talk to the prisoners. Grab the key. Go to the house where you went after winning the Colosseum battle and go in the elevator. If you want to train, you can fight all trainers again. When you walk to the left, you'll see Venus on the television. You can walk around freely after that. There aren't any trainers there at the moment. Go to the Inn, take the stairs, and save at the PC there. Go outside and follow the road until you talk to a guy that says stuff as been disappearing. Go downstairs and the kid there asks you to deliver a piece to his friends. Go to the square in the middle of The Under and go to the left of your screen. Talk with the kids there and go inside. Do a little more talking. They'll ask for your PDA number when you want to leave. After that, you'll find out they captured the spy. Go to the elevator and you'll see they caught Silva. ________________ | | Your first opponent is Cipher Peon Kloak. He has a Shadow | Shadow Pokémon | Pokémon, it is a Ledian. Her two other Pokémon are Spinarak | Ledian | and Volbeat. They're both weak against Psychic and Fire | | attacks. Use Dark attacks against Ledian to weaken it. Bring | Level 40 | a weak Pokémon if you decided to train at Mt. Battle like I |________________| did. Another Cipher Peon attacks you immediately. That trainer has Illumise, Ariados, and Gloom. They're all bad against Fire Pokémon but you can also use Psychic attacks against Illumise and Ariados because they're bug Pokémon. Talk to Silva, he will give you the R-Disk. To talk to Silva, you need to go to the side of the prison. Head back to the Town Square where you can find a machine. Talk to the machine and enter the R-Disk. If you use the F-Disk, you can heal your Pokémon at the Colosseum. You can also save there. Go inside the dome after using the R-Disk and open the treasure chest with the three Rare Candies, which is one of the rooms. ________________ | | Talk to Venus. She has one level 40, Suicune. Her Vileplume | Shadow Pokémon | is level 44. Her three other Pokémon are level 45. They are | Suicune | a Steelix, a Banette and a Delcatty. Use Fighting moves | | against Delcatty. Don't bring a fighting Pokémon out when | Level 40 | Banette is on the field. Banette can be killed by using Dark |________________| attacks. Steelix and Vileplume are weak against fire moves. Don't use electric and plant Pokémon when you're weakening Suicune, he is very vulnerable against them. Don't forget the Ein File F and some treasure chests you couldn't grab without drawing Venus' attention. Go heal your Pokémon and come back. Use the stairs. Use the right exit instead of the one Venus uses. Follow the stairs and you'll encounter four trainers. They each have a Shadow Pokémon. You'll find three chests while you're doing this. You get 2 Timer Balls, 4 Ultra Balls and 2 Max Potions. ________________ | | The first trainer uses Shroomish (35), Jigglypuff (38), | Shadow Pokémon | Teddiursa (37), and Gligar (43). Teddiursa and Jigglypuff | Gligar | are bad against Fighting Pokémon. Shroomish is bad against | | Fire Pokémon. Don't use Psychic/Fire Pokémon against Gligar. | Level 43 | Dark Attacks don't hurt him a lot so that might be the best |________________| to lower his health. ________________ | | The second trainer has Kirlia (37), Roselia (38), Gloom (38) | Shadow Pokémon | and Stantler (43). Kirlia can be killed with Dark Attacks. | Stantler | The two other regular Pokémon are weak against Fire Pokémon. | | Don't do too much damage to Stantler. He has two moves that | Level 43 | do him damage too. |________________| ________________ | | The third trainer owns Octillery (38), Masquerain (39), | Shadow Pokémon | Dunsparce (39), and Piloswine (43). Masquerain is weak | Piloswine | against Fire attacks, Dunsparce against Water and | | Octillery against Electric attacks. Use Water attacks to | Level 43 | weaken Piloswine. |________________| ________________ | | The fourth trainer sends out Seviper (40), Loudred (41), | Shadow Pokémon | Corsola (41), and Sneasel (43). Use Plant attacks against | Sneasel | Corsola and fire against Seviper. Loudred and Sneasel can't | | stand Fighting attacks. | Level 43 | |________________| Look at Venus talking with a couple of henchmen. She flees into the train. You have to follow her in there. There is a chest with Blackglasses around here, make sure you get it before leaving. Keep following them and pick up the Subway Key. Talk to the guys that you find there. You'll also find the U Disk in the neighborhood, use that to pick up a Time Flute. They are guarding an entrance to the lab. It is too bad that they blew it up. Luckily, they forget their key. Take the key and go to the Shadow Pokémon Lab. =============================================================================== 3.8- Shadow Pokémon Lab [A308] =============================================================================== Go to the back of the Shadow Pokémon Lab at the right side to find a treasure chest with a couple of Revives. Stay as close as possible to the fence because if you walk too much on the sand, you'll leave the area. Go back to the entrance and use the Main Gate Key. Take the entrance on the right side. Go right inside and press A when you're next to the computers. Leave the building and go to entrance on the left. Inside you'll find a PC and a treasure chest. Use the stairs. Battle the Researcher. He has two Pokémon; both are Voltorb at level 38. Use Fighting/Ground Pokémon. Pick up the Card Key and go downstairs. You'll eventually find another Treasure Chest. Go outside again and use the second entrance of the Shadow Pokémon Lab. Go straight ahead and use the elevator. Go the left side of your television screen. Go to the elevator and when you get there, a Cipher Peon will drop down from the ceiling. ________________ | | He has Furret (37), Remoraid (39), Castform (41) and Aipom | Shadow Pokémon | (43). Castform is a type changer. Depending on the weather, | Aipom | he will change type. He'll usually start with Sunny Day and | | become a Fire Pokémon. Remoraid is a Water Pokémon. Furret | Level 43 | is weak against Fighting Pokémon. Aipom won't be too |________________| difficult to catch. You might find a DNA Sample here. The locations are random, this is Location #1. Use the elevator. You'll arrive in a room with a Researcher and possibly a DNA Sample. This is Location #2. The trainer has an Electrode (39), Magneton (39) and Magnemite (38). They're all weak against Ground Pokémon. Watch out for Electrode's Suicide attack. Use the stairs and go up a floor. There is another researcher present there. This researches has the same Pokémon as the previous but all his Pokémon are one level stronger. Just use Ground moves again. Pick up the Downstairs Key, you'll need it later. Head back to where you went left, this time you'll have to go straight ahead. There is another researcher in there, the place is crawling with them but luckily they don't use Shadow Pokémon. He has Chinchou (38), Magnemite (39) and Electrike (39). They're weak against Ground Pokémon. Use the Downstairs Key at the door. ________________ | | Another Cipher Peon will drop down from the ceiling once | Shadow Pokémon | you go through the door. He has two Dark Pokémon (Houndour) | Murkrow | and the Shadow Murkrow. Nuzleaf is a Plant type and | | Carvanha is a water Pokémon. Use Fighting attacks against | Level 43 | Houndour and use Dark moves to weaken Murkrow. All his |________________| Pokémon are level 38. Go further and take the hallway to the left. You may find a DNA Sample in one of the rooms, it is Location #3 and Location #4. It is possible to find two samples there. Go back to where you turned and go towards the television screen. Turn left and walk until another Peon drops from the ceiling. ________________ | | Vana has four Pokémon. The regular Pokémon are at level 40. | Shadow Pokémon | The Pokémon are Pupitar, Swablu and Zubat. Forretress is a | Forretress | Shadow Pokémon. Pupitar is weak against Water, Swablu is | | bad against Electric and Ice Pokémon. Zubat can be killed | Level 43 | by using Psychic attacks. Use the elevator and a trainer |________________| will attack you when you turn left or right. ________________ | | Cipher Peon Lesar uses three Pokémon. He has Rhyhorn, | Shadow Pokémon | Grovyle and Ariados. Rhyhorn is weak against Psychic/Water | Ariados | attacks. Grovyle is weak against Fire. Use Dark Attacks to | | lower Ariados' HP. | Level 43 | |________________| Go to the left. DNA Sample Location #5 and Location #6 are in that room. Go to the right. Go up at the end of the hallway. You'll find a Full Restore there. Go back to the previous crossroads. Go up until you reach a room with a trainer and possibly a DNA Sample. Location #7 and Location #8 are in this room. The Researcher in the room uses two Electrode. He is weak against Ground Pokémon. Go back until there is a road heading to the right. Another trainer will appear. ________________ | | Cipher Peon Tanie uses Linoone, Vigoroth and Granbull. They | Shadow Pokémon | are easily defeated with Fighting moves. Don't use Fighting | Granbull | moves against Granbull, you have to catch him. He is hard | | to catch. | Level 43 | |________________| Location #9 of the DNA samples is next to the elevators. Head through the second elevator. Use the DNA analyzer to analyze your DNA Samples. It is different for all games so remember your combination. There are 504 possibilities. Use the elevator again and use the other one. You'll encounter another Researcher there. He has a Magneton that is level 40 and two level 42 Pokémon, they are Ampharos and Electrode. Use Ground moves again like those of Sudowoodo. He'll turn on the alarm but you can ignore it. You can still leave the building easily. ________________ | | Cipher Peon Remil uses Kadabra, Kecleon, Swellow and | Shadow Pokémon | Vibrava. Kecleon is a type changer so your attack will | Ledian | depend on your last attack. Swellow is weak against | | electric attacks and Kadabra against Dark Attacks. | Level 43 | |________________| Use the panel on the right and enter your DNA Samples. Another Cipher Peon will attack you. It has Graveler, Clamperl, Wobbuffet, and Medicham. Medicham and Graveler are weak against Psychic attacks. Clamperl is a water Pokémon so use electric attacks. Use Dark Attacks against Wobbuffet. Go downstairs and talk to the fourth Cipher Admin. Prepare to get the third legendary Pokémon. ________________ | | Ein uses Lanturn and Huntail who both have a weakness | Shadow Pokémon | against Grass attacks. Huntail will often use Rain Dance | Raikou | so that Lanturn's attacks will always hit. His other | | Pokémon are Altaria, Golbat and Raikou. Altaria is weak | Level 40 | against Ice attacks. Use Psychic Pokémon against Golbat. |________________| Pick up the Data Desk, HP Up and TM26. Leave the building using the elevator and go to the kids in The Under. =============================================================================== 3.9- The Under [A309] =============================================================================== You'll have to give the Data Disk you found in the Shadow Pokémon lab, the one Ein dropped, to Nett in The Under. He'll study it but he can't decipher the disk. You'll have to go to Realgam tower first while he is examining it. =============================================================================== 3.10- Realgam Tower [A310] =============================================================================== When you get out of The Under, the men will have finished at the Construction site and the Realgam Tower has been built. In Realgam tower, you'll have to battle against all Cipher Admins. This is the perfect chance for when you need to catch one of their Shadow Pokémon again. I hope you caught them all already because they're very useful and I try to use them. However, when I say, Use Entei, you can use any strong Fire Pokémon that you want. Go through the left door. The first trainer on the list is Mirror B. He still uses two Ludicolo but they are a bit stronger now, they're around level 45. He also uses a Golduck (Level 45). If your Fire Pokémon has a strong defense, you can use it right away. If it is weak, I'd suggest taking out Golduck with other Pokémon first. He can do serious damage with Surf. His fourth Pokémon is a Loudred of Level 46. He frequently uses Earthquake but with that attack, he also hurts Ludicolo. His last Pokémon is a level 43 Armaldo. Use Water attacks to take them out. You'll get a Red ID Card. He won't have the Armaldo if you still need to catch Sudowoodo. Now take the door to the right in the starting hall. This path will lead you to Dakim. He hasn't changed much either. He also has five Pokémon. Whiscash (46), Forretress (45), Flygon (46), Claydol (46) and Houndoom (47). His Pokémon will keep switching between who uses protect. If the first one uses Protect, the second one will use it the next turn. Use electric attacks against the Whiscash and a fire attack against Forretress. Flygon is a Ground/Dragon Pokémon so Water/Ice attacks will take him down quickly. Take out Claydol with Fire and Houndoom with Water attacks. Don't try to use Psychic Pokémon like Espeon in this fight. Dakim is one of the few trainers that use Hyper Potions during the game. I hardly use them either. He'll give you the Green ID Badge. Go back to the starting hall and use the door behind the fountain to go a room with a PC. But first you'll have to defeat a trainer with a Dustox (Use fire attacks), Grimer (Psychic) and a Seviper (Fire). The trainer, who was first disguised as an old man, isn't hard to beat. He is a pushover. Continue down the road and keep going until you reach a chamber where two guards each stand before a door. Challenge them both. ________________ | | The purple one uses a Jumpluff that can be easily taken down | Shadow Pokémon | with Flamethrower. Her Gloom is easy too, just use a Fire | Sunflora | attack. Use Bite once on Sunflora, he is the Shadow Pokémon. | | Handle him with care. Use Umbreon's bite (even at level 65, | Level 45 | he didn't even get rid of half Sunflora's bar). Or use a |________________| low level Pokémon. You defeated Cipher Peon Baila. ________________ | | The other trainer, Cipher Peon Arton also has a Shadow | Shadow Pokémon | Pokémon, Delibird. He also uses a regular Piloswine and | Delibird | Glalie. Use Fire against those two and let a weak Pokémon | | of around level 40 attack Delibird. You might use one of | Level 45 | your non-purified Shadow Pokémon. That Delibird was harder |________________| to catch than the three Legendary Beasts in my game. You'll find Venus behind the door the purple Peon was guarding. She thinks she can defeat you. She uses a Bellossom (47), Misdreavus (47), Raichu (48), Wigglytuff (48) and Milotic (48). Attack Bellossom with a fire attack, any Fire Pokémon can take him down quickly. Dark moves are very effective against Misdreavus so you should use Bite. It is a very common attack but does a lot of damage. Just use your strongest attacks to defeat Raichu and Wigglytuff but watch out for Raichu's Static. Take your fire Pokémon out of the fight when Milotic comes in because he knows Surf. Bring in an Electric Pokémon that is purified if you have one. Otherwise, you can use Psychic attacks. Her Pokémon will cause a lot of status ailments so you should have a couple of full heals ready for during or after the fight. She'll give you the Blue ID badge. Take the door behind the blue person and go to the next room. There you'll see four card slots: a red, a green, a blue, and a yellow one. Enter the three ID cards you currently have and go ahead through the other door that is open. You'll have to get the Yellow ID card before you can open the big door. You'll have to defeat Ein to get that one. He has five Pokémon too. He has Manectric (50), Starmie (49), Rhydon (50), Pelipper (49) and Crobat (48). Use Fire attacks on Manectric and use an Electric Pokémon against Starmie to take it out quickly. You can use Dark Attacks to take him out too. Don't use Psychic attacks; they aren't very effective against him. Take out Rhydon with Psychic but watch out, he might use Protect. Use the same strategy for Pelipper as you used for Starmie and take out Crobat with Psychic. You'll only need three Pokémon to win this fight. He'll give you the yellow ID card. You'll receive a mail when leaving the chamber from Eagun, Rui's grandpa but it seems he has forgotten to end his mail. It ends in the middle of a sentence. Head back to the room with the four card slots and enter the yellow one. A trainer drops from the ceiling and attacks you. ________________ | | Dioge is one of the four trainers with a Shadow Pokémon in | Shadow Pokémon | Realgam Tower but first he sends out Masquerain (42) and | Heracross | Ariados (41). You can use Psychic or Fire attacks against | | Ariados. They're both super effective. The same goes for | Level 45 | Masquerain. Bring out a weaker Pokémon to attack Heracross. |________________| Try to catch him with a Net Ball, it is very effective on Bug Pokémon. If you go to Eagun in Agate Village and talk to him about the mail, he'll give you the Master Ball. That is a Pokeball with a 100% catch rate. Save it for a very hard Pokémon. You can even save it for another Pokémon game (Ruby/Sapphire/Fire Red/Leaf Green). Go save and heal your Pokémon before you enter the 'Final Dome'. When you enter there, you'll get a mail from Nett telling you he has found the data for 29 Shadow Pokémon. He'll mail back when he finds more. In the Final Dome, you'll have to defeat eight trainers. The one at the entrance sends out Nuzleaf and Graveler. Use Fire on Nuzleaf and Psychic on Graveler. They use the Protect game too. Graveler starts with protect so you should focus your first attack on Nuzleaf only. Attack Graveler the second turn. Hariyama, another fighting Pokémon, is his third choice. He is weak against Psychic Attacks too. Lombre is the last Pokémon and can be taken out with a Fire Attack. The second trainer is sitting behind the desk. He uses Lairon, Mawile and Metang. Use Dark attacks against Mawile and a Flamethrower against Lairon. Attack Metang with a Dark Move too. Don' use a Psychic Pokémon here. The third trainer is waiting behind the door on the right. He uses Wigglytuff and Loudred. Take them out with regular attacks. They aren't very strong. You'll find a fourth trainer in the room where the Bodybuilder came out. She uses four Pokémon. She sends out a Chimecho and a Swalot. Swalot can be taken out with a single Psychic move and use a strong attack on the other Pokémon. He'll send out Noctowl and Cradily after that. Use Fire on Cradily and Psychic on Noctowl. Leave that room and go to the door on the left. IF you enter, you'll see it is a casino with all kind of slots. Talk to the purple guy next to the slots. He will want to fight you. He has four Pokémon, namely Machoke, Magneton, Swellow and Ninetales. You'll want to have a Psychic Pokémon ready for Machoke. You'll need a Pokémon with Fighting or Rock moves to take down Magneton. Swellow is a flying Pokémon so you an ice Pokémon or an Electric type. If you chose the Ice Pokémon, you can use him to defeat Ninetales too. Otherwise, bring out a water Pokémon. The second guy in the casino wants to fight too. Rider Kevel sends out Quagsire and Sandslash, his third Pokémon is Donphan. Use Water against Sandslash and regular attacks against Quagsire. If Sandslash and Donphan are at the same moment, you should use Surf. In the casino corner of the Final Dome, you'll encounter Verde or the guy you defeated when leaving Phenac City. He'll fight you but he only has two Pokémon. Muk can be easily taken down with a Psychic Attack. You'll have to use a Dark Attack on Grumpig. Defeat the trainer that is standing close to the left door. She is wearing some kind of fairy costume. Qwilfish, Octillery, Seadra and Feraligatr. You'll have to use many electric attacks to end this fight quickly. Let your other Pokémon use strong attacks to attack, you can choose which type as long as you don't use plant attacks. Go talk to the men in black before the stairs after you saved. It is Silva. He'll let you enter the elevator and you'll reach Nascour. He'll leave after your little chat and you have to follow him. Go to the elevator and the Team Snagem boss will come out, he is named Gonzap. He tells you that they got the Snag machines from Cipher and Cipher is actually controlling Team Snagem. After that, Gonzap attacks you. ________________ | | Gonzap has five Pokémon. Crawdaunt (52), Shiftry (53), | Shadow Pokémon | Pinsir (52), Hariyama (53) and Skarmory (47). | Skarmory | You can take out Shiftry with a Fire attack and Crawdaunt | | with an electric attack. Don't use Psychic attacks on him. | Level 47 | Use fire on Pinsir too. Hariyama is weak to Psychic attacks. |________________| Bring out a weak Pokémon to battle Skarmory. Skarmory is very hard to catch. Hitmontop's Rapid Spin is perfect to do tiny bits of damage to Skarmory. Keep him alive at all costs. Skarmory will use Steel Wing instead of Shadow Rush when he is out. (I'm using a level 56 Hitmontop by the way, he really doesn't do much damage.) If Ultra Balls don't work, try a Great Ball or a Timer Ball. Use the elevator behind Gonzap to enter the Tower Colosseum. You'll have to beat a couple of trainers with Shadow Pokémon to 'repay' your debts. I hope you brought along enough Pokeballs. ________________ | | Your first opponent is Bodybuilder Jomas. He has a Porygon2 | Shadow Pokémon | (45), a Zangoose (45) and Miltank (48). Take out the first | Miltank | two with your strong Fighting moves. Use Bite on Miltank, it | | took my level 66 Umbreon two attacks to bring it in the red. | Level 48 | Just use an Ultra ball after that and pray that it doesn't |________________| use Shadow Rush. If you use Leer, she seems to respond with Defence Curl. ________________ | | Your Pokémon aren't healed between fights so this can be | Shadow Pokémon | hard. Rider Delan is the second trainer and he also has | Absol | three Pokémon. Take out Sharpedo (47) with an electric | | attack and Fighting attacks against Mightyena (46). Use a | Level 48 | weak Pokémon to attack Absol now or use Surf. It doesn't do |________________| much damage but it will do the job. ________________ | | Cipher Peon Nella is the next trainer. She uses Houndoom, | Shadow Pokémon | Torkoal (47) and Magcargo (46). Heal your Pokémon if needed. | Houndoom | Use a water attack against Torkoal that doesn't hurt | | Houndoom who can't stand water. You should try to catch | Level 48 | Houndoom as fast as possible so that you can use Surf when |________________| he is gone. It should kill both Torkoal and Magcargo. ________________ | | The fourth trainer is another Cipher Peon, namely Ston. He | Shadow Pokémon | has Tropius, Cradily (48), Vileplume (48) and Cacturne. | Tropius | Don't be afraid to use fire attacks to take down Cradily, | | Vileplume and Cacturne. If you don't have your Fire Pokémon | Level 49 | anymore, use Psychic attacks except against Cacturne. Use |________________| Water attacks against Tropius. ________________ | | The next battle is against Nascour himself. He wants to | Shadow Pokémon | humiliate you before everyone. Luckily, everyone is healed | Metagross | when you start this fight. He has six Pokémon. He has | | Gardevoir (55), Walrein (56), Dusclops (55), Blaziken (54), | Level 50 | Xatu (54) and finally Metagross, the Shadow Pokémon. He will |________________| become your 41st Shadow Pokémon in this game. Use Dark attacks against Gardevoir but no psychic once. You can kill Walrein quickly with an electric attack. Use water against Blaziken and Psychic against Dusclops. Xatu is psychic so he can easily be hurt with Bite. You can use Surf on Metagross. I caught him with a Pokeball. ________________ | | Despite looking like the head of Cipher, Nascour isn't the | Shadow Pokémon | final boss. You still have to beat Evice. He might look like | Tyranitar | someone regular but the mayor of Phenac, Es Cade is actually | | the leader of Cipher. That is why Mirror B and Nascour were | Level 55 | visiting him. He has the strongest Pokémon of them all for |________________| now. After beating him, the credits will roll and you can trade Pokémon with the other Pokémon games. The game isn't over though. Evice has six Pokémon namely Slaking (60), Scizor (60), Salamence (60), Machamp (60), Slowking (61) and Tyranitar (55). Scizor can be defeated with a Flamethrower. For Slaking, you'll need to use regular attacks like Bite, Surf or Flamethrower or fighting moves. Machamp can be taken out with Psychic. Slowking can be hurt with Dark moves like Bite. Salamence may look like a Fire Pokémon but he isn't. Water and Fire aren't effective against him. He took himself out with Double Edge in my game. You should use Ice moves. Make sure Slaking and Slowking are never out at the same moment, they could use Skill Swap at that moment. When Tyranitar enters the battlefield, he will cause a sandstorm that will hurt your and his Pokémon. Bite and Return don't do much damage to Tyranitar so they're perfect to attack. I used the Master Ball to catch him. Evice uses many items like X Attack and Full Restore so watch out. If you lose to him and come back, he'll laugh at you. However, he'll be disappointed when even is Ultimate Shadow Pokémon loses to you. Just watch the credits roll by at the end and continue on your voyage. Evice gets arrested by Duking and the police and Eagun enters the battlefield. Evice tries to escape but his helicopter is taken down by a fireball. It appears to be Ho-Oh that stopped him from escaping. Moltres is cooler though. =============================================================================== 3.11- Team Snagem Hideout and Shadow Pokémon Lab [A311] =============================================================================== >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll get a mail from Nett telling you your P*DA on Shadow Pokémon will automatically be upgraded from now on. When you go outside, you'll receive another mail telling you to visit Secc in Pyrite Town. Go to the basement in Duking's House. She tells you that Cail recently battled a trainer with a weird Pokémon. Talk to Cail at the entrance of Pyrite Town. You'll have to battle him to get information about the Team Snagem Hideout. You can reach it after beating him. He now has high level Pokémon. He has Granbull (56), Gardevoir (57), Shiftry (58) and Machamp (57). Use Dark Attacks against Gardevoir and Psychic ones against Granbull. Use fire against Shiftry and Psychic against Machamp. After this match, he'll switch back to his level 40 Pokémon. The Team Snagem Hideout is just above Outskirt stand. When you enter, you'll receive a mail telling you the name of the trainer that used that Shadow Pokémon. The name depends on which Pokémon you chose in Phenac. Walk to the end of the chamber. Open the treasure chest on the right with the Max Elixir. Go back and enter the room with the PC. Save and continue through the next door. Some of the trainers here might still have Shadow Pokémon that you didn't catch but I won't mention those Pokémon. I'll only mention the Shadow Pokémon that couldn’t be caught earlier. Nore will drop from the ceiling in the next room. He'll attack you again. He sends out Ninjask (55), Beautifly (54), Forretress (51) and Masquerain (52). Both Ninjask and Beautifly are weak against fire and psychic attacks so you can take them out in one turn. He is also weak against fire. His last Pokémon also shares this weakness against Psychic and Fire. Use the stairs and you'll get yet another mail. This one is about the Shadow Pokémon list. He has found information about six new Shadow Pokémon that you already have except for that of Smeargle. Go the right and enter the room with the treasure chest. It contains an Elixir. Go back and use the stairs to go to the second floor. If you come up the stairs, go to the right and go through the opening in the right wall. Proceed a couple of chambers and you'll meet Rider Rions. He sends out a Poochyena (54), Mightyena (50), Linoone (53) and Kadabra (53). Don't use Psychic Attacks against Poochyena and Mightyena. Use Bug or Fighting moves. You can use any attack against the normal Pokémon Linoone. Kadabra is weak against Dark attacks. You'll find a treasure chest in the room too, it contains three Max Potions. Go back to the stairs and follow the chambers and talk to the Team Snagem member. He is named Driton and he sends out Lanturn (50), Pelipper (53), Seadra (55) and Starmie (52). He has only water Pokémon so I hope you brought along an electric Pokémon. Use Grass attacks against Lanturn if your first electric attack didn't damage him. Otherwise, you'll have to rely on regular attacks and this will become a long battle. Continue on your way and use the stairs that lead to the first floor. Pick up the three PP Up's first though. Go to the bottom of the screen where the bodybuilder is standing. Talk to him. He'll attack you. It is bodybuilder Colas and he sends out Spinda (51), Carvanha (51), Shelgon (54) and Pupitar (54). Use a Fighting move against Carvanha. Use Psychic attacks against Shelgon and Pupitar. There is a treasure chest with two Max Ethers behind him. There is nothing else to see there. Go back to the room with the stairs and go through two doors. Talk to Bandana Guy Crudo, he has four Pokémon: a Weezing (52), Linoone (55), Sandslash (53), Swalot (51). Use a Psychic attack on Weezing and Sandslash. You could use a Water attack against that last one too. Use a fighting move against Linoone and defeat Swalot with a Psychic move. Take the stairs and battle with the Team Snagem person. He is named Fuston. He has a Delibird (54), a Swellow (54), Beautifly (53) and Golbat (53). Electric Attacks would be nice to take them out. Psychic and Fire are effective against Beautifly. He can be taken down easily with a Psychic. If you continue ahead, you'll find a guy dressed in blue namely Bluno. ________________ | | Bluno has four Pokémon: three strong and the weak Croconaw. | Shadow Pokémon | Defeat Muk (55) with a Psychic attack. Grumpig (54) can be | Croconaw | taken out with a Dark attack. Camerupt (53) is your last | | enemy. He is weak to Fire and Ice. Only use Surf when | Level 30 | Croconaw isn't out or when you caught him. Try to catch |________________| Croconaw with a Nest or Nett Ball. I hope you have a couple of weak Pokémon ready for when you need to weaken him. Leave through the door. It leads outside. When you try to leave the building using the normal way, Skrub attacks again. He has a Wobbuffet (53), Huntail (51), Medicham (50) and Golem (52). Wobbuffet is weak against Dark Attacks. The same goes for Huntail. They're also weak against electric attacks. Medicham can't stand Psychic Attacks. Golem can be hurt with Water and Psychic attacks. If you come back, Kloak will drop from the ceiling. It is a popular place for people to drop of ceilings it seems. If you caught his Ledian, he owns an Ariados (52), Volbeat (53) and Illumise (53). They're all bug Pokémon so both Psychic and Fire attacks will take them out easily. If you keep entering and leaving, other trainers will drop from the ceiling like Baila. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll get another mail from Nett once you left the hideout and arrive in another town. He tells you about six new additions to the list. But only Ursaring is a new Pokémon. Go back to Team Snagem Hideout to make sure you caught everyone you missed that is there. When you enter the next town, you'll get mail from Secc. He is telling you to visit Nett. Nett will tell you all about the Shadow Pokémon encounters. Some guy in front of the Junk Shop saw a Shadow Pokémon. Go ask him. But, as always, he wants to battle you first. He starts out with two Wailord's, both level 56 and perfect victims for Thunder or other electric attacks. After defeating those two, the fight is over. He'll tell you about Rosso and his Shadow Pokémon Quilava. When you leave The Under and enter another town, you'll get a mail saying Rosso is at the Shadow Pokémon lab. Go downstairs and go the left part of your screen. Follow the road and you'll end up being attacked by Cole. He has Wigglytuff (56), Castform (58), Furret (57) and Octillery (56). A Psychic attack against Castform will do or use the opposite of the type he changed into. Fighting moves are effective against Wigglytuff. Use an electric attack against Octillery and a psychic against Furret. Go back to where you left the elevator and continue to the bottom of the screen this time. If you continue, Lare will drop from the ceiling and attack you. She has a Nuzleaf, a Houndour, Sharpedo and Sneasel. Use water against Houndour and Fire against Nuzleaf. Sharpedo can be defeated with an electric attack. Use strong attacks against Sneasel. Continue until Vana drops from the ceiling. Cipher Peon Vana has Pupitar (56), Swablu (58), Mawile (57) and Golbat (56). Use a Water attack to take out Pupitar. Use Dark Attacks like Bite against Mawile and take out Swablu with a couple of strong attacks. (I always say that when I take a Pokémon down without exploiting his weaknesses.) Golbat can be killed with Psychic. Take the elevator down to the next floor. Go to the right and Lesar will drop down. Rhyhorn, Masquerain and Grovyle are his Pokémon. The first two are vulnerable against Psychic. You can also Water for Rhyhorn or Fire against Masquerain. Use Fire against Grovyle too. Go completely to the right until you can't proceed anymore and you'll find a chest with a Full Restore. Go back a bit and use the hallway you just passed. Take the next road to the right and Tanie will drop down. She has -outside of the Granbull I couldn't capture- a Vigoroth and Linoone. She'll have higher stats when you fight her so no detailed strategy on this one. Use the first elevator and go to the next level. Continue and Remil will attack you. She has a Kecleon, a Kadabra, Quagsire and Swellow. Kecleon can change its type so act accordingly. If you made him become water, use electric. Kadabra can be killed with a Dark Attack. Quagsire and Swellow are weak to electric attacks. Proceed to Ein's room to find Rosso who is looking for the Shadow Pokémon data. ________________ | | Rosso has a Grumpig, a Breloom and a Muk next to Quilava. | Shadow Pokémon | Catch Quilava first and then attack with respectively Dark, | Quilava | Fire and a Psychic attack. Rosso's Pokémon are a bit | | stronger than Bluno's though (except Quilava). His Pokémon | Level 30 | are over level 60. You now have 44 Shadow Pokémon and 47 |________________| Pokémon in total. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll get mail when you leave the lab. It is a mail from Nett about how you it is possible to send pictures with your mail. Click A to see the picture. You'll get another mail when you enter another village about a Big Snag Machine in the Team Snagem Hideout. Go there and look at it. When entering the Hideout, you'll get a mail about a creepy Smeargle and an Ursaring. Coincidently they're the Shadow Pokémon you have to catch here. Quickly leave and enter again to receive another mail about Shadow Pokémon. You're only 'missing' one more Pokémon one your list now. Enter the Hideout and go to the stairs. You'll have to pass Arton. He sends out Sealeo (50), Glalie (54) and Piloswine (55). Use a fighting attack against Sealeo and a fire attack against Glalie. Piloswine can't stand fire either. Go up the stairs and take a right. Go the right at the next crossroad and go through the door. Open the door in that chamber and use the stairs in the room you just entered. You'll find a treasure chest with two Max Revives and a Team Snagem trainer on that floor. Team Snagem member Niver has four Pokémon: a Grovyle (52), Rhyhorn (52), Vigoroth (52) and Zangoose (53). Use a fire attack on Grovyle and take down Rhyhorn with a Water or Psychic based attack. Use regular attacks on Vigoroth and Zangoose. Take the stairs. Talk to Gonzap. He thinks he can win from you. Gonzap has a full team of six Pokémon with Crawdaunt (64), Armaldo (64), Granbull (64), Machamp (64), Breloom (64) and Gyarados (64). Use Fighting moves against Crawdaunt and a water or psychic Pokémon against Armaldo. Psychic attacks are very handy against Granbull. Use a Psychic Pokémon against Machamp too. You'll need a Fire or Psychic attack if you want to take out Breloom quickly. Electric attacks are the way to go against Gyarados. He runs away and your Pokémon are healed. Pick up the D-Disk on the table. Open the treasure chest with the three Rare Candies. Return to the place where you took the right turn and now take the other pair of stairs. Go up to the following floor where you'll find Lonia with four Pokémon. She has a Flaaffy (55), Dunsparce (54), Octillery (54) and a Walrein (52). Use Rock moves against the electrical Flaaffy and Water moves against Dunsparce. You'll need electrical attacks against Octillery and Walrein. Follow the road she was blocking. Ignore Driton as usual, unless you want some extra experience points. His stats haven't changed. Use the stairs. Go to the door and Frena will stop you. She has four Pokémon, a Shroomish (53), a Jigglypuff (52), Mawile (53) and Donphan (51). Use a Fire move on Shroomish and attack Jigglypuff with a fighting move. Mawile is weak against Fighting attacks and Donphan can be killed with Water attacks. ________________ | | Continue ahead and only fight against the guys that want to | Shadow Pokémon | attack you. Team Snagem member Biden will attack you. He has | Smeargle | four Smeargle. The level 45 is the Shadow Pokémon. They're | | weak against fighting moves so exploit that. You could use | Level 45 | Hitmontop's Rapid Spin to weaken him. |________________| ________________ | | Continue ahead and another Snagem member will want to have | Shadow Pokémon | a word with you. It is Agrev. He has a Shiftry, a Marshtomp, | Ursaring | Machoke and Ursaring. Use Psychic moves against Machoke, | | Fire against Shiftry and electric attacks against Marshtomp. | Level 45 | Don't kill Ursaring. Leave the building and come back in if |________________| you missed one of them. =============================================================================== 3.12- The Colosseum challenges [A312] =============================================================================== There are many Colosseums in this country. If you beat them, you get all kinds of fabulous prizes But you can't use Shadow Pokémon here. I have listed all the prizes you get. To get all of them, you'll need to replay every Colosseum multiple times. I won't list strategies for all playthroughs. All trainers in a Colosseum use Pokémon of equal strength. After beating all the different sets of trainers, the original ones will show up again. If you don't know which type of move to use, check out the type of the Pokémon in section 5.06 and then look what is effective against him. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phenac Colosseum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 06 | Toxic | Phenac Colosseum (Prize) 11 | Sunny Day | Phenac Colosseum (Prize) 18 | Rain Dance | Phenac Colosseum (Prize) 19 | Giga Drain | Phenac Colosseum (Prize) 22 | Solar Beam | Phenac Colosseum (Prize) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We'll start with the Phenac Colosseum. You'll have to fight a guy with an Azurill (40) and a Sentret (40) in the first round. Use regular attacks against Sentret and Electric against Azurill. It is a great chance to train a weak Pokémon. The guy from the second round, a roller boy, has Tentacool and Doduo, both at level 40. Electric attacks should work against them both. In the semi final awaits a trainer with a Psyduck and a Pineco, they're level 41. Psyduck is weak against electrical attacks. I took Pineco out with Surf. Mudkip, Cacnea and Zubat are the last trainers Pokémon. Mudkip is weak against electricity, Zubat is weak against Psychic and Cacnea against Fire. You'll get Rain Dance and a cash prize of almost 6,000 Poke Dollars. Enter the challenge again. In the first round, you'll have to battle Wingull and Igglybuff. They're at level 40. Use a Fighting move against Igglybuff and electric against Wingull. Round 2 is against a Snorunt and Tallow. Tallow is flying so he is weak against electric. Snorunt can be killed with a strong water attack like Surf. The Semi final is against an old lady with a Horsea and a Snubull. Use a Dark and an electric attack to finish this quickly. (Well, if you're using the Pokémon you defeated Gonzap with, even an attack like Surf could kill Horsea.) The last trainer uses Luvdisc, Hoothoot and Treecko. Treecko is weak against fire, Hoothoot against electricity and Luvdisc against regular attacks. You'll get another TM, Sunny Day and 8,000 Poke Dollars. After Sunny Day, you'll get Giga Drain and Solar Beam in that order. You already received Toxic earlier. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pyrite Colosseum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01 | Focus Punch | Pyrite Colosseum (Prize) 05 | Roar | Pyrite Colosseum (Prize) 07 | Hail | Pyrite Colosseum (Prize) 31 | Brick Break | Pyrite Colosseum (Prize) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The next stop is Pyrite Colosseum. You'll have to beat this challenge four times to get all the prizes. The four challenges are basically the same. I'll only describe the first challenge. Roller Boy Azal has a Linoone (51) and a Teddiursa (50). Linoone is weak against Triple Kick and similar moves. Thunder is a good move against Teddiursa. The second opponent is Trona; she also has two Pokémon namely Jigglypuff (51) and Delcatty (52). Fighting moves are effective against them both as is electricity. The third trainer owns a Doduo (52) and Furret (53). Use Electricity against Doduo and Fighting against Furret. His third and final Pokémon is a Loudred, he hates Fighting moves. The last trainer before the TM is Chaser Zime. He owns a Vigoroth (52), Combusken (55), Koffing (53), and Swellow (54). Use a Fighting attack against Vigoroth and attack Combusken with water. Koffing can't stand psychic and Swellow is weak against electricity. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Under Colosseum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 23 | Iron Tail | Under Colosseum (Prize) 30 | Shadow Ball | Under Colosseum (Prize) 36 | Sludge Bomb | Under Colosseum (Prize) 37 | Sandstorm | Under Colosseum (Prize) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Under has two Colosseums but lets start with the first one near the elevator. This one is again a step up from the last one but if you could beat Gonzap and Evice easily, you're not going to have problems. I'm only describing the first time here. The first trainer is Hunter Kurm. He has a Clamperl (55), Qwilfish (55), and a Lotad (56). Use electric attacks against the first two and a fire move against Lotad. The second trainer also has three Pokémon; he has Vigoroth (56), Seadra (56) and Sealeo (55). Use electricity against Seadra and Sealeo. A fighting Pokémon is effective against Vigoroth. In the semifinal, you'll face Azumarill (56), Pelipper (56), Noctowl (56), and Kirlia. Start by using Rain Dance and then kill them with electric attacks. He often uses Double Team so it might help hitting his Pokémon more. It is though enough when you miss because of the opponent's evasion without having to worry about Thunder's low accuracy. Only use a Dark move against Kirlia, the rest is weak against electricity. The final trainer for this bout has four Pokémon. They are Gorebyss (57), Vileplume (56), Kecleon (56) and Sharpedo (57). Attack Gorebyss and Sharpedo with Thunder and use fire against Vileplume. Use Rain Dance if Vileplume uses Sunny Day. Use a fighting move against Kecleon. That was the end of the first run-through. Repeat three times and you'll have the TMs. You'll get mail if you leave the building with a picture of Mirror B attached. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Deep Colosseum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02 | Dragon Claw | Deep Colosseum (Prize) 12 | Taunt | Deep Colosseum (Prize) 44 | Rest | Deep Colosseum (Prize) 48 | Skill Swap | Deep Colosseum (Prize) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll need the D-Disk to get to this Colosseum. You have to use the UFO after putting in the disk. Pick up the Steel Teeth that lay there and go back up to the Under. Use the F disk and go to the left. Talk to the person. He will give you the L disk. With that L Disk, you can pick up the Amulet Coin. You'll regularly send you mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first trainer has Tropius (61), Zangoose (60) and Nuzleaf (60). Use fire moves against Tropius and Nuzleaf, fighting moves are effective against Zangoose. The second trainer has Vigoroth (61), Typhlosion (61) and Hariyama (62). Typhlosion knows Earthquake. Vigoroth is weak against fighting, Hariyama and Typhlosion against Water. The third trainer has a Girafarig (62), Houndoom (62), Ledian (63) and Dodrio (62). The first two can be defeated by using Fighting moves. Ledian can be taken down with a Fire or Electric attack. Dodrio is weak against electricity. Mirror B still has his old Pokémon. He has three Ludicolo (68/68/69), Armaldo (69) and Exploud (67). Ludicolo is a combination of Water and Grass. Your best bet is to use Electrical Attacks against it. Fire attacks don't work well. Exploud is a Normal Pokémon so he is weak against Fighting. Armaldo is a Rock/Bug Pokémon, use Psychic against it. It is two times Super Effective. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the second turn, you'll start against a Sneasel, a Jumpluff, and an Electrode. Fighting moves are effective against Sneasel and Ground moves should kill Electrode fast. Use Fire against Jumpluff. The second trainer has Delibird (62), Marshtomp (61) and Walrein (61). Just keep your electric Pokémon alive to make this fight super easy. You'll encounter an Azumarill (62), Medicham (62), Linoone (63) and Natu (62). Natu is bad against Dark types. Azumarill is weak against electricity. Linoone should go down with fighting moves. Medicham is a combination of Fighting and Psychic. A Ghost Pokémon like Misdreavus is very effective against him. Fighting moves don't work against Ghost Pokémon and they're strong against Psychic. Dakim is the second Cipher Admin you have to beat. He has five Pokémon and he has lower levels than Mirror B. He has a Claydol (63), Flygon (64), Solrock (64), Swampert (65) and Houndoom (65). Claydol is weak against Water. Solrock can be hurt with Surf too but Dark moves are certainly effective too. Swampert is weak against electric types and Houndoom against fighting ones. To defeat Flygon you'll need an ice attack. I hope your Water Pokémon knows one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first trainer will have Machop, Machoke and Ursaring the third time. The first two are weak against Psychic Pokémon and Ursaring is a Normal Pokémon so you should use Fighting Pokémon. The second trainer has four Pokémon namely Graveler, Wigglytuff, Wailmer, and Donphan. Graveler is weak against Psychic Pokémon. Wigglytuff can be defeated with Fighting moves. Use Electricity to defeat Wailmer. Donphan is a ground Pokémon and is weak against Plant and Water Pokémon. Spinda (62), Delcatty (62) and Granbull (62) are the third trainers Pokémon. Spinda, Delcatty and Granbull are all weak against Fighting Pokémon. Venus is the next trainer. She uses Raichu (63), Dusclops (64), Blissey (65), Meganium (64) and Milotic (65). Milotic is a Water Pokémon and can be killed with Thunder. Raichu is weak against ground moves while Blissey is bad against Fighting Pokémon. Dusclops is weak against Dark Pokémon. Meganium can be killed with a single Flamethrower. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first trainer here only uses Plant and Bug Pokémon. Just keep your Fire Pokémon alive to beat this one. The second trainer is a bit more entertaining. Lairon is a Steel Pokémon so he is weak against Fire. Octillery and Lanturn are bad against grass attacks. Despite the fact Lanturn is part Water, he might get healed by them. Exploud is a Normal Pokémon so he is weak against Fighting. The third trainer has a Swellow, a Marshtomp, and a Crawdaunt. Two of them are level 62 and one is 63. They can be killed with electric attacks. Admin Ein is the last trainer here. He has five Pokémon. Manectric is bad against Fighting moves. Gyarados and Mantine are bad against electricity. Crobat and Rhydon are weak against Psychic Pokémon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first trainer in this bout has a Nincada (64), a Horsea (63) and a Shuppet (63). Fire and Psychic Pokémon can take down Nincada but which type you use depends on his second Pokémon because he has a Water Pokémon and a Ghost Pokémon. His Ghost Pokémon Shuppet is weak against Dark moves like Umbreon's Bite. Horsea will go down easily with an electric attack. The second trainer has four Pokémon. He has Kecleon (65), Misdreavus (64), Kadabra (64) and Seadra (65). Seadra is weak against electricity. Kecleon changes type so if you attack him with a Psychic move, you'll want to use Dark attacks the following turn. The other two can be defeated easily with Dark moves. Mawile (66), Murkrow (68), and Relicanth (67) are your opponents in the last semi-final. Use a Fire attack against the Steel Mawile. Relicanth is a Rock/Water type so you could use Grass or Psychic attacks. Murkrow is weak against electricity. ________________ | | If you caught all Shadow Pokémon you encountered up until | Shadow Pokémon | now, you'll catch your 47th Shadow Pokémon in this fight. | Shuckle | Shuckle is level 45 so he is way weaker than the other | | Pokémon in this fight. He is a Bug/Rock Pokémon so you can't | Level 45 | use Surf in this fight when he is out. He has five other |________________| Pokémon too. Those are Skarmory (66), Kingdra (70), Sableye (69), Girafarig (68) and Shedinja (68). As you can see, Deep King Agnes is the first opponent with a level 70 Pokémon. He is actually the only one with a level 70 Pokémon in the entire Story Mode. You can take down Shedinja with Rock/Ghost/Fire/Dark/Flying moves. Other moves won't work against him thanks to Wonderguard. Skarmory is weak against fire and Kingdra against electricity. Sableye can be taken down with Dark Attacks and you'll need a Fighting Pokémon against Girafarig. =============================================================================== 3.13- Catching the Shadow Pokémon [A313] =============================================================================== After finishing everything in the Team Snagem hideout, you only have to try to catch all Shadow Pokémon. You should purify all your Pokémon too and train them a bit so you can use them against your friends. Most trainers with Shadow Pokémon will be at the Team Snagem hideout but some others are still at their original location. Just go there and snag them. Purify them and train your Pokémon so that you have a team with six varied Pokémon with equal strength so that you can enter the Battle Mode version of Mt. Battle to get Ho-Oh. While walking around, you'll get mails until one tells you to watch the television set. ________________ | | After catching the first 47 Shadow Pokémon, only one | Shadow Pokémon | remains, the Almighty Togetic. Bring a lot of Nest Balls and | Togetic | Plusle or Remoraid if they are still at a low level. He has | | five other Pokémon and they are all level 68. He has Armaldo | Level 20 | Houndoom, Manectric, Gyarados and Milotic. Armaldo is a Rock |________________| and Bug Pokémon that is a double weakness against Psychic. Use a fighting Pokémon against Houndoom because he is dark. Manectric is an electric Pokémon so he is weak against Rock moves. Gyarados and Milotic are Water Pokémon. If you have time and your Pokémon are still strong, use Rain Dance first. That will make using Thunder easier. Congrats, you have defeated Shady Guy Wes. If you didn't manage to catch Togetic, you should leave the Outskirt Stand and come back, talk to the trainer there. It should still be Shady Guy Wes, otherwise, you'll have to reset. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You should also visit Justy to battle him. He'll give you Tm27 if you beat him. His Pokémon are around level 40 so you could have done this a lot earlier. He has Sandshrew, Gligar, Cacnea, Azurill, Sunflora, and Nosepass. Cacnea and Sunflora are killed easily by using Fire Pokémon. Sandshrew and Gligar are easily defeated with Psychic Pokémon. Use Water Pokémon against Nosepass and electric against Azurill. =============================================================================== 3.14- Mt. Battle 100 Trainer challenge [A314] =============================================================================== To complete this challenge you must go back to Mt. Battle. You have to fight against 100 trainers. Luckily, your Pokémon are healed between each match so you won't need to bring huge supplies of healing items. I suggest you bring about ten Hyper Potions and ten Revives. If you want to level up a certain Pokémon, Exp Share is very helpful. You can also level up your GBA Pokémon up here. Mt. Battle is a great place to level up your Pokémon, the first time I went through the game. I trained there after my battle with Dakim. My Pokémon were about level 40, against the time I reached Sokem, the last trainer. I had three level 65 and two level 55. The maximum level of Pokémon in this challenge is level 60. Sokem even uses six level 60s. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 1 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 20 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You start at Area 1. The first trainer is Cool Trainer Stum. He uses a Taillow (level 18) and Hoothoot (level 15). Electric attacks are very effective but if you use Pokémon from over level 30, you won't need to think about that. The second boy is named Cyus and uses a Sunkern (level 15) and a Hoppip (level 16). Those are plant Pokémon and can be taken out with Fire moves. Researcher Mort is your third opponent. He uses Igglybuff (level 17) and Electrike (level 17). Your best bet is to use Fighting Pokémon. Lady Auro has an Azurill (level 17) and Sentret (level 18). Azurill is weak against electric attacks and Sentret can be taken out by a Fighting move. Don't use Ghost Pokémon against him. The fifth trainer has a Togepi (level 18) and a Vulpix (level 18). The first one is weak against Fighting and the second against Water. Magikarp (level 18) and Zubat (level 17) are Lehan's Pokémon. Magikarp can be taken out with electricity and Zubat with Fire. Trainer Nevie uses Poochyena and Swinub. Use fighting Pokémon against them. Athlete Rino is number eight. She has a Wooper (level 18) and Trapinch (level 18). Fun Old Lady Anges has a Duskull (level 19) and a Ralts (level 20). Use Dark attacks against them. You have finally reached trainer number ten, Area Leader Vander and you'll soon find out, why he was trampled so easy by Dakim. He has five Pokémon: Zigzagzoon (level 18), Whismur (level 20), Skitty (level 19), Slakoth (level 19) and Jigglypuff (level 20). Dark and Fighting moves will work good against them all. Go inside, get your Coupons and save. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 2 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 25 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The second area starts with a Wynaut and a Pichu. Wynaut is weak against Dark Attacks and Pichu against Rock. That was the end of Fun Old Lady Gelvin and her level 20 Pokémon. Roller Boy Pabe has a Zubat (20), Whismur (21) and Grimer (21). Use Psychic moves against Zubat, Grimer and Whismur. That wasn't very challenging. Athlete Caden has only two Pokémon, Beldum and Barboach. Use Fire or Dark attacks against Beldum (21) and a nice Electric Attack against Barboach (22).Rich Boy Lond has a Lotad (21) and a Seedot (22). Use Fire Pokémon against him. Number fifteen has a Geodude (23) and Sandshrew (22). Just use Surf against them. You'll beat Albac with one attack. Lady Eloos uses Marill (22) and Jigglypuff (23). Use Thunder(bolt) against Marill and fighting moves against Jigglypuff. With Fun Old Man Metz you'll have reached opponent number seventeen. He has an Abra (23) and a Shuppet (23). Use Dark or Ghost moves against them. Researcher Roeck has a Mareep (23), Magnemite (24) and a Voltorb (23). Use Rock/Ground/Fighting type Pokémon against him. Teacher Vona has a Spheal and a Carvanha. The first one is level 24 and the second 25 and can be taken out with electric attacks. Even Area Leader Arth isn't a challenge. He uses five Pokémon and all five have Bug as their first/second type. Anorith has Rock has first type so you can take him out with Water as well. Surskit is a Bug/Water type so you might consider using Psychic Pokémon instead of a Fire Pokémon against Surskit and Anorith. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 3 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 30 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Guy Gris uses Wurmple (25) and his two evolutions: Silcoon and Cascoon. They are both useless so you won't have to worry about them. They're Bug Pokémon so Psychic and Fire Pokémon are good for this fight. Fun Old Lady Desla has two Kirlia, one is level 28 and another is 25. Use Dark Pokémon against them. Bodybuilder Eisen has three Pokémon. Aron (26) is weak against Fire moves because he is a steel Pokémon. Phanpy (26) is a ground type so use a Water Pokémon. Sandshrew (25) can't stand Water and Psychic. Cool Trainer Bedro has Wingull (26) and Bagon (26). Bagon is weak against Ice attacks and Wingull against electric. If you beat Grel, you will have beaten one fourth of the challenge. Grel uses Oddish (27) and Gulpin (26). Use a Psychic attack against Gulpin and a Fire attack against Oddish. Teacher Loden has a Larvitar and a Houndour. Use a Fighting Pokémon against Houndour. Larvitar has a double weakness against Water. Taryn uses Natu and Duskull. Natu (27) and Duskull (26) are both weak against Dark and Ghost attacks. Solek uses Machop (27), Slakoth (26) and Zigzagzoon (29). Defeat Machop with Psychic and the two others with Fighting moves. Athlete Wina has Geodude (28) and Mawile (29). Mawile is a Steel Pokémon so he is bad against fire moves. Geodude is weak against Water and Psychic. Renson is the third Area Leader. He uses five Water Pokémon. He has a Corphish (29), two Staryu, a level 26 and 29, Goldeen and Surskit who are both level 30. They're all weak against electric Pokémon. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 4 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 35 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Malla uses Togepi and Slakoth. Use Fighting Pokémon against them. Taillow and Doduo are both Flying Pokémon so they are weak against Electric Pokémon. The third trainer uses a Natu and a Corphish. The first is weak against Ghost and Dark Pokémon and Corphish is a Water Pokémon so he is bad against Electric Pokémon. Number 34 uses an Abra and a Clamperl. Use Dark or Ghost attacks against Abra and Electric attacks against Clamperl. Glasses Man Delot uses two electric Pokémon, Magnemite and Voltorb. They're weak against Rock moves. The Rich boy at place number 36 uses a Cacnea and a Shroomish, you should use Fire Pokémon. Gulpin (31) and Grimer (34) are your next opponents. Use Psychic attacks against them. Guy Rone uses Anorith (33), Volbeat (32), Illumise (32) and Pineco (33). They're all weak against Fire but you can use Psychic too, Illumise and Volbeat are weak against it. Anorith can be killed with Water, Fire and Psychic. Cool Trainer Neira uses Numel and Bagon. Numel is a level 33 Pokémon and is weak against Water. Bagon can be killed with Ice Attacks. The Area Leader uses Nosepass (34), Lileep (34), Barboach (34), Rhyhorn (35) and Phanpy (35). Barboach is bad against electric Pokémon. Rhyhorn, Phanpy and Nosepass are bad against Water and Psychic. Lileep is a Rock/Grass type so use Psychic attacks. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 5 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 40 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vogi uses a Pikachu (38) and a Chinchou (35). Pikachu is weak against Ground attacks and Chinchou against Grass attacks. Chinchou is an electric/water type Pokémon. Glasses Man Terl uses a Delcatty (36), Spinda (36) and a Vigoroth (37). They are all Normal Pokémon so Fighting moves are most effective. Sowa uses a Noctowl (36) and a Linoone (37). Linoone is weak against Fighting and Noctowl is a flying type, they can be killed easily with electric attacks. Number 44 uses Sableye (37) and Nuzleaf (37). Use Dark attacks against Sableye and Fire attacks against Nuzleaf. Magro uses Mawile (37), Corsola (37) and Graveler (38). Corsola is weak against Grass attacks, Mawile against fire and Graveler against Psychic/Grass. Toli uses a Koffing, a Grimer, Dustox and Gloom. The level 37 Dustox and level 38 Gloom are weak against fire. Koffing and Grimer can be killed with psychic attacks, they're both level 37. Natu (37), Kadabra (38) and Medicham (38) are Ropel's Pokémon. The first two can be defeated easily with Dark attacks. Medicham is weak against Psychic/Ghost attacks. Lady Vesey's Pokémon are all weak against Thunder. Lombre, Luvdisc and Tentacool are level 38 and Seadra is 39. Seadra can be defeated with ice attacks too. Teacher Kinson only has three Pokémon. He has a Sealeo, a Houndour and a Spinda. The last two are weak against Fighting Pokémon and Sealeo is bad against electrical attacks. The fifth area leader has five Pokémon. Beautifly and Masquerain are weak against fire and Psychic attacks. Swellow and Pelipper are weak against electrical attacks. Pelipper even has a double weakness against electricity. Golbat can be taken down with a single Psychic attack. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 6 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 45 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The first trainer in the second half of Mt. Battle is Teacher Leine. She has a Voltorb and a Magnemite who are both level 40. Chinchou is his third Pokémon, which is level 41. They are all weak against Ground attacks. Glasses Man Laton uses Cacnea and Aipom, which are 40 and 2 level 41's, Nosepass and Phanpy. Use a Fire Pokémon against Cacnea. Aipom is weak against fighting Pokémon. Phanpy and Nosepass are bad against Water Pokémon. The 53rd trainer has three Pokémon that are weak against Fire Pokémon. Lileep and Skiploom are level 41 and Ledian is one level stronger. The Cool trainer after him uses a Delibird, a Rhyhorn, and an Anorith. They are weak against Water. Roller Boy Daga has a Delcatty (41), Houndour (42), Staryu (42), and Vibrava (43). Delcatty and Houndour are weak against Fighting moves. Staryu is bad against electric Pokémon and Vibrava is mostly Ground so use Water attacks against him. Number 56 has a Beautifly and a Skiploom; they are weak against fire attacks. Teddiursa is level 42 and is bad against Fighting Pokémon. Clamperl can be taken down easily with an electric attack. Number 57 has two Pokémon pairs; he has two Goldeen and two Luvdisc. One part of the pair is 43, the other 44. Both Goldeen and Luvdisc are weak against electrical attacks. Trainer number 58 uses a Koffing (43), a Nosepass (43), a Nuzleaf (44), and a Mawile (44). Water attacks are effective against Nosepass. It is best to use Fire attacks against the three other Pokémon. Lady Illa uses Corsola who is a Water/Rock Pokémon so he is weak against Leaf attacks. Her three other Pokémon, Volbeat, Illumise and Roselia, are weak against fire. The sixth area leader is named Loko. He has five Pokémon. Two of them, Azumarill and Wigglytuff are level 44. Ariados, Wailmer, and Wobbuffet are level 45. Azumarill and Wailmer are Water types so they're weak against electricity. Wobbuffet is a Psychic type, use a Dark Pokémon. Wigglytuff is bad against Fighting and Ariados against Fire/Psychic. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 7 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 50 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The first guy only uses Bug Pokémon so just bring out a Fire and a Psychic Pokémon. They can defeat them easily. Yanma and Masquerain are level 44, Ledian 45 and his Ariados is the strongest at level 46. The guy after that also has an unbalanced team. All his Pokémon are weak against Water attacks. Lunatone and Solrock are also weak against Dark attacks. Researcher Mante uses Clamperl, Dustox, Magcargo, and Delibird. The first three are level 45 and the latter is 47. Delibird and Dustox are weak against fire attacks. Clamperl is bad against electricity and Magcargo is a Fire Pokémon so use a Water attack. Athlete Meton has a Ninjask and a Jumpluff who can be killed with a single Fire attack and they are both level 46. The level 45 Linoone is weak against Fighting and Dodrio against electricity. Number 65 has three Ghost Pokémon (Misdreavus, Banette and Sableye) who are all equally strong. Dark Attacks are incredible effective against them. Murkrow, her fourth Pokémon, is a Dark Pokémon so use electricity. Number 66 is a lady too. Her team is luckily more varied. Roselia and Bellossom are level 45 and are weak against Fire. Azumarill is bad against electric Pokémon like Flaaffy. Girafarig is bad against Fighting and Dark Pokémon. Cool trainer Fedra has Swellow, Vigoroth, Sneasel and Girafarig. Girafarig, Vigoroth and Sneasel are bad against Fighting Pokémon. Swellow is bad against electric Pokémon. The Glasses Man has two Pokémon that are weak against Dark attacks, Chimecho and Medicham. Sharpedo is level 48 and a Water type. Camerupt has a double weakness against Water. The 69th trainer has four Pokémon; Granbull, Pupitar, Mantine and Sealeo. Sealeo and Mantine are weak against electric Pokémon. Granbull is weak against Fighting Pokémon and Pupitar against Water. The seventh area leader has two level 48 Pokémon (Mawile and Machoke), two level 49 Pokémon (Dusclops and Quagsire) and a level 50 Altaria. Altaria is weak against Ice attacks, Mawile against Fire, Machoke against Psychic, Dusclops against Dark and Quagsire against Leaf attacks. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 8 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 55 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The first trainer has two Pokémon that are weak against fire attacks, Sunflora and Piloswine. His two other Pokémon are Wigglytuff and Noctowl, they're weak against Fighting Pokémon. The old man after him has a Seviper (49), Golbat (50), Swalot (50), and Kadabra (51). Kadabra is weak against Ghost and Dark Pokémon. Golbat, Swalot, and Seviper are bad against Psychic attacks. Trainer 73 uses a Grumpig which is weak against Dark attacks. Sneasel is bad against Fighting Pokémon. Gligar and Hitmontop are weak against Psychic attacks. Ribek, a researcher, has Masquerain, Mightyena, Stantler and Granbull. The last tree can be killed with Fighting attacks. Masquerain is weak against Fire attacks. Bodybuilder Vitalo has four Pokémon. Skarmory and Vileplume are weak against Fire attacks. Dusclops is a Ghost Pokémon so Umbreon's Bite can kill him. Lanturn is weak against Leaf attacks. Number 76 has a Glalie and a Breloom who are both weak against fire. Rhydon is weak against Psychic and Water. Swellow is weak against Electricity The Athlete at platform number 77 has a Metang, a Granbull, a Jumpluff and a Xatu. Dark attacks are effective against Metang and Xatu. Jumpluff and Metang are weak against Fire attacks. Granbull is bad against Fighting Pokémon. Number 78 has a Tropius, a Lairon, an Exploud, and an Absol. Fighting moves are good to beat Absol and Exploud. Fire is effective against Tropius and Absol. The Fun Old Lady has a Torkoal, Relicanth, Shiftry, and Noctowl. Noctowl and Relicanth are weak against electricity. Shiftry is bad against Fire Pokémon while the Fire Pokémon Torkoal is bad against Water types. The ninth area leader has three Pokémon that are bad against Psychic attacks: Hariyama, Weezing, and Golem. Cacturne's weakness is Fire and that of Starmie is electricity. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 9 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 60 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You only have to beat 20 trainers from here. Use Fighting Pokémon to kill Zangoose and Girafarig. Dodrio is easily defeated with an electric attack. You'll have to use Fire/Psychic or one of the other effective attacks against Ninjask. Not all attacks work against him thanks to Wonderguard. Number 82 has Breloom and Forretress who are bad against Fire attacks, Sharpedo is bad against electricity, and Camerupt is bad against Water attacks. The average level of his Pokémon is 55. The Glasses man has a Ghost Pokémon Banette so bring in Umbreon to use Bite. Magneton is weak against Ground attacks. Mantine and Whiscash are water Pokémon so they're weak against electric/leaf attacks. The Fun old Man after him has two electric Pokémon, Raichu, and Electrode. They can be killed quickly. Lombre is weak against Fire and Altaria against Ice. Number 85 only has Water Pokémon. You just have to make sure your electric Pokémon survives long enough. You might want to use Rain Dance to make Thunder hit all the time. His Pokémon are Octillery, Golduck, Huntail, and Crawdaunt. Lady Plistin has a balanced team. She has a plant Pokémon (Bellossom), a Water Pokémon (Gorebyss), an Electric Pokémon (Ampharos) and the Normal Miltank. The last two are weak against Fighting Pokémon and I'm sure you can figure out the first two yourself. Skarmory, Shiftry, Rhydon, and Xatu are your next victims. The first two are weak against Fire, Xatu against Dark and Rhydon against Water and Psychic. Number 88 uses four Pokémon. The level 57's, Weezing and Muk are weak against Psychic. The weakest of them, is Altaria. He is weak against Ice. Donphan is weak against Fighting Pokémon. Vonder's name might resemble that of Vander but his fighting style is different. He has two Pokémon that have a weakness against Water (Cradily and Ninetales) and two that are weak against Psychic (Heracross and Armaldo). The ninth area leader has a team that relies on Solar Beam with five Grass Type Pokémon. Tropius, Vileplume, Bellossom, and Shiftry can be killed quickly with Fire attacks. Ludicolo is Water/Grass so Fire won't work. Use Electricity instead. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AREA 10 - MAXIMUM LEVEL: 60 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you thought the last area was difficult, you'll be in for a surprise. This one is even harder. The weakest Pokémon in this Area is a level 58, there are four level 59s and the other forty Pokémon are level 60. You start out against Fun Old Man Tando. He has Golem (58), Relicanth (59), Sandslash (60) and Cacturne (60). Use Psychic Pokémon against the first three and use a Fire attack against Cacturne. Fun Old Lady Panne has Golbat (59), Swalot (59), Muk (60) and Tentacruel (60). Use Electric moves against Tentacruel and Psychic against the other ones. The 93rd opponent is Rich Boy Quint. He has the last not-level 60, namely Grumpig. He also has Kadabra, Metang and Lunatone. Dark moves are effective against all of them but you can also use Surf against the last two. Lady Kowly, number 94, is dangerous. Castform will start with Sunny Day and change into a Fire Type. That isn't the bad part though. It will power up your fire moves up as well but Vileplume, Bellossom and Sunflora all know Solar Beam and they don't need to charge it with Sunny Day. Get out your Fire Pokémon to kill them but you should have a Pokémon out to take the hits for that Fire Pokémon. If possible, you could use a Pokémon that knows moves like Rain Dance to stop Sunny Day. Number 95 likes to use Water Pokémon. I hope you brought along an electric Pokémon like Ampharos or Raikou. Let a Pokémon use Rain Dance and start using Thunder on Mantine, Seaking, Huntail and Gorebyss. The last two are evolutions of Clamperl. Athlete Raus has a more diverse team. She has an Electrode that usually comes out with Misdreavus. Use all your force against Misdreavus in that case. Use Dark attacks or Ghost attacks if you have your own Misdreavus with you. If you can take him out before Electrode has the chance to explode, he'll hurt Ninetales or Camerupt too. They're weak against Fire too. Cool trainer Trilo has the three Gold/Silver starters in their ultimate form. He has a Feraligatr, a Typhlosion and an Meganium. He also has an Ampharos and a Breloom. You'll need to watch out who you send out. They can easily be killed by using Pokémon against which they are weak. Breloom and Meganium can be killed with a Fire Pokémon but you can't bring him out if Feraligatr is still alive. You'll need to kill that one first with an electric Pokémon. Watch out for Ampharos if you're going after Typhlosion with a Water Pokémon. You'll need to kill Ampharos first with a Rock Pokémon. Lomen also has three starters, the Ruby/Sapphire ones. He has an Altaria and a Glalie next to Blaziken, Sceptile and Swampert. You'll need to watch out like during the last fight. Only now, your Fire Pokémon can be killed by two Pokémon (Glalie and Swampert). Ice and Rock moves are most effective against Altaria. Teacher 99 is a hard trainer. He has five level 60's: Crawdaunt, Magneton, Shedinja, Heracross and Gardevoir. Crawdaunt can be easily taken down with an electric move. He is a Dark/Water Type. Magneton is electric so you should use Rock moves against him. Shedinja is a Bug/Ghost type so use Fire moves against him. People might think Psychic moves are effective but they aren't. Heracross can be taken down with a Fire move and Gardevoir with Dark moves. Go up the stairs and go to the right. Open the treasure chest and get the Time Flute. Go to the middle of the arena and battle Mount Battle Master Somek. He has Pinsir, Claydol, Crobat, Gligar, Flygon and Gyarados. Here comes the good news, they all know Earthquake. The bad news is that they can float so they don't get hit by the move. Take out Pinsir with a Fire move and Gyarados with an electrical attack. Crobat and Gligar can be taken out with Psychic. For Flygon and Claydol, you'll want to use Surf. If you have a trained Mantine or a Misdreavus, you should have one of them out at all times. They won't get hit by Earthquake. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 4- Shadow Pokémon [A400] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =============================================================================== 4.1- What is a Shadow Pokémon? [A401] =============================================================================== Shadow Pokémon are genetically enhanced Pokémon. The gate to their heart was closed and they were turned into mean fighting machines. You'll have to purify them so that they'll become normal again. Rui will point out which Pokémon is a Shadow Pokémon but you can notice it quickly too. They usually have a higher or lower level than their companions. You can't do many things with Shadow Pokémon. You can't change the order of their moves, you can't transfer them to Ruby or Sapphire and they only get their experience points back when you purify them. =============================================================================== 4.2- Shadow Pokémon locations [A402] =============================================================================== These Shadow Pokémon are sorted on the order in which you encounter them. I'll list the second location too if I know it. You'll have multiple chances for multiple Pokémon but if you catch them immediately, you'll be certain that you'll get Ho-Oh at the end of the game. >> Makuhita >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Makuhita is a level 30 Shadow Pokémon. It is a Fighting type Pokémon and it is the first Shadow Pokémon you encounter. It is owned by Mirror B. Peon Trudly. You can catch it in Phenac City. If you fail to catch it there, you'll have to go to the Mayor's House after beating the game. >> Bayleef >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bayleef is one of the three Gold/Silver starters you can get in this game. Bayleef is owned by the green trainer Verde. You first find him in Phenac City. If you fail to catch him there, you can fight him again at the Realgam Colosseum but you only get once chance. If you catch Quilava in Phenac City, you will find him in the Team Snagem Hideout. If you pick Croconaw, you'll find Bayleef in the Shadow Pokémon Lab after beating the game. >> Quilava >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quilava is one of the three Gold/Silver starters you can get in this game. Quilava is owned by the green trainer Rosso. You first find him in Phenac City. If you fail to catch him there, you can fight him again at the Realgam Colosseum but you only get once chance. If you catch Croconaw in Phenac City, you will find him in the Team Snagem Hideout. If you pick Bayleef, you'll find Quilava in the Shadow Pokémon Lab after beating the game. >> Croconaw >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Croconaw is one of the three Gold/Silver starters you can get in this game. Croconaw is owned by the green trainer Bluno. You first find him in Phenac City. If you fail to catch him there, you can fight him again at the Realgam Colosseum but you only get once chance. If you catch Bayleef in Phenac City, you will find him in the Team Snagem Hideout. If you pick Quilava, you'll find Bayleef in the Shadow Pokémon Lab after beating the game. >> Furret >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Furret is property of Rogue Cail in Pyrite Town. You'll have multiple chances to catch him because he remains at the entrance of Pyrite. He is level 33. >> Misdreavus >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Misdreavus can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 30. He is property of Rider Vant and will always remain in Pyrite Town. >> Noctowl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Noctowl can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 30. He is property of Rider Nover and will always remain in Pyrite Town. >> Flaafy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Flaafy can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 30. He is property of Street Performer Diogo and will always remain in Pyrite Town. >> Skiploom >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skiploom can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 30. He is property of Rider Leba and will always remain in Pyrite Town. >> Quagsire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quagsire can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 30. He is property of Bandana Guy Divel and will always remain in Pyrite Town. >> Slugma >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slugma can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 30. He is property of Rollerboy Lon and will always remain in Pyrite Town. >> Yanma >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yanma can be found in Pyrite Town and is level 33. He is property of Cipher Peon Nore and will always remain in Pyrite Town or move to Team Snagem Hideout. >> Remoraid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remoraid is a weak Shadow Pokémon, he is only level 20 and you can find him at the top of the Cipher Hideout in Pyrite Town. He is owned by Mirror B Peon Reath. You can find him again at the place where you fought Mirror B. >> Mantine >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mantine is a level 33 Pokémon and you can find him at the top of the Cipher Hideout in Pyrite Town. He is owned by Mirror B Peon Ferma. You can find him again