End Game

End Game

A good strategy for these last few battles is to sacrifice weaker Pokemon on your team and have them be the Healers so to speak. Like when I fight Red's Charizard I need my Ampharos for Electric type moves. But he's already injured. I instead bring in someone like Onix and use his turn to Full Recover Ampharos so when he comes in he's at full strength and can get it done. Do not be afraid to use Full Recovers like they are going out of style. You can win this battle through attrition if you have more recovery items then your opponents. You should have at least one SacredAsh, if not two. This is a good time to have a weak Pokemon hold onto it so if it's get bad you have a free 'Get Out of Jail' card at the ready. Just bring a lot of Full Recoverys and Revives and hopefully you've saved up a Max Revive or two from your travels.

Head to Professor Elm's Lab in Pallet Town and he'll give you TM 08 which is Rock Climb. It will allow you to get to some previously unreachable areas in the game. He'll also unlock Mt. Silver for the Final Showdown. Another option is to go to the Pokemon League where everyone has been upgraded and this is a good move to make a lot of EXP for end game stuff. The last battle will include Pokemon in the 80s so you're going to need to level up quite a bit. You can also go to Mt. Moon to for a final showdown with your Rival.

Mt. Moon

Head East from Pewter City on Route 3 to Mt. Moon.

BATTLE: Rival
lvl 46 Sneasel, lvl 50 Feraligatr, lvl 48 Alakazam, lvl 46 Magneton, lvl 48 Gengar & lvl 47 Golbat vs lvl 69 Typhlosion, lvl 61 Ampharos & lvl 58 Lugia

End Game - Mt Moon

Elite 4 Take Two

You can redo the Final 4 now with much higher levels and 6 Pokemon each. This is great for the money and experience but has no further game advancing need. Once you beat them it will go to the credits yet again.

BATTLE: Will
lvl 58 Bronzong, lvl 59 Grumpig, lvl 60 Jynx, lvl 60 Slowbro, lvl 61 Gardevoir & lvl 62 Xatu

BATTLE: Koga
lvl 61 Skuntank, lvl 60 Toxicroak, lvl 64 Crobat, lvl 62 Swalot, lvl 63 Venomoth & lvl 62 Muk

BATTLE: Bruno
lvl 62 Hitmontop, lvl 62 Hariyama, lvl 64 Machamp, lvl 64 Lucario, lvl 61 Hitmonlee & lvl 61 Hitmonchan

BATTLE: Karen
lvl 62 Weavile, lvl 62 Spirtomb, lvl 64 Honchkrow, lvl 64 Umbreon, lvl 63 Houndoom & lvl 62 Absol

BATTLE: Lance
lvl 72 Salamence, lvl 68 Gyrados, lvl 72 Garchomp, lvl 75 Dragonite, lvl 68 Charizard, lvl 73 Altaria

MY TEAM:
Lvl 80 Typhlosion, lvl 71 Ampharos, lvl 64 Dragonite, lvl 73 Lugia & lvl 58 Articuno

End Game - Elite 4 Part 2

End Game - Lance

Mt. Silver

When you feel you are ready, (IE Pokemon that are around lvl 80), you can head left out of Victory Road to get to Mt. Silver. You will need Surf, Rock Climb, and Waterfall to get to the final showdown. From the Mt. Silver entrance take the right Rock Climb path. Head outside and work your way up and around to the back bottom cave. Back inside simply continue on the path taking the wide stairs up and going back outside. Keep going up stairs as you come to them, if you make a wrong turn it's only going to take you to an item so it's up to you how long you want this area to last. There are a LOT of turns. When you are back out in the snow head around the right side and enter the last of the 2 caves. Once back on the snow again head inside the cave INSTEAD of up the Rock Climb. Then back outside and take the middle of the 3 Rock Climbs and then it's on the to the final battle!

BATTLE: Red
lvl 88 Pikachu, lvl 84 Blastoise, lvl 84 Venusaur, lvl 84 Charizard, lvl 80 Lapras & lvl 82 Snorlax

End Game - Mt Silver Showdown

More Starters

After beating Red you can go to Professor Oak's lab in Pallet town to get a new starter and also the large building in Saffron City. Getting the one from Oak is needed if you want to catch Groudon.