Where is the elite four on DP?

Answer 1

With all eight badges now in your possession, it's time for the endgame. Don't worry, of course-there is a lot more game after we win the Pokemon championship. But for now, we have to take down the most powerful group of trainers, by far, that we've encountered in the game. You'll need to be ready for this trip to the top, and it all starts with the traversing of Route 223, which can be accessed from the northern shores of Sunyshore City. Thankfully, if you're following our walkthrough, you would have just defeated the gym leader of that very locale, so you'll be in good shape to continue. Heal your Pokemon, with party emphasis on powerful Pokemon who can deal with Water-types (and a Pokemon that can use the TM for Surf), and then surf upon Route 223 from the beach at the north end of town. Be absolutely certain to talk to the girl there and acquire HM07 - you'll need it before long. Surf northward. If you haven't yet noticed, Route 223 is almost entirely made up of water that must be surfed upon (though there are shallow areas that permit walking here and there). Surf northward and you'll run into the first trainer resistance of the route. Swimmer Miranda and her lone level forty-three Lumineon will likely be your first engagement, but expect to fight Swimmers Aubree and Oscare thereafter. Stay on the left side of the water, working your way through the rocks you come across, in order to grab TM18from the shallows you encounter. Then, backtrack and continue northward through the primary route. Pokemon Trainers to Fight Trainer Name Pokemon (w/ LV.) MoneyEXP Sailor Zachariah Pelipper (LV. 38) / Gastrodon (LV. 44) / Machoke (LV. 38) $1,408 4,180 Swimmer Aubree Azurill (LV. 41) / Azumarill (LV. 41) $656 1,633 Swimmer Cassandra Finneon (LV. 41) / Pelipper (LV. 41) $656 2,228 Swimmer Colton & Swimmer Paige Wingull (LV. 37) / Marill (LV. 39) / Golduck (LV. 41) / Quagsire (LV. 42) / Wingull (LV. 40) / Pelipper (LV. 41) $1,312 5,732 Swimmer Crystal Wingull (LV. 41) / Seaking (LV. 41) $656 2,050 Swimmer Gabrielle Golduck (LV. 43) $688 1,602 Swimmer Miranda Lumineon (LV. 43) $688 1,437 Swimmer Oscar Mantyke (LV. 38) / Remoraid (LV. 40) / Mantine (LV. 42) $672 3,058 Swimmer Ricardo Tentacruel (LV. 43) $688 1,886 Swimmer Troy Gyarados (LV. 43) $656 1,968 Swimmer Wesley Buizel (LV. 41) / Tentacruel (LV. 41) $656 2,456 Not surprisingly, it's straight-shooting from here. You'll only fight three varieties of wild Pokemon (Mantykes, Pelippers and Tentacruel, the latter in high volumes) and will have to deal with trainers that deal in primarily, but not exclusively, Water-type Pokemon. You can also find some items as you go. When you reach some shallows that stretch across the route with a large rock formation in the middle, work your way around on the right side to find a Pearl (you'll need to backtrack around to the left to jump back in the water and continue northward). Then, simply battle more trainers as you head north to a waterfall. Your path seems blocked... but, remember the girl we met back on shore who handed over HM07? Well, that HM holds the skill "Waterfall" that must be taught to a Pokemon. Then, simply use it to scale the waterfall, reaching your next destination on the other side. Use the Pokemon Center there to heal your Pokemon, making any changes you may feel necessary (as there are lots of Rock-based Pokemon coming up, for instance). Then, save your game and run into the nearby cave. Entering the cave will bring you to Victory Road, the final dungeon-like area of the game before you take on the best trainers in the world at the Pokemon League, which is just on the other side of the cave. However, the cave is vast, and depending on the strength of your party, you may be hard-pressed to get through it in one push (with all of the trainers in the area, and all). If you feel like you might be too weak, bring healing items and Escape Ropes with you, that way your party is never in any real danger outside of battle. As far as Pokemon you should expect to fight in the wild here, they're all of standard fare-nothing new here. As we mentioned earlier, there are a couple of Rock-types here (Onix and Graveler), as well as a Psychic-type (Medicham), a Water-type (Floatzel), a Flying-type (Golbat), a Fighting-type (Machoke), and an annoying Steel-type (Steelix). You should have run into all of these Pokemon at least once in the past (and for all but the Steelix, many times) so you should know what to do with them. There are also a plethora of items on Victory Road, and a load of trainers too!... just look at that list! Well, on with the walkthrough! (Just as a friendly reminder, make sure you have Pokemon with you that, all together, know all of your HMs (minus any optional ones, like Defog, which is useless here). As you begin, head north over the wooden bridge. On the other side, use Rock Climb to climb downward to the area below. Head to your left once down here to fight the first trainer in the area-Psychic Bryce and his three Pokemon-and then go north from him to get TM41, which will teach a Pokemon the skill Torment. Then, head to the right, past where we came down here. Search the far rock to find an Ultra Ball. Then, use Rock Climb to climb back up to the main area above, and then head eastward along the next bridge. Pokemon Trainers to Fight Trainer NamePokemon (w/ LV.) Money EXP Ace Trainer Henry Honchkrow (LV. 49) $2,940 1,963 Ace Trainer Mariah Golduck (LV. 46) / Blissey (LV. 48) $2,880 4,336 Ace Trainer Omar Rapidash (LV. 45) / Carnivine (LV. 45) / Rampardos (LV. 48) $2,880 5,477 Ace Trainer Sydney Clefable (LV. 46) / Torterra (LV. 48) $2,880 3,409 Bird Keeper Hannah Noctowl (LV. 46) / Staraptor (LV. 48) $536 3,362 Black Belt Miles Machamp (LV. 49) $1,176 2,026 Double Team Al & Kay Staraptor (LV. 47) / Whiscash (LV. 47) $11,280 3,360 Double Team Jo & Pat Gyarados (LV. 47) / Medicham (LV. 47) $11,280 3,692 Dragon Tamer Clinton 2x Gible (LV. 46) / Gyarados (LV. 49) $1,472 3,567 Dragon Tamer Ondrej Gabite (LV.49) $1,568 1,512 Psychic Bryce Haunter (LV. 43) / Gengar (LV. 46) / Alakazam (LV. 46) $1,472 4,864 Psychic Valencia Chingling (LV. 44) / Chimecho (LV. 48) $1,536 2,109 Veteran Clayton Staraptor (LV. 47) / Hippowdon (LV. 47) $3,760 3,059 Veteran Edgar Tentacruel (LV. 45) / Golem (LV. 45) / Empoleon (LV. 48) $3,840 5,830 On this platform, take the stairs downward and circle around to battle another Trainer (Bird Keeper Hannah and her Noctowl-Staraptor combo). When her Pokemon are felled, cross the bridge to the north to grab the Full Heal sitting there, and then backtrack to the staircase, climb them, and go north over another bridge. Use Rock Climb to climb back down to the area below yet again. Then, carefully traverse the path heading left (making sure to not jump down to areas below that will cut you off from your route and force you to backtrack and do it all over again). When you reach a staircase on the far left end of this room, go up the stairs. After climbing the stairs, head north to battle another trainer, and then go north all the way to find a Max Elixir. Then, use the stairs to your left to climb up once more, and go through the door. This will lead you to another part of the cave. Here, you will need to use Rock Smash and Strength, so be ready with both of those. Start by smashing and pushing your way leftward. You'll need to utilize your Bicycle at this point to jump over the obstacles using the ramp given. Then, turn around, head right, and do the same thing. This will eventually lead a path northward and westward to a Max Ether. After adding that to your inventory, backtrack towards the entrance to this room, and this time, go south. Use Strength to push your way southward, and then circle around to fight Ace Trainer Omar, and his trio of Pokemon. After Omar's Pokemon are slain, look at the rocks to your south that you need to use Strength on. Think carefully about how to do this-if you do it wrong, and the rocks are pushed out of place, you'll need to head to the previous area and back again to reset their positions. What you need to do here is push the rock on the left down once, then circle around to the breakable rock below. Smash it, then push the same rock you just pushed down back up, and work your way through to the left. Push your way through yet again and fight a couple of more trainers. The area where you fight the second trainer (Veteran Clayton), go down the stairs nearby and then come back up. This will reset the rocks below so you can re-push them (just push the middle one down), giving you access to the secret area to your right. What does the secret area to your right hold? Well, other than some minor treasures, there are also some powerful trainers that will undoubtedly want a piece of you posthaste (they'll fight you simultaneously). If you haven't yet noticed, you'll again need to break your Bicycle out to get through this area with any success. But when you do successfully accomplish the tedious Bicycle-related task, your rewards, you will find, will be well worth it. At the north end of the room, TM71 can be found, while on the left side, you can grab a Full Restore. With both of those in hand, you can then backtrack to the next area via the staircase by the aforementioned Veteran Clayton. This dreary part of the cave is full of stagnant water that will necessitate your use of both Surf and Waterfall. No problem there, right? You may find problems, however, with the trainers in the area. Black Belt Miles is equipped with a lone, powerful level forty-nine Machamp, while others, like Dragon Trainer Ondrej, will come at you with a lone level forty-nine Gabite. In all, there are four trainers to deal with in the area. You'll need to do a fair amount of rudimentary exploration in the room to find them all, but it shouldn't prove to be that difficult. You'll also find TM59if you search hard enough. A hint-it's on dry land. Another feature of the watery room you may have noticed is that there are two ways out, other than where you came in (meaning, in other words, that there are three doors in and out). First take the door on the south end of the room by walking up some stairs and accessing the corridor heading leftward beyond it. Through that door, you will find yourself in a little nook of the initial area of Victory Road. You'll be able to find some all-valuable Rare Candy there, as well as a Max Revive if you search the nearby rock. Then, use the other (third) door out of the previous room to access another part of the primary room of Victory Road (be sure to search the rock near the door to the next area for a Big Mushroom). From here, it's relatively smooth sailing. There's only a couple of trainers remaining, and more items to grab. Begin by heading leftward down the corridor you find yourself on, taking out Veteran Edgar's three Pokemon en route. Then, swing south to find the Razor Claw once at the end of the leftward-headed pathway. Back near Veteran Edgar's position, head south. Go left and climb up the rockface with Rock Climb, and then head left over the bridge and through another door. This will lead you to another previous area of the cave, where another isolated item in TM79 can be found. Then, backtrack all the way to where you last used Rock Climb, and climb back down to the main area. Behind Veteran Edgar is a staircase. Take that up and then go right over the bridge that goes over the area below (a place where you can walk). You won't be able to proceed through the door there (the person guarding it simply won't allow it), but you will be able to acquire some Zinc clearly sitting on the ground nearby. Now, we're ready to leave! Head back down and under the bridge, and this time head right. Use Rock Climb to reach the area above, and fight the final trainer of the area-Dragon Tamer Clinton. After taking him on, you can simply head north and then west out of the cave. Congratulations! You've reached the Pokemon League building! Let's beat the game now!