I have been using the Elite Four to train my Pokemon while running through Kanto. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of defeating Blue in Viridian City without leveling up my Pokemon enough, so now the upgraded version of the Elite Four is very difficult (All their Pokemon are lvl 60-70). Where is a good place to train in order to quickly level up my Pokemon, which are around the mid to low 50s?
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If you have a Sinnoh game from the 4th generation, the best method is actually to trade them to that game and train them up on the wild pokemon in the Battle Zone (the island containing the battle frontier), especially Route 227 and Stark Mountain. The highest level wild Pokemon in the Johto remakes are the level 45-50 Pokemon in Mt. Silver and the lowest floor or Cerulean Cave. If you don't have any Sinnoh games, your best option is to keep doing rematches with trainers, which can be found by the exclamation marks next to route names on your Pokegear map (some of those trainers just want to give you items, but most are rematches). or just keep attempting the Elite Four, even if you don't succeed (though this may drastically lower your Pokemon's happiness because of the repeated fainting). Another option is to do Gym Leader rematches in the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City, but this is slow because you can only fight certain Gym Leaders each day, and you need to collect their phone numbers beforehand. A guide to getting the Gym Leader's phone numbers is available on Bulbapedia.After you get their phone number, call them at the correct time, and they will show up in the Fighting Dojo. Their Pokemon are levelled up significantly. Most of the Gym leaders are in the 50-60 range, but some (Blue) go up to level 70. |
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Usually late in the game, trainers like School Kid Chad and Youngster Joey have tougher pokemon. Its better to fight them as if they have a level 50 you could get over 1000 XP. Though i have VERY tough pokemon (2 level 100s) and if you have over level 60 you might as well travel. If you think your training is bad, breed pokemon. You can have something crazy like 11 charizards and 65 Croconaws via breeding. |
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Just a tip for fast leveling. As been told already, rebattle the gym leaders. But instead of waiting for the right moment to call 'em, you can just change your Timeset on the DS menu. this allows you to arrange a rematch whenever you want! I did this for a while, I battled with erika over and over to train my lugia and Ninetales! Great way, just call the right gym leader for you kill quick and efficient. |
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The thing I do is trade over a level 100 from a previous game to the new game, get an exp share and put it on the the Pokemon (or Pokemons) you want to level up. Go through the elite four or just battle randomly. That should level up your Pokemon well! |
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One option is to battle wild Pokemon in Mt. Silver. You'll encounter Pokemon from levels 40 - 50 there. Another option is re-battling Gym Leaders. Serebii has a page detailing how to obtain their phone numbers, and what Pokemon they have. I find this the most efficient way because during the timeframe that you can rematch them, you can battle them as many times as you want. Call them, battle them, leave the dojo, and repeat. As you are battling a trainer, you get 1.5x the experience you would obtain from battling a wild Pokemon of the same species + level. If you don't care about your Pokemon's happiness, and have a Sinnoh game, you can trade them over and fight wild Pokemon there (I would suggest Stark Mountain). Trading over a Pokemon to another game will reset it's happiness, but they will gain 1.5x the experience they would in their native game. |
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Wild Pokemon in the Mt. Silver area are all levels 40-50. I've trained there for a bit, until ultimately you'll need to re-battle other trainers. |
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