Just git gud. Being excessively overleveled isn't a bad thing, but if you're still having issues with certain opponents; perhaps it's better to look at your team itself instead of just their levels.
- First, are they sufficiently healed before engaging the battles? Make sure to stock up on a couple of potions, revives and the likes, so that you're able to use all your Pokemon to their fullest extend even at the later stages of these gauntlet style challenges.
- Do you have a balanced team? Some Pokemon, like Chansey and Blissey, can be tricky to deal with. Sometimes type matchups can be helpful, but at other times simply using (in this case) a physical attacker is the best option. So be sure to fill your team with a varied assortment of Pokemon that, with their combined efforts, can tackle any challenge that comes their way.
- Have you looked at your Pokemon's moves at all? Sometimes your Pokemon might be strong, but it's the moves that hold them back. A common example of this is Gyarados with Hydro Pump. It's not as if Hydro Pump is a bad move, but it's not nearly as strong on Gyarados, as people often prefer to make use of his physical prowess.
Of course, this won't help you as much as Lob's 'How-to manual for the Elite 4', but sometimes you don't know what life's going to throw at you, and more often than not you're in no position to over prepare for whatever lies on the road ahead. As you'll come to understand soon enough; having the luxury to overlevel isn't always an option, so to become a Champion, or conquer various other trials and tribulations; you'll need to get the most out of what you have.
Some may say that being crowned a Champion is the ultimate glory you can achieve, but in PWO, and in life itself, it's merely a starting point on which you can build your own legacy.
Keep improving, keep enjoying, keep playing.
let me start off by saying that i loved the way you put the last part of your response: its a very positive way to look at things, both in the game AND life.
so ever since i started playing pokemon (over 20 years ago) my main strat for facing the elite 4 for the first time has been "put them to sleep, then destroy them". never once have i had to try more than 3 times to beat them. now i do realize that this is a different game, but it seems that moves that put your opponent to sleep in PWO have a massively decreased chance of hitting, making them next to useless. i havent been recording any data this time around, but i would guess the chances of it hitting are around 25-35%, so that was a huge irritation when i finally reached them. cant lean on that strat anymore.
after i saw the first 3 opponents pokemon i was up against, i left and went south of indigo town, where i trained all my pokemon up to lvl 75 (they were all lvl 57-64) over the coarse of 3 days, because i figured i could use a combination of sleep and brute force. nope. the only fighting type move ive been able to get is rock smash :/ which we all know is basically the weakest fighting type move. since theres no random items you can pick up throughout the game (full heals, tms, etc., which was a huge part of building my pokemons' movesets) i was forced to use whatever moves my pokemon learn while they lvl. i do realize that you can (somehow?) teach your pokemon moves using the pkmn daycare person, but ive had zero luck trying to transfer any moves whatsoever, let alone any that would help. to me, this makes it seem like im being forced to use a fighting type, which i have never liked to do. i say "forced" because the only proper way to defeat blissey is within the first 3 turns, else it becomes too difficult to hit, and heals itself constantly (minimize, softboiled), which makes you end up sitting there for 40 mins while it uses up all of its PP, so youre forced to either A) go out and catch/lvl a fighting type, or B) lvl all your pkmn to max (i guess?) and pray. I should also point out that i dont like using many items during the elite 4 (usually only a full revive once or twice, a few full restores, and a handful of hyper pots and full heals), because i dont believe it should be necessary to completely lean on items to make it through, and by the looks of things im going to have to spend around 100k Pd just to beat them :/
you should be able to conquer your first battles with the elite 4 with almost any team the first time you battle them imo, but its really starting to seem like, because were so limited in PWO, were forced to have certain pokemon to beat the elite 4, which would be fine if it was after getting all 16 badges and fighting their higher lvled versions (if thats the way PWO does it), because then its basically the last thing you do.
heres my current team and their respective moves:
pidgeot (lvl78) - twister, fly, hurricane, roost
golem (lvl75) - heavy slam, earthquake, smack down, rock smash
gengar (lvl75) - dark pulse, shadow ball, hypnosis, dream eater
alakazam (lvl75) - psychic, recover, psybeam, role play
gyarados (lvl75) - bite, ice fang, dragon rage, hydro pump
venusaur (lvl75) - strength, razor leaf, solar beam, sleep powder
im thinking at this point im just going to switch out my venusaur for a machop and lvl my team up to 100 and spend 100k Pd on items just to beat them. i really dont want to spend the next few weeks grinding, but if theres an easier way, i would love a simple explanation on how to do so (preferably with the team i have).
