All eight badges are shining in your case: the Pokémon League awaits. But the road to the Indigo Plateau is one last ordeal. Blue blocks Route 22 one final time, guards check your badges, and Victory Road, a labyrinthine cave, hides one of the legendary birds.

Objective
Reach the Indigo Plateau
Battle
Blue (Lv. 45 to 53)
Required moves
Surf and Strength
Legendary Pokémon
Moltres (Lv. 50)

⚔️Blue on Route 22

From Viridian City, take Route 22 west. Blue is waiting for you there, also on his way to the League, with a full team of six Pokémon.

Blue
Rival

Blue

📍 Route 22

💰 3,445 ₽

  1. PidgeotNo. 47NormalFlying
    • Wing Attack
    • Agility
    • Quick Attack
    • Whirlwind
  2. AlakazamNo. 50Psychic
    • Psychic
    • Reflect
    • Psybeam
    • Recover
  3. RhyhornNo. 45GroundRock
    • Fury Attack
    • Stomp
    • Horn Attack
    • Tail Whip
  4. ExeggcuteNo. 45GrassPsychic
    • Poison Powder
    • Solar Beam
    • Leech Seed
    • Growth
  5. GyaradosNo. 47WaterFlying
    • Hydro Pump
    • Bite
    • Dragon Rage
    • Leer
  6. CharizardNo. 53Fire
    • Leer
    • Flamethrower
    • Slash
    • Rage
Our strategy

Alakazam is the most dangerous: target it first with a powerful physical attack. Rhyhorn fears Water and Grass, Gyarados fears Electric. His starter, at level 53, deserves your best Pokémon: one that has the type advantage over it.

🎖️Route 23 and the badge checks

After the Route 22 gatehouse, Route 23 heads north. Guards check your badges one by one: show them and walk through the barriers. The route alternates between dry land and water: you’ll need to surf several times.

Route 23

Map
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Wild Pokémon
Tall grass
Old Rod fishing
Good Rod fishing
Super Rod fishing
Items
  • Max EtherHidden on the island after the Soul Badge checkpoint, requires Surf.
  • Ultra BallHidden on a tree in the far east, after the Marsh Badge checkpoint.
  • Full RestoreHidden on the rock at the top right, north of the Volcano Badge checkpoint.

🪨Victory Road

Victory Road is a three-level cave full of high-level Trainers (Cooltrainers, Black Belts, Jugglers…) and big boulders. To open the passages, push the boulders with Strength onto the switches in the floor: a barrier lowers each time. Take the time to battle everyone: your Pokémon will gain precious levels before the League.

🗺️ 1F
🗺️ 2F, with Moltres
🗺️ 3F and exit

🔥Moltres

  • MoltresFireFlying

    Fire and Flying, level 50. It is on 2F, near a boulder. It is the easiest of the three legendary birds to catch.

Save before approaching it. A Water- or Rock-type Pokémon weakens it safely, then throw Ultra Balls (not the Master Ball). Moltres knows Fire Spin, which traps and burns your Pokémon for several turns.

Yellow

In Yellow, Moltres is also on Victory Road. The three legendary birds are in the same places as in Red and Blue.

Victory Road

Wild Pokémon
1F
2F
3F
Trainers

11 Trainers · 16,980 ₽ in total

  • Cooltrainer♀
    Persian44Ninetales44
    1,540 ₽
  • Cooltrainer♂
    Ivysaur42Wartortle42Charmeleon42Charizard42
    1,470 ₽
  • Black Belt
    Machoke43Machop43Machoke43
    1,075 ₽
  • Juggler
    Drowzee41Hypno41Kadabra41Kadabra41
    1,435 ₽
  • Tamer
    Persian44Golduck44
    1,760 ₽
  • Juggler
    Mr. Mime48
    1,680 ₽
  • Pokémaniac
    Charmeleon40Lapras40Lickitung40
    2,000 ₽
  • Cooltrainer♂
    Exeggutor43Cloyster43Arcanine43
    1,505 ₽
  • Cooltrainer♀
    Parasect43Dewgong43Chansey43
    1,505 ₽
  • Cooltrainer♂
    Kingler43Tentacruel43Blastoise43
    1,505 ₽
  • Cooltrainer♀
    Bellsprout43Weepinbell43Victreebel43
    1,505 ₽
Items
  • Rare Candy1F: in the northeast of the room, requires Strength.
  • TM431F: in the northeast of the room, requires Strength.
  • TM052F: near the Black Belt.
  • Full Heal2F: in the center of the room in front of the Tamer.
  • TM172F: in the northeast of the room.
  • X Sp. Def2F: in the northwest of the room.
  • TM473F: in the northwest of the room.
  • Max Revive3F: in the northeast of the room.
  • Ultra Ball2F: hidden on a boulder in the center of the room. |
  • Full Restore2F: hidden on a boulder near the stairs to the exit. |