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Victory Road Walkthrough Guide

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This is a walkthrough guide for Victory Road in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG). See a step-by-step guide for how to go through Victory Road, as well as important items and Pokemon to get here.

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Going to Victory Road Inside Victory Road

Going to Victory Road

1 Leave Viridian City Gym. Heal at the Pokemon Center and go west to Route 22. Upon reaching the area above the first set of grass, the Rival will challenge you to a battle.
The Rival's team will always have Pidgeot, Alakazam, and Rhyhorn. The final three will vary depending on the starter you chose.
2 Heal at the Pokemon Center again if necessary, then return west and go through Route 22. Enter the building at the end of the route.
3 Move forward and enter Route 23 after passing the Boulder Badge check.
4 Proceed along Route 23, going through multiple badge checks. After the Rainbow Badge check, you will need Surf to proceed.
5 The entrance to Victory Road will be located after the Earth Badge check.

Inside Victory Road

1 Go west and move on top of the boulder. Use Strength to move the boulder down one space, then all the way east, north, and east. Push the boulder to the white button tile nearby.
2 Return west and go up the stairs to the now-open passageway. Defeat the Cooltrainer here, then go east when you reach the fork in the road and proceed through the path.
3 First, collect the hidden Full Restore on the section to the north of the boulder. Then, use Strength to push the boulder west, then collect TM02: Dragon Claw.
The other item is a Rare Candy; to collect it, exit and re-enter this room to reset the boulder's position, then use Strength to push the boulder west and then north.
4 Return back to the fork in the road and head west this time, defeating a Cooltrainer along the way and going up the ladder.
5 Go south and push the boulder to the white button in the southwest area. Then go up the nearby stairs and defeat the Black Belt and the Juggler.
6 Go down the stairs and collect TM37: Sandstorm by going west, and then north. Then, go south, east, west, and north to battle a Tamer and pick up the nearby Full Heal.
7 Go north and east to collect TM07: Hail guarded by a Juggler. Return to the Tamer and go up the ladder.
8 Go north, east, and south to pick up the Max Revive guarded by a Cooltrainer.
9 Go north, then all the way west, and south to pick up TM50: Overheat. Then go north and west to the nearby ladder.
10 Defeat the nearby Pokemaniac, then go east to pick up a Guard Spec. Return back to the ladder and go back to the previous area.
11 Go east until you reach the boulder. Use Strength to push the boulder north two spaces, then all the way west until you hit a wall. Then push the boulder south once, west four times, then south thrice and east once onto the white button tile.
12 Return east towards the boulder's initial position. Go south, then west, up the stairs and defeat the Cooltrainer. Proceed through the passage until you go down a flight of stairs and defeat the two Cooltrainers nearby.
13 Go all the way east and push the boulder through the hole. Go down the hole, pushing the boulder all the way west towards the white button tile.
14 Go up the nearby stairs, then east through the now-open passageway and up the ladder. Defeat a pair of Cooltrainers here in a double battle, then go north and down a ladder.
15 A move tutor teaching Double-Edge is located nearby. Then, go east to exit Victory Road. Proceed north and enter Indigo Plateau.

Rival's Pokemon

Your Chosen Starter
Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle

Rival's Team if You Chose Bulbasaur

Pokemon Type
Pidgeot Pidgeot (Lv. 47)
Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 47)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Rhyhorn Rhyhorn (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Rock Pokemon FRLG - Ground
Exeggcute Exeggcute (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Gyarados Gyarados (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Water Pokemon FRLG - Flying
Charizard Charizard (Lv. 53)
Pokemon FRLG - Fire Pokemon FRLG - Flying

Rival's Team if You Chose Charmander

Pokemon Type
Pidgeot Pidgeot (Lv. 47)
Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 47)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Rhyhorn Rhyhorn (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Rock Pokemon FRLG - Ground
Exeggcute Exeggcute (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Growlithe Growlithe (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Fire
Blastoise Blastoise (Lv. 53)
Pokemon FRLG - Water

Rival's Team if You Chose Squirtle

Pokemon Type
Pidgeot Pidgeot (Lv. 47)
Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 47)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Rhyhorn Rhyhorn (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Rock Pokemon FRLG - Ground
Growlithe Growlithe (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Fire
Gyarados Gyarados (Lv. 45)
Pokemon FRLG - Water Pokemon FRLG - Flying
Venusaur Venusaur (Lv. 53)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison Pokemon FRLG - Grass

Items to Get Inside Victory Road

Useful Items to Get

Item Location
Dragon Claw
(TM02)		 Obtained on the first level inside Victory Road. You need Strength to access this item.
Rare Candy Obtained on the first level inside Victory Road. You need Strength to access this item.
Sandstorm
(TM37)		 Obtained on the second level inside Victory Road. You need Strength to access this item.
Hail
(TM07)		 Obtained on the second level inside Victory Road. You need Strength to access this item.
Overheat
(TM50)		 Obtained on the third level inside Victory Road. You need Strength to access this item.
Max Revive Obtained on the third level inside Victory Road. You need Strength to access this item.

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