Pokémon Emerald Champion Wallace and Steven: Teams & Strategy
Champion Wallace’s Pokémon Emerald team with levels, moves, abilities and held items, plus Steven’s post-game team in Meteor Falls and how to beat them both. Teams come from the original game data.
Wallace Water
- Location
- Ever Grande City
- Strongest
- Milotic Lv. 58
Water types are weak to Electric, Grass.
| Pokémon | Lv. | Type | Moves | Ability / held item |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wailord | 57 | Water | Rain Dance, Water Spout, Double-Edge, Blizzard | Water Veil |
 Tentacruel | 55 | WaterPoison | Toxic, Hydro Pump, Sludge Bomb, Ice Beam | Clear Body |
 Ludicolo | 56 | WaterGrass | Giga Drain, Surf, Leech Seed, Double Team | Swift Swim |
 Whiscash | 56 | WaterGround | Earthquake, Surf, Amnesia, Hyper Beam | Oblivious |
 Gyarados | 56 | Water | Dragon Dance, Earthquake, Hyper Beam, Surf | Intimidate |
 Milotic | 58 | Water | Recover, Surf, Ice Beam, Toxic | Marvel ScaleSitrus Berry |
Steven post-game
- Location
- Meteor Falls
- Strongest
- Metagross Lv. 78
- Prize
- ¥4,680
After the Hall of Fame, Steven waits in a hidden chamber of Meteor Falls reached with Waterfall. His is the strongest team in the main game outside the Battle Frontier. Steven’s character profile.
Skarmory 77
Claydol 75
Aggron 76
Cradily 76
Armaldo 76
Metagross 78FAQ
What is Wallace’s team in Emerald?
Wailord (Lv. 57), Tentacruel (Lv. 55), Ludicolo (Lv. 56), Whiscash (Lv. 56), Gyarados (Lv. 56), Milotic (Lv. 58).
Where is Steven in Emerald?
In Meteor Falls after the Hall of Fame: Skarmory (Lv. 77), Claydol (Lv. 75), Aggron (Lv. 76), Cradily (Lv. 76), Armaldo (Lv. 76), Metagross (Lv. 78).
How do you beat Wallace?
His team is almost all Water types: strong Electric and Grass attacks cover Wailord, Tentacruel, Whiscash (Grass only), Gyarados (Electric only) and Milotic. Ludicolo resists both, so bring a Flying, Poison or Bug move for it.
Sources & picture credits
Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances, items, trainers, rematch teams, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokeemerald decompilation. Maps and sprites © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Bulbagarden Archives; the Hoenn map is drawn from the game’s own PokéNav map graphics (listed on the image gallery).