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Pokémon Blue Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Blue Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Blue Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Blue so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Blue has 45 different encounter locations with 93 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

1 Dragon Pokémon encounters

2 Ghost Pokémon encounters

2 Ice Pokémon encounters

4 Fire Pokémon encounters

4 Fighting Pokémon encounters

4 Rock Pokémon encounters

7 Grass Pokémon encounters

7 Electric Pokémon encounters

8 Psychic Pokémon encounters

9 Bug Pokémon encounters

9 Flying Pokémon encounters

10 Ground Pokémon encounters

17 Normal Pokémon encounters

18 Water Pokémon encounters

20 Poison Pokémon encounters

1Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

2Ice Pokémon
ICE

4Fire Pokémon
FIRE

4Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

4Rock Pokémon
ROCK

7Grass Pokémon
GRASS

7Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

8Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

9Bug Pokémon
BUG

9Flying Pokémon
FLYING

10Ground Pokémon
GROUND

17Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

18Water Pokémon
WATER

20Poison Pokémon
POISON

Blue Boss Battles

In order to complete a Blue Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 22 Boss battles throughout the Kanto region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Blue's Squirtle to Lance's Dragonite.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

7 Rival fights

2 Evil Team fights

Starter-dependent boss data

Some boss teams change depending on your starter. The static guide below uses the default fire-starter path so the page can be served as plain HTML for search engines and readers.

Gym Leader fights

  • Brock - Pewter City Gym

    Brock has a team of 2, made up of a level 12 geodude & a level 14 onix. The level cap for this fight is level 14.

  • Misty - Cerulean City Gym

    Misty has a team of 2, made up of a level 18 staryu & a level 21 starmie. The level cap for this fight is level 21.

  • Lt. Surge - Vermillion City Gym

    Lt. Surge has a team of 3, made up of a level 21 voltorb, a level 18 pikachu & a level 24 raichu. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Erika - Celadon City Gym

    Erika has a team of 3, made up of a level 29 victreebel, a level 24 tangela & a level 29 vileplume. The level cap for this fight is level 29.

  • Sabrina - Saffron City Gym

    Sabrina has a team of 4, made up of a level 38 kadabra, a level 37 mr-mime, a level 38 venomoth & a level 43 alakazam. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

  • Koga - Fuschia City Gym

    Koga has a team of 4, made up of a level 37 koffing, a level 37 koffing, a level 39 muk & a level 43 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

  • Blaine - Cinnabar Island Gym

    Blaine has a team of 4, made up of a level 42 growlithe, a level 40 ponyta, a level 42 rapidash & a level 47 arcanine. The level cap for this fight is level 47.

  • Giovanni - Viridian City Gym

    Giovanni has a team of 5, made up of a level 45 rhyhorn, a level 42 dugtrio, a level 44 nidoqueen, a level 45 nidoking & a level 50 rhydon. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

Elite Four fights

  • Lorelei - Indigo Plateau

    Lorelei has a team of 5, made up of a level 54 dewgong, a level 53 cloyster, a level 54 slowbro, a level 56 jynx & a level 56 lapras. The level cap for this fight is level 56.

  • Bruno - Indigo Plateau

    Bruno has a team of 5, made up of a level 53 onix, a level 55 hitmonchan, a level 55 hitmonlee, a level 56 onix & a level 58 machamp. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

  • Agatha - Indigo Plateau

    Agatha has a team of 5, made up of a level 56 gengar, a level 56 golbat, a level 55 haunter, a level 58 arbok & a level 60 gengar. The level cap for this fight is level 60.

  • Lance - Indigo Plateau

    Lance has a team of 5, made up of a level 58 gyarados, a level 56 dragonair, a level 56 dragonair, a level 60 aerodactyl & a level 62 dragonite. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Blue - Champion

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 61 pidgeot, a level 59 alakazam, a level 61 rhydon, a level 63 exeggutor, a level 61 arcanine & a level 65 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

Rival fights

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 2, made up of a level 9 pidgey & a level 8 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 9.

  • Blue - Rival (optional)

    Blue has a team of 4, made up of a level 18 pidgeotto, a level 15 abra, a level 15 rattata & a level 17 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 18.

  • Blue - S.S. Anne

    Blue has a team of 4, made up of a level 19 pidgeotto, a level 18 kadabra, a level 16 raticate & a level 20 wartortle. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Blue - Pokemon Tower Rival

    Blue has a team of 5, made up of a level 25 pidgeotto, a level 22 exeggcute, a level 23 growlithe, a level 20 kadabra & a level 25 wartortle. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Blue - Silph Co. Rival

    Blue has a team of 5, made up of a level 37 pidgeot, a level 35 exeggcute, a level 38 growlithe, a level 35 alakazam & a level 40 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 47 pidgeot, a level 45 rhyhorn, a level 47 exeggcute, a level 45 growlithe, a level 50 alakazam & a level 53 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

Evil Team fights

  • Giovanni - Rocket Hideout

    Giovanni has a team of 3, made up of a level 25 onix, a level 24 rhyhorn & a level 29 kangaskhan. The level cap for this fight is level 29.

  • Giovanni - Silph Co.

    Giovanni has a team of 4, made up of a level 37 nidorino, a level 35 kangaskhan, a level 37 rhyhorn & a level 41 nidoqueen. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

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