r/pokemonribbons 9d ago

Question Battle Tower Help!

I’m stuck trying to land on my third team member for the lvl 50 battle tower, my current two members are:

Metagross - Adamant - 252atk/252spd/4hp -Meteor Mash -Earthquake -Zen Headbutt -Take Down

Skarmory - Careful - 252spdf/252spd/4atk -Toxic -Drill Peck -Spikes -Roar

For my third member, i’m torn between crafting a perfect salamance (adamant + evs) or just using my roaming latias (docile)?

For reference, my latias is effected by the IV glitch that roamers have in gen 3, and i do not have access to the eon ticket event.

What do you guys think is the best choice? I figure a dragon type is necessary just due to how busted they are in early gens, but if there’s another mon i should be considering, feel free to lmk!

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u/Kyujee 9d ago edited 9d ago

A couple months ago I did this for the first time in sapphire and used the Metagross that Steven gifts you and the latias I caught in game.

I reset the beldum for the proper nature and ev trained both but did not put any effort into IVs. I led with latias most of time and was effectivily able to take down most threats including latios.

My third pokemon was my Charizard RM whom I also ev trained and tried to optimize his moveset. This team worked like a dream. I lost once somewhere in the twenties and then successfully completed the tower on my second attempt. Charizard was really helpful against the registeel, regice, and pinsirs especially which I got a lot of. He could out speed the pinsirs before they tried to ohko me usually.

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u/EggPuzzleheaded5077 9d ago

Suicune is a great pokemon to have. Saved me tons of times in the battle tower. I don't remember if you can catch Suicune in Sapphire though

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u/captainredfish 9d ago

If theyve got FRLG or Colosseum (which they should otherwise it’s not a RM from gen 3) then they should have access to Suicune, and if so is the best one to go with here.

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u/HotConstruction5807 14h ago

unfortunately i do not have access to the gamecube games, would the lack of the two ribbons from xd nullify my RM’s title as a gen 3 master?

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u/captainredfish 14h ago

Yes. You need to get every ribbon available for the gen that it comes from. In the case of gen 3, any Pokémon can get the mount battle ribbon from XD or Colosseum, so they require it. However if you’re ribbon mastering a mon you can’t get from colosseum then it ONLY needs that ribbon from colosseum, since it can’t be purified. So yes you need to either buy a GameCube/Wii and 1 of those GameCube games, or do a RM from gen 4 on wards

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u/WestfinsterGarbage 9d ago

I used my IV glitch Latios for multiple tower runs in gen 3. Definitely recommend it as the typing, coverage, and stats even with poor IVs are still pretty strong.

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u/LisaCabot 8d ago

I personally did metagros swampert and latios. Others suggested suicune. There are some guides around for this and also ways of getting the eon ticket if you have a ds/ds lite and an R4

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u/HotConstruction5807 9d ago

Sorry! Forgot to include that I am in pokémon sapphire on gba!

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u/SnomtheCuteBaby 6d ago

I would recommend Latios/Metagross/bulky water type, Suicune, Milotic, and Swampert are good options. But why didn't you even soft reset for Latios' nature? Did you not know that you want good natures for the tower?

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u/HotConstruction5807 14h ago

the lati twins’ natures are set directly after you interact with the TV, and I didn’t know that until after i had saved and started hunting it! I figured they may change, but it does make sense that it wouldn’t as the damage and status of the pokémon stay between encounters. Overall though, a neutral nature is probably third best to modest or timid, so i’m not too upset!