Victory Road (Kanto) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Victory Road (Japanese: チャンピオンロード Champion Road) is a tunnel situated on Route 23. It earned its name because it must be traveled by all Trainers aiming for the top. Its other end opens up in Indigo Plateau and the Pokémon League. Only Trainers with the eight Kanto or Johto Badges are allowed to enter it.

Role

Victory Road has three floors. To reach the other end of the tunnel in Generations I, III, IV, and VII, a series of puzzles which involve using StrengthRBYFRLGHGSS or Strong PushPE to move boulders need to be solved.

In Generation I and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Victory Road is where the Legendary Pokémon Moltres can be found. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, it is instead found at One Island's Mt. Ember and is found in Mt. Silver Cave in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

A Move Tutor at the very end of Victory Road in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen offers to teach a Pokémon the move Double-Edge.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, an Officer Jenny is present of 2F, healing the player's Pokémon if talked to.

In some promotional artwork for Generation II, Victory Road is depicted as being part of Mt. Silver, but this is not confirmed.

In Generations II and IV, there are no Trainers in Victory Road. According to Silver in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the reason for this is because he defeated them all.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after entering the Hall of Fame and boarding the S.S. Aqua, the battle music in Victory Road (as well as in the Tohjo Falls, Routes 26, 27, and 28) changes from the Johto style to the Kanto style. This change was not present in Generation II.

Items

1F

2F

3F

Rock

Item		Location	Games
	Tiny Mushroom	1F, Sometimes found by the player's walking Rock-type Pokémon from a crevice in a rock in the northeast corner (Item determined randomly) 3F, Sometimes found by the player's walking Rock-type Pokémon from a crevice in a rock in along the north wall (Item determined randomly)	P  E
	Big Mushroom
	Fire Stone

Rock Smash

If the rock contains an item, the game will pick one of the following:

Pokémon

Generation I

1F

2F

3F

Generation II

In the Japanese and Korean games, Ursaring appears only in Silver, while Donphan appears only in Gold.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
	G		S		C			32	30%
	G		S		C			34	10%	10%	30%
	G		S		C			32	30%
	G		S		C			34	30%	30%	0%
	G		S		C			34-40	0%	0%	50%
	G		S		C			33	20%
	G		S		C			33	20%
	G		S		C			34-36	15%
	G		S		C			33	20%	20%	0%
	G		S		C			32	0%	0%	20%
	G		S		C			35	5%
	G		S		C			32	30%	30%	0%
	G		S		C			35	5%	5%	0%
	G		S		C			35	5%	5%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation III

1F and 3F

2F

Generation IV

Generation VII

1F

2F

3F

Special encounters

Generation I

A Moltres appears on 2F on the first visit.

Moltres Lv.50   --         --

Generation VII

A Moltres appears on 2F on the first visit. If run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.

Trainers

Generation I

Generation II

If the player chose Chikorita:

Reward: $2280
Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.36

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

Reward: $2280
Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.36

If the player chose Totodile:

Reward: $2280
Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.36

Generation III

Trainer	Pokémon
Juggler Nelson ナミオ Namio Reward: $1640
Tamer Vincent ユウト Yūto Reward: $1760
Juggler Gregory コリン Collin Reward: $1920
Cool Couple Ray & Tyra シンとカヨ Shin and Kayo Reward: $2160
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

If the player chose Chikorita:

Reward: $2560
Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.38

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

Reward: $2560
Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.38

If the player chose Totodile:

Reward: $2560
Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.38

Generation VII

Layout

Interior

Exterior

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  HGSS Morning (Rhyhorn)

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  HGSS Day/Evening (Graveler)

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  HGSS Night (Golbat)

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork of various depictions of the Victory Road is seen in Sygna Suit Leaf and Silver's mindscapes.

In the anime

Pokémon Origins

Victory Road appeared briefly in File 4: Charizard, as Red was shown exiting it on his way to the Indigo Plateau. Later in the episode, Red was shown battling Moltres at the Victory Road with his Charizard, catching the Legendary bird soon after off-screen.

Trivia

• In Generations II and IV, Kanto Victory Road has the fewest Trainers of all Victory Roads, the only Trainer battle being against Silver. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, this is implied to be because Silver beat every other Trainer here.
• In Generation I, if the player falls through the hole from 3F to 2F while riding their bike, they will be forced off the bike in the transition, but the bike theme will keep playing.
  • In Generation III, the bike theme does not override the usual background music.

In other languages

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