20 Things Only Pokémon Fans Will Understand

12. Spending 50,000 On Potions Ahead Of Facing The Elite Four Is A Great Investment

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Okay, hypocrisy alert; we may have already discussed how galling it could be when Gym Leaders or Elite Four members use potions and ethers against you during battle, but now we're about to advocate their use. Not comfortable with this? Then have fun being stuck outside Victory Road for your whole life!

Currency in a Pokémon game scarcely becomes useful until you've acquired the 8 Gym badges and make your way to challenge the Elite Four in consecutive, gruelling battles. From there, suddenly holding some 500,000 Pokédollars is a blessing from above, allowing you to pick up forty Max Potions and Ethers without so much as batting an eyelid.

Being able to magically drag your team back to full fitness after each Elite Four member battle is absolutely essential, and it in no way diminishes your Hall of Fame entry once you've beaten all of the smug know-it-alls!

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