Phase 8 section
Pokemon Emerald Sootopolis Gym - Juan Walkthrough
Rain Badge Sootopolis Gym - Juan section for the Pokemon Emerald walkthrough with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, coordinates, requirements, and strategy notes.
Sootopolis Gym - Juan is a dedicated section page for Phase 8: Rain Badge. Cross the ice-floor puzzle and break Juan's Water team without letting Kingdra stall you out.
Trainer Art
Key Emerald trainers for this section are shown here so boss, rival, villain, and Frontier pages have the right character context.
Route Plan
Primary source maps covered here: Sootopolis City Gym 1F, Sootopolis City Gym B1F. Follow this page as its own checklist, then return to the phase index when the wild Pokemon, trainers, items, and boss notes are complete.
Wild Pokemon
No wild Pokemon encounter table is sourced for this section.
Trainers
| Order | Area | Trainer | Team | Reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Lass Andrea | 640 | Story/route battle. | |
| 2 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Lass Crissy | 624 | Story/route battle. | |
| 3 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Lady Brianna | 8000 | Story/route battle. | |
| 4 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Beauty Connie | 3200 | Story/route battle. | |
| 5 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Beauty Bridget | 3200 | Story/route battle. | |
| 6 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Beauty Olivia | 3120 | Story/route battle. | |
| 7 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Beauty Tiffany | 3120 | Story/route battle. | |
| 8 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Pokefan Bethany | 3120 | Story/route battle. | |
| 9 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Pokefan Annika | 3120 | Story/route battle. | |
| 10 | Sootopolis City Gym B1F | Lady Daphne | 7800 | Story/route battle. | |
| 11 | Sootopolis City Gym 1F | Leader Juan | 4600 | May have Match Call/rematch data later. |
Items
| Item | Type | Location | Requirement / flag context |
|---|---|---|---|
| TM03 Water Pulse | Gift / reward | Sootopolis City Gym 1F, Gym Leader reward | After defeating the Gym Leader |
Boss Strategy
Leader Juan
Reward: 4600. Electric and Grass handle most of the Gym, but Kingdra has only Dragon weakness in Gen 3. Bring status, bulk, or strong neutral damage.
| Pokemon | Level | Held item | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
 Luvdisc | Lv. 41 | - | Water Pulse, Attract, Sweet Kiss, Flail |
 Whiscash | Lv. 41 | - | Rain Dance, Water Pulse, Amnesia, Earthquake |
 Sealeo | Lv. 43 | - | Encore, Body Slam, Aurora Beam, Water Pulse |
 Crawdaunt | Lv. 43 | - | Water Pulse, Crabhammer, Taunt, Leer |
 Kingdra | Lv. 46 | Chesto Berry | Water Pulse, Double Team, Ice Beam, Rest |
Completion Checklist
- Clear the main objective: Cross the ice-floor puzzle and break Juan's Water team without letting Kingdra stall you out.
- Review every wild Pokemon method listed for the section.
- Fight or deliberately skip every trainer listed in route order.
- Collect visible items, hidden items, and scripted rewards you care about before moving on.
- Save and heal before the boss battle.
Source Notes
- Source of truth: pret/pokeemerald
wild_encounters.json, mapmap.jsonobject/background events, mapscripts.inc,trainers.h, andtrainer_parties.h. - Encounter odds are aggregated by species and method from Emerald slot rates. Most rows are marked Any time because Emerald has no normal day/night wild encounter split.
- Pokemon table sprites use locally cached Emerald front sprites from
/guides/pokemon-emerald-pokemon-sprites.json. - Trainer art on this page uses the local Emerald trainer manifest and reused Hoenn character art where Emerald-specific artwork is not available.