WikiHow Page Outline: BATTLE TOWER

Eventually, I decided to do a WikiHow page on how to defeat the Battle Tower in Pokemon Ruby and the following is the outline for that page:

How To Defeat The LV. 100 Battle Tower and win the Ribbon in 9 Steps
 
Do you find yourself getting frustrated in the Pokemon Ruby Battle Tower? Never fear because the answer to all your troubles is in the next 9 steps. For all you battle lovers, and for all you ribbon collectors you can finally defeat the Battle Tower that has haunted many since 2003.

Pokemon Ruby for the Game Boy Advance was released in America in 2003. This was the first game to bring the introduction of ribbons into mainstream Pokemon society and ribbons have been a staple of the franchise ever since. Ribbons can be awarded for special battles, contests, and of course, the Battle Tower.

1. Defeat the main story of the game, by beating the Elite Four and the Champion
2. In post-game, either take the cruise ship to the Battle Tower or fly if you have already taken the ship.
3. Gather a team of strong Pokemon. You want to make sure they are each within the LV. 85 - 100 range, otherwise it will most definitely be impossible to beat the Tower. Pokemon eggs and Legendary pokemon are forbidden by Tower rules. However, lower-tier legendaries are allowed.
4. Equip each one of the Pokemon with a hold item (many hold items can be won in the Tower after battle 42, for each consecutive win of 7.) Leftovers, Choice Band, and Focus Band are generally a good three to use. In addition a pokemon specializing in defense, one specializing in special attack, and one specializing in attack are a sure-fire way to win.
5. Choose your team, the order cannot be switched until you either lose or you have won consecutively seven times in a row. Be wary the enemies increase in difficulty as you advance.
6. Battle! Pay attention to type match-ups, switch out team members if need be and win.
7. After winning seven consecutive rounds of seven battles, the desk attendant will tell you that for each seven battles you win from this point on, you will get awarded with a ribbon. Which is of course, the goal you are striving for.
8. Win the next seven matches, be extremely careful, the enemies are ruthless and many are lower-tier legendaries like Latios or Regirock.
9. After winning Battle 56, each one of the three pokemon you used for the last seven matches will each get a ribbon and as long as you don’t lose, each consecutive win of 7 will get the ribbon for other pokemon. Good luck, and remember that it may take more than one try.

Sources:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Ruby_and_Sapphire_Versions (research source.)
http://www.serebii.net/pokemon_advance/ (reasearch source.)



Tips:
Don’t give up, even when things look bleak! Sometimes, the opponent will use attacks that have no effect on your pokemon.
Sometimes, you may lose during a pivotal battle, or even battle 56, the last battle in a set tends to be more difficult. At that point, “keep on keeping on!”

Warnings:
The LV. 50 and LV.100 challenges are two completely different ballparks. Both will award you ribbons but one (LV. 50) is much easier.
There are no lower-tier legendaries in LV.50 so be prepared for that going into LV. 100. Bringing your own, such as Articuno or Entei is never a bad idea.

Things You’ll Need:

A Pokemon Ruby Game Cartridge/ Program
A Gameboy Advance, SP, or Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite/ Emulator
TIME (Be ready to devote at least 4 hours to this, however you can save in between matches!)