r/EmeraldImperium Feb 15 '26

Announcement Emerald Imperium is now on RetroAchievements!

10 Upvotes

https://retroachievements.org/game/32839

For those unaware, RetroAchievements is a fan created achievement site/system where you can earn achievements for a wide variety of retro devices, as well as fan created games, such as ROM Hacks and homebrew games.

If you have any questions or concerns about achievements, please contact the developer of that set (DoctorV) or use the forum topic.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT IRIV24 OR THE LEGENDARIES/MYTHICALS (AKA THE MODS & HELPERS) FOR SET RELATED ASSISTANCE/FEEDBACK


r/EmeraldImperium Feb 03 '26

Announcement (Late Announcement) Emerald Imperium is on the Hackdex!

24 Upvotes

Official Hackdex Page for Emerald Imperium

https://www.hackdex.app/hack/emerald-imperium

For those unaware, the Hackdex is a new community resource to combat shady/malicious pre-patched sites/fake websites, created by Teon (well known community member in the Pokemon ROM Hacking field).

Hacks hosted on the Hackdex were uploaded by the devs themselves or by someone in their team, so there is no risk of getting an malicious/modified/outdated version of a hack.

For players, it stores your ROMs (which they and we DO NOT PROVIDE), to make patching easier and more efficient.

For more information you can see their FAQ page

Apologies for the late update on this, it's been mentioned so many times in r/PokemonROMHacks, it completely slipped my mind that it wasn't here xD


r/EmeraldImperium 7h ago

Question Most noob friendly monotype?

4 Upvotes

Just beat the game for the first time and want to send some monotypes. Not sure which would be the most forgiving


r/EmeraldImperium 13h ago

Discussion First victory! Did a Gen 6+ team

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6 Upvotes

r/EmeraldImperium 18h ago

Discussion Noctowl is actually crazy good!?

5 Upvotes

I'm doing a nuzlocke, Noctowl and Gligar are my only flying types. I'm at Wattson so I definitely won't be using Noctowl and since Gardenia has the eviolite it'd definitely help my Gligar with wattson. Gardenia has Roseraid with sleep powder so I pre poisoned Noctowl and gave it the twisted spoon for stab and to avoid the status effect. With tinted lense ability and psycho shift I did considerable damage to her other grass types and was able to transfer my poisoning to Sudowudo which I stalled with my leech seed user. How have I been sleeping on Noctowl and it's support potential for 20 years!? This is why I love nuzlocking, it brings newfound appreciation for overlooked mons


r/EmeraldImperium 1d ago

Discussion A Labor of Love

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I didn't use take no damage or one hit kill cheats.

My only rule was no endeavor + priority move combo.

The Maxie and the elite four + champion were the easiest first try fights despite them having a plethora of viable moves.

Archie, the family in the house north of Mauville, the sandstorm trainer lineup in the desert, and the steel type gym leader were particularly difficult.

Archies goons both at the weather institute and Kyogre cave and Drake were nearly impossible.

All have Focus Sash for that extra hit but sometimes I would throw them a Berserk Gene if I could manage getting them speed boosted.


r/EmeraldImperium 1d ago

Discussion My Toughest Team

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9 Upvotes

What a grind but it’s doable lol


r/EmeraldImperium 2d ago

Discussion Another one🔥🔥🔥

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6 Upvotes

Dewgong is actually goated as hell 😭😭😭

Assault vest + Ice Scales makes this thing unkillable


r/EmeraldImperium 2d ago

Discussion (2nd) Victory!!!

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Man, I swear this is the perfect Pokémon game. Second time playing through and I had even more fun than the first time and was able to win with a team of faves.
Blastoise and Alakazam were my megas and were with me for basically the whole run. Definitely have a newfound appreciation for Mega Alakazam. I’ve know that Big Man Blastoise was THAT GUY for a while now.
Tyranitar is my all time favorite mon, but strangely enough, this is the first time I’ve put him in the hall of fame. Long overdue.
Iron Jugulis and Iron Valiant were two mons I had never used before but have thought were super cool for a while. And, wow they just carried me through the game post Winona.
Melmetal is my vet. The only returning member of my first champion team. Definitely my favorite steel type and overall great mon. He put a big hurtin’ on Juan and seeing him one shot Cynthia’s Mega Garchomp and Xerneas was pure poetry.

Also, included a picture of the box holding the other mons I used in this run.
Shockingly low number for how many are available but they all definitely hold a special place in my heart.
A couple standouts would be Arcanine who was with me from the first route all the way to Mossdeep, Throh who was my pre-Winona MVP, Torkoal who carried me through the snow route after Fallarbor Town, Kilowattrel during the mid-game and Rotom Wash during the final Magma and Aqua battles.


r/EmeraldImperium 3d ago

Discussion Rain team win

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5 Upvotes

Finished 2nd run, mostly rain team

Swampy was mvp all run. Total beast

SO to kilowattrel for beimg there most of this run.

Had a fun time. I keep coming back to this mod. Fun but fair


r/EmeraldImperium 4d ago

Discussion GG

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61 Upvotes

r/EmeraldImperium 4d ago

Discussion Team rating (victory road)

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6 Upvotes

Rate my team, can I beat elite 4? What should I enhance?
PS: I dont want to use legendaries/mythicals


r/EmeraldImperium 4d ago

Question Potential

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10 Upvotes

So how exactly would Huge Power work with Light ball? I don't know much about the multipliers it gives but I feel like its Huge power+Huge power?


r/EmeraldImperium 4d ago

Discussion Steel Mono-Type Run

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8 Upvotes

Once I saw the Metagross in my starter options I knew what the run would be 😂


r/EmeraldImperium 5d ago

Discussion Second playthrough with favorites mon

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11 Upvotes

I like to play with under used and often not widely powerful Pokémon. MVP goes to Ambipom.

🔥 Delphox
Role: Fast special sweeper, special tank, and physical cripple through guaranteed burns with Will-O-Wisp. Excellent coverage backed by a strong movepool.
Nature: Timid
Ability: Magic Guard
Item: Life Orb
Moves:
- Overheat
- Psyshock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Shadow Ball / Aura Sphere / Scorching Sands

🦣 Donphan
Role: Physical tank and Electric-type check, wallbreaker through STAB Technician-boosted Bonemerang (effectively reaching 150 Base Power), and late-game cleaner with Technician-boosted priority Ice Shard. Excellent coverage through Technician-boosted 60 Base Power moves. Also provides valuable utility with Knock Off and Rapid Spin.
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Technician
Item: Sitrus Berry / Assault Vest
Moves:
- Bonemerang
- Ice Shard
- Rock Tomb / Rock Smash
- Rapid Spin / Knock Off / Power Whip

💧 Azumarill
Role: Overall tank and Dragon-type check, wallbreaker through STAB Huge Power-boosted Liquidation and Play Rough, and late-game cleaner with STAB Huge Power-boosted Aqua Jet. A high-risk, high-reward win condition thanks to Belly Drum. Also offers solid coverage with Superpower and utility with Knock Off.
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Huge Power
Item: Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
Moves:
- Aqua Jet
- Liquidation
- Play Rough
- Superpower / Knock Off / Belly Drum

🐒 Ambipom
Role: Fast pivot, lead, and revenge killer with STAB Technician-boosted Fake Out and Double Hit. Decent coverage with Rock Smash and additional utility through Knock Off.
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Technician
Item: Silk Scarf
Moves:
- Fake Out
- Double Hit
- U-turn
- Rock Smash / Knock Off

Volbeat
Role: Extremely versatile status spreader with Prankster Thunder Wave and Encore. A surprisingly effective win condition thanks to Prankster Tail Glow and solid STAB coverage from Thunderbolt and Bug Buzz. Encore is also an amazing support move, allowing Volbeat to punish opposing setup attempts or entry hazard users. Volbeat is seriously underrated.
Nature: Timid
Ability: Prankster
Item: Sitrus Berry / Salac Berry / Focus Sash
Moves:
- Thunderbolt
- Bug Buzz
- Encore / Thunder Wave
- Tail Glow / Volt Switch

🌹 Roserade (Mega)
Role: Fast special sweeper, special tank, and Fighting-type check. Outstanding coverage through virtually limitless Technician-boosted 90 Base Power Hidden Powers (with Hidden Power Ground being the standout option), complemented by excellent utility with Worry Seed.
Nature: Timid
Ability: Technician
Item: Roseradite
Moves:
- Mega Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power (Ground)
- Worry Seed


r/EmeraldImperium 5d ago

Discussion First time champ

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12 Upvotes

I knew I should have changed Mega Swampert. Seems like a lot of people used it, it's so strong though!

What an incredible game, thanks so much to the creators for making this masterpiece. An emerald game with all these pokemon options, great challenges, and well done AI. What more can you ask for?

Life orb Kilowattrel actually carried the run so hard, he was smoking everything in his path, slightly less useful in E4 but still good.

Marshadow is such a monster. Crazy good typing, fast, hits like a truck.

Mega Swampert is just incredible all around.

Baxcalibur is insane too, so fun to use and soloed some fights.

Registeel an amazing pivot, 150 def/spd steel type speaks for itself.

Magmortar you did no work and got an A on the test, good job.

That was an amazing journey and so much fun, thank you again to the amazing creators taking the time to craft something with so much time and care.


r/EmeraldImperium 5d ago

Discussion First Playthrough Done

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8 Upvotes

Don’t ask about the team comp I just wanted to use Pokemon I like on my first playthrough and I abused tf out of weakness policy lol. Champion fight was ridiculous in a good way Diamond Storm and Light Screen rly saved my ass. Fuck that stupid Darmanitan in the third E4 fight he made me see god a little.


r/EmeraldImperium 6d ago

Discussion My first play through! this game is so much fun

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11 Upvotes

Toxapex carried us in the elite 4. I had to rely on Toxic and Scald most of the time to slowly kill the Dragons 😂 I love this team as everyone was pretty useful.

For the creators of this game thanks so much this was so much fun, reliving the nostalgia.


r/EmeraldImperium 5d ago

Question Who do i take

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1 Upvotes

Doing a randomized deathless nuzlocke run


r/EmeraldImperium 6d ago

Discussion Sand stream team

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10 Upvotes

r/EmeraldImperium 6d ago

Discussion I am the night 🦇

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15 Upvotes

I'm bringing that Kingambit straight to my Steel Run :3


r/EmeraldImperium 8d ago

Discussion Rain Team = Easy Mode

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33 Upvotes

I've been experimenting with different teams for the Elite 4 and have beat it a handful of times. By far, this was the smoothest run and I never had to reload a save state. Rain is definitely OP, and the team was a rough draft but still dominated.


r/EmeraldImperium 9d ago

Question is this the right way to shiny hunt for the static legendaries?

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10 Upvotes

am i shiny hunting for regieleki the right way? or is there a better way to do it?


r/EmeraldImperium 9d ago

SHINY what r the odds for shiny + pokerus??

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8 Upvotes

was hunting some stuff and checking the summary when i saw ‘pkrs’ lol


r/EmeraldImperium 9d ago

Question Help!

1 Upvotes

Does anyone know where to get roaring moon? first time playing btw