Team Plasma Grunt Landon

Team Plasma Grunt Landon fields 3 Pokémon at level 23 in Route 18. The fight is mandatory.

Fought at Route 18.

This is around After Cheren — cap Lv 27 in both modes in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Ghost ×2Poison ×2Bug

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Duskull Lv 23 Ghost	Ability Levitate Held item Sitrus Berry	Destiny Bond Curse Pain Split Shadow Sneak	HP20Attack65Defense90Sp. Atk30Sp. Def90Speed25Total320
	Gastly Lv 23 GhostPoison	Ability Cursed Body Held item Air Balloon	Astonish Toxic Spikes Acid Spray Poison Dart	HP30Attack35Defense30Sp. Atk100Sp. Def35Speed80Total310
	Venipede Lv 23 BugPoison	Ability Poison Point Held item Occa Berry	Bug Bite Rollout Poison Fang Protect	HP30Attack70Defense20Sp. Atk60Sp. Def20Speed75Total275

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Dark hits 2 of 3, Ghost hits 2 of 3, Psychic hits 2 of 3, Fire hits 1 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 23 — Duskull, the highest on the team.

Dark Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by After Cheren — cap Lv 27 in both modes:

• Scraggy — Route 18, Lv 22
• Vullaby — Route 18, Lv 22
• Pawniard — Virbank Refinery, Lv 19
• Zorua — Route 20 — East Side, Lv 14
• Sandile — Pledge Grove, Lv 12
• Purrloin — Route 19, Lv 5

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