Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil

Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil fields 6 Pokémon between level 45 and level 48 in Victory Road.

Fought at Victory Road.

This is around Victory Road and the Elite Four in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Dark ×2Poison ×2FireFlyingGrassNormalRockWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Ursaring Lv 45 Normal	Held item Miracleberry	Slash Faint Attack Rock Smash Rest	HP90Attack130Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed55Total500
	Golbat Lv 45 PoisonFlying		Toxic Double Team Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Victreebel Lv 46 GrassPoison	Held item Quick Claw	Sludge Bomb Giga Drain Sleep Powder Growth	HP80Attack105Defense65Sp. Atk100Sp. Def60Speed70Total480
	Houndoom Lv 46 DarkFire		Flamethrower Iron Tail Crunch Double Team	HP75Attack90Defense50Sp. Atk110Sp. Def80Speed95Total500
	Feraligatr Lv 47 Water	Held item Mystic Water	Ice Punch Surf Slash Bite	HP85Attack105Defense100Sp. Atk79Sp. Def83Speed78Total530
	Tyranitar Lv 48 RockDark		Crunch Earthquake Rock Slide Fire Punch	HP100Attack134Defense110Sp. Atk95Sp. Def100Speed61Total600

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 3 of 6, Electric hits 2 of 6, Grass hits 2 of 6, Ground hits 2 of 6.

Level to be ready for. Lv 48 — Tyranitar, the highest on the team.

Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Victory Road and the Elite Four:

• Machoke — Mount Mortar 2F Inside, Lv 28
• Tyrogue — Mount Mortar 1F Outside, Lv 10
• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Mankey — Route 34, Lv 10
• Machop — Route 33, Lv 8

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