Team Aqua Grunt (8)

Team Aqua Grunt (8) fields one Pokémon at level 32 in Aqua Hideout.

This is around 5 badges in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: DarkWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Carvanha Lv 32 WaterDark	Ability Rough Skin	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Carvanha knows by Lv 32 in Pokémon Emerald Blitz: Swagger Ice Fang Scary Face Poison Fang	HP45Attack90Defense20Sp. Atk65Sp. Def20Speed65Total305

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 1 of 1, Electric hits 1 of 1, Fairy hits 1 of 1, Fighting hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 32 — Carvanha, the highest on the team.

Bug Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 5 badges:

• Heracross — Safari Zone, Lv 27
• Pinsir — Safari Zone, Lv 27
• Shuckle — Safari Zone, Lv 20
• Illumise — Route 117, Lv 13
• Volbeat — Route 117, Lv 13
• Nincada — Route 116, Lv 6
• Cascoon — Petalburg Woods, Lv 5
• Silcoon — Petalburg Woods, Lv 5

Open in the interactive guide Build a team for this point