Team Magma Grunt (8)

Team Magma Grunt (8) fields one Pokémon at level 29 in Magma Hideout.

Fought at Magma Hideout.

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

Types on this team: Dark

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Mightyena Lv 29 Dark	Ability Intimidate	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Mightyena knows by Lv 29 in Pokémon Emerald Blitz: Roar Swagger Assurance Scary Face	HP70Attack90Defense70Sp. Atk60Sp. Def60Speed70Total420

How to beat this team

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

Level to be ready for. Lv 29 — Mightyena, 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

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