Ruin Maniac Foster

Levels shown are Normal mode: +3 on Hard.

Ruin Maniac Foster fields 2 Pokémon at level 25 in Route 105.

Fought at Route 105.

This is around Beat Norman — Petalburg City Gym, badge 5 in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Ground ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Phanpy Lv 25 Ground	Ability Pickup	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Phanpy knows by Lv 25 in Pokémon Emerald Seaglass: Magnitude Endure Knock Off Slam	HP90Attack60Defense65Sp. Atk40Sp. Def50Speed40Total345
	Sandslash Lv 25 Ground	Ability Sand Veil	Dig Slash Sand Attack Poison Sting	HP85Attack100Defense110Sp. Atk45Sp. Def55Speed65Total460

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Grass hits 2 of 2, Ice hits 2 of 2, Water hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 25 — Phanpy, the highest on the team.

Grass Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Beat Norman — Petalburg City Gym, badge 5:

• Gloom — Route 121, Lv 25
• Skiploom — Route 121, Lv 25
• Sunflora — Route 121, Lv 25
• Weepinbell — Route 121, Lv 25
• Exeggcute — Route 119, Lv 24
• Exeggutor — Route 119, Lv 24
• Roselia — Mossdeep City, Lv 24
• Tropius — Route 119, Lv 24

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