Team Aqua Grunt

Levels shown are Normal mode: +3 on Hard.

Team Aqua Grunt fields one Pokémon at level 36 in Seafloor Cavern.

Fought at Seafloor Cavern.

This is around Beat Tate & Liza — Mossdeep City Gym, badge 7 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 36 Dark	Ability Intimidate	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Mightyena knows by Lv 36 in Pokémon Emerald Seaglass: Assurance Scary Face Embargo Taunt	HP76Attack100Defense70Sp. Atk60Sp. Def60Speed74Total440

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 36 — Mightyena, the highest on the team.

Bug Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Beat Tate & Liza — Mossdeep City Gym, badge 7:

• Ariados — Route 128, Lv 30
• Beedrill — Route 127, Lv 29
• Butterfree — Route 127, Lv 29
• Ledian — Route 127, Lv 29
• Beautifly — Route 123, Lv 25
• Dustox — Route 123, Lv 25
• Ninjask — Mt. Pyre, Lv 25
• Pinsir — Route 120, Lv 25

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