Team Magma Grunt (rematch 16)

Team Magma Grunt (rematch 16) fields one Pokémon at level 29 in Magma Hideout.

Fought at Magma Hideout.

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: Fire

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Slugma Lv 29 Fire	Also has Molten Down, Pyroclastic — innates are always active · Picks one of Laval Body, Weak Armor	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Slugma knows by Lv 29 in Pokémon Exceeded: Incinerate Clear Smog AncientPower Flame Burst	HP40Attack40Defense40Sp. Atk70Sp. Def40Speed20Total250

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 1 of 1, Rock hits 1 of 1, Water hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 29 — Slugma, the highest on the team.

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

• Wooper — Petalburg Woods, Lv 20
• Quagsire — Route 118
• Whiscash — Route 111
• Barboach — Route 111, Lv 5
• Baltoy — Mirage Tower
• Cubone — Route 114
• Hippopotas — Route 111
• Numel — Fiery Path

Open in the interactive guide Build a team for this point