Erika (once you have beaten Blaine)

Erika (once you have beaten Blaine) fields 5 Pokémon between level 51 and level 53 in Celadon City Gym.

This is around Thunder Badge — Rock Tunnel to Celadon City — Lv. 35 cap in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Grass ×5Poison ×2Psychic

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Bellossom Lv 52 Grass	Ability Chlorophyll Held item Aguav Berry	Sleep Powder Synthesis Sunny Day Giga Drain	HP90Attack80Defense95Sp. Atk90Sp. Def110Speed50Total515
	Victreebel Lv 52 GrassPoison	Ability Chlorophyll Held item Poison Barb	Stun Spore Sludge Bomb Growth Giga Drain	HP80Attack110Defense65Sp. Atk100Sp. Def70Speed75Total500
	Tangela Lv 51 Grass	Ability Thick Fat Held item Magnet	Sunny Day Ancient Power Shock Wave Giga Drain	HP80Attack80Defense115Sp. Atk100Sp. Def50Speed60Total485
	Exeggutor Lv 51 GrassPsychic	Ability Chlorophyll Held item Quick Claw	Leech Seed Psychic Sleep Powder Giga Drain	HP95Attack95Defense85Sp. Atk125Sp. Def65Speed55Total520
	Vileplume Lv 53 GrassPoison	Ability Chlorophyll Held item Leftovers	Sleep Powder Giga Drain Psychic Sludge Bomb	HP90Attack80Defense95Sp. Atk110Sp. Def90Speed50Total515

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fire hits 5 of 5, Flying hits 5 of 5, Ice hits 5 of 5, Bug hits 3 of 5.

Level to be ready for. Lv 53 — Vileplume, the highest on the team.

Fire Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Thunder Badge — Rock Tunnel to Celadon City — Lv. 35 cap:

• Growlithe — Route 7, Lv 25
• Magby — Route 7, Lv 25
• Ponyta — Underground Path North Entrance
• Slugma — Route 3, Lv 9
• Vulpix — Route 2, Lv 4

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