Rival Silver

Rival Silver fields one Pokémon at level 5 in Azalea Town.

This is around Just started — no badges 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
	Cyndaquil Lv 5 Fire	Ability Dry Skin	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Cyndaquil knows by Lv 5 in HeartGold Generations: Leer Tackle	HP39Attack52Defense43Sp. Atk60Sp. Def50Speed65Total309

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 5 — Cyndaquil, the highest on the team.

Ground Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Just started — no badges:

• Baltoy — Ruins of Alph, Lv 5
• Golett — Slowpoke Well, Lv 5
• Cubone — Union Cave, Lv 4
• Numel — Union Cave, Lv 4
• Onix — Union Cave, Lv 4
• Rhyhorn — Union Cave, Lv 4
• Toedscool — Route 32, Lv 4
• Sandile — Route 31, Lv 3

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