Super Nerd Merle

Super Nerd Merle fields one Pokémon at level 53 in Seafoam Islands Gym.

This is around Beat Blaine — Seafoam Islands Gym, badge 15 in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: FireRock

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Magcargo Lv 53 FireRock	Ability Flame Body	Overheat Rock Slide Yawn Recover	HP60Attack50Defense120Sp. Atk90Sp. Def80Speed30Total430

How to beat this team

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

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

Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Beat Blaine — Seafoam Islands Gym, badge 15:

• Primeape — Route 9, Lv 13
• Falinks — Route 47, Lv 31
• Clobbopus — Route 48, Lv 20
• Crabrawler — Olivine City, Lv 10
• Machoke — Mt. Mortar, Lv 28
• Scraggy — Route 39, Lv 15
• Stufful — Route 39, Lv 15
• Croagunk — Route 37, Lv 13

Open in the interactive guide Build a team for this point