Amaterasu (Hard mode)

This team appears on Hard mode.

Amaterasu (Hard mode) fields 5 Pokémon at level 42 in Lavaridge Town Gym.

This is around Beat Den — Mauville City Gym, badge 3 in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Fire ×5DarkFairyFighting

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Ninetales Lv 42 FireFairy	Ability Drought Held item Heat Rock 24 IVs	Solar Beam Moonblast Torch Song Scorching Sands	HP73Attack48Defense75Sp. Atk100Sp. Def100Speed109Total505
	Granbull Lv 42 FireFighting	Ability Intimidate Held item Sitrus Berry 24 IVs	Flare Blitz Earthquake Close Combat Wild Charge	HP90Attack120Defense75Sp. Atk60Sp. Def60Speed45Total450
	Arcanine Lv 42 Fire	Ability Intimidate Held item Assault Vest 24 IVs	Extreme Speed Flare Blitz Close Combat Wild Charge	HP90Attack110Defense80Sp. Atk100Sp. Def80Speed95Total555
	Flareon Lv 42 Fire	Ability Guts Held item Toxic Orb 24 IVs	Facade Flare Blitz Will-O-Wisp Protect	HP65Attack130Defense60Sp. Atk95Sp. Def110Speed65Total525
	Houndoom Lv 42 DarkFire	Ability Solar Power Held item Air Balloon 24 IVs	Solar Beam Dark Pulse Fiery Dance Taunt	HP75Attack90Defense50Sp. Atk110Sp. Def80Speed95Total500

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 5 of 5, Water hits 5 of 5, Rock hits 4 of 5, Fighting hits 1 of 5.

Level to be ready for. Lv 42 — Ninetales, the highest on the team.

Ground Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Beat Den — Mauville City Gym, badge 3:

• Baltoy — Rogue Canyon, Lv 33
• Claydol — Rogue Canyon, Lv 33
• Gligar — Rogue Canyon, Lv 33
• Gliscor — Rogue Canyon, Lv 33
• Seviper — Rogue Canyon, Lv 33
• Rhyhorn — Meteor Falls, Lv 26
• Larvitar — Meteor Falls, Lv 25
• Zangoose — Route 114, Lv 25

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