70level cap
This team appears on Hard mode.
Beating them gives you 25 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.
Champion Steven — rematch fields one Pokémon at level 70 in Stevens Room.
This is around 8 badges in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.
Types on this team: PsychicSteel
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Metagross (Mega) Lv 70 SteelPsychic | Held item Leftovers 25 above the trainer base level | Meteor Mash Cosmic Power Earthquake Psychic | HP80Attack135Defense130Sp. Atk105Sp. Def100Speed100Total650 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Dark hits 1 of 1, Fire hits 1 of 1, Ghost hits 1 of 1, Ground hits 1 of 1.
Level to be ready for. Lv 70 — Metagross (Mega), the highest on the team.
Dark Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 8 badges:
- Unown (Mega) — Desert Shrine, Lv 16
- Beedrill — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
- Ekans — Azalea Town, Lv 10
- Sableye — Granite Cave B1F, Lv 9
- Tyranitar — Moltres Lair, Lv 7
- Absol — Celadon Game Corner Prize Room, Lv 5
- Cyndaquil (Variant) — Birchs Lab, Lv 5
- Arbok — Route 26, Lv 1