Cooltrainer Bruce

Cooltrainer Bruce fields 2 Pokémon at level 43 in Acropora Cave 1F.

This is around Acropora City — Alan and the Glacier Badge in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Ground ×2PoisonRock

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Pupitar Lv 43 RockGround		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Pupitar knows by Lv 43 in Pokémon Peridot Version: Scary Face Thrash Skull Bash Rock Slide	HP70Attack84Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def70Speed51Total410
	Nidoking Lv 43 PoisonGround		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Nidoking knows by Lv 43 in Pokémon Peridot Version: Spikes Tackle Thrash Earthquake	HP81Attack102Defense77Sp. Atk85Sp. Def75Speed85Total505

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 2 of 2, Ice hits 2 of 2, Water hits 2 of 2, Fighting hits 1 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 43 — Pupitar, the highest on the team.

Ground Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Acropora City — Alan and the Glacier Badge:

• Donphan — Route 16, Lv 35
• Larvitar — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 28
• Rhyhorn — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 28
• Quagsire — Pavona Oasis Cave 1F, Lv 24
• Phanpy — Pavona Pass 1F, Lv 9
• Sandshrew — Pavona Pass 1F, Lv 9
• Dugtrio — Palerock Mountain B2, Lv 30
• Graveler — Palerock Mountain B2, Lv 30

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