68highest level
Galactic Grunt 26 fields 2 Pokémon at level 68 in Galactic Veilstone. The fight is mandatory.
This is around 7 badges — Icicle (Candice, Snowpoint City) in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.
Types on this team: DarkGroundIcePoison
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Drapion Lv 68 PoisonDark | Ability Super Luck Held item Choice Band | Twineedle Poison Tail Thunder Fang Punishment | HP115Attack100Defense110Sp. Atk68Sp. Def87Speed70Total550 |
 | Sandslash Lv 68 GroundIce | Ability Heatproof Held item Lum Berry | Bonemerang Rock Wrecker Glacial Twist Ice Shard | HP91Attack121Defense125Sp. Atk60Sp. Def86Speed86Total569 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 1 of 2, Fire hits 1 of 2, Grass hits 1 of 2, Ground hits 1 of 2.
Level to be ready for. Lv 68 — Drapion, the highest on the team.
Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 7 badges — Icicle (Candice, Snowpoint City):
- Kommo-o — Valor Cavern
- Annihilape — Snowpoint Temple
- Deoxys — Ice Room
- Electivire — Mt. Coronet North
- Heracross — Lake Verity
- Beartic — Fuego Ironworks Interior
- Blissey — Footstep House
- Donphan — Iron Island