Galactic Grunt 43

Galactic Grunt 43 fields 2 Pokémon between level 76 and level 78 in Spear Pillar. 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: GrassGroundNormalPoison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Roserade Lv 76 GrassPoison	Ability Poison Point Held item Wide Lens	Grass Whistle Solar Beam Acid Darts Fissure	HP78Attack70Defense90Sp. Atk125Sp. Def110Speed83Total556
	Slaking Lv 78 NormalGround	Ability Unburden Held item Liechi Berry	Earthquake Subzero Slam Hammer Arm Slash	HP135Attack125Defense90Sp. Atk60Sp. Def73Speed61Total544

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ice hits 2 of 2, Fighting hits 1 of 2, Fire hits 1 of 2, Flying hits 1 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 78 — Slaking, the highest on the team.

Ice Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 7 badges — Icicle (Candice, Snowpoint City):

• Articuno — Lake Acuity
• Chien-Pao — Acuity Lakefront
• Exploud — Acuity Lakefront
• Glaceon — Ice Room
• Mamoswine — Route 217
• Regice — Ice Room
• Suicune — Route 217
• Abomasnow — Fuego Ironworks Interior

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