Galactic Grunt 5

Galactic Grunt 5 fields 3 Pokémon between level 17 and level 18 in Floaroma Meadow. The fight is mandatory.

Fought at Floaroma Meadow.

This is around 1 badge — Coal (Roark, Oreburgh City) in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: FirePoisonPsychicWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Abra Lv 17 Psychic	Ability Magic Guard Held item Mind Plate	Swift Ember Confusion Force Push	HP45Attack40Defense50Sp. Atk95Sp. Def70Speed80Total380
	Feebas Lv 17 Water	Ability Swift Swim Held item Lum Berry	Twister Water Gun Dragon Breath Tackle	HP70Attack40Defense50Sp. Atk70Sp. Def80Speed80Total390
	Salandit Lv 18 PoisonFire	Ability Proficiency Held item Flame Plate	Mud Shot Ember Scam Sludge	HP63Attack61Defense60Sp. Atk91Sp. Def70Speed89Total434

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 1 of 3, Dark hits 1 of 3, Electric hits 1 of 3, Ghost hits 1 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 18 — Salandit, the highest on the team.

Bug Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 1 badge — Coal (Roark, Oreburgh City):

• Cascoon — Route 204
• Kakuna — Power Plant
• Larvesta — Floaroma Meadow
• Metapod — Power Plant
• Paras — Eterna Pond
• Pineco — Power Plant
• Scyther — Eterna Forest
• Silcoon — Floaroma Town

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