83level cap
This team appears on Hardcore mode.
Gardenia (second time) — team C fields 6 Pokémon at level 83 in Route 222. The fight is mandatory.
Fought at Route 222.
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: Grass ×4Water ×3Flying ×2BugElectricRock
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pelipper Lv 83 WaterFlying | Ability Drizzle Held item Wacan Berry Nature Modest · 30 IVs in every stat · Speed 149 | Aeroblast Hydro Pump Ice Beam Yawn | HP118Attack64Defense95Sp. Atk86Sp. Def81Speed72Total516 |
 | Venusaur Lv 83 GrassWater | Ability Thick Fat Held item Leftovers Nature Modest · 30 IVs in every stat · Speed 126 | Roar of Time Water Spout Frenzy Plant Leech Seed | HP106Attack78Defense90Sp. Atk108Sp. Def102Speed58Total542 |
 | Parasect Lv 83 BugGrass | Ability Drizzle Held item Quick Claw Nature Sassy · 30 IVs in every stat · Speed 111 | Water Spout Earthquake X-Scissor Grass Whistle | HP110Attack105Defense90Sp. Atk100Sp. Def110Speed57Total572 |
 | Relicanth Lv 83 WaterRock | Ability Rock Head Held item Muscle Band Nature Impish · 30 IVs in every stat · Speed 136 | Wave Crash Head Smash Headlong Rush Double-Edge | HP108Attack112Defense120Sp. Atk75Sp. Def71Speed64Total550 |
 | Shaymin Lv 83 GrassFlying | Ability Air Lock Held item Focus Sash Nature Timid · 30 IVs in every stat · Speed 246 | Jet Stream Seed Flare Ominous Wind Tailwind | HP87Attack76Defense82Sp. Atk120Sp. Def93Speed117Total575 |
 | Xurkitree Lv 83 ElectricGrass | Ability Volt Absorb Held item Salac Berry Nature Modest · 30 IVs in every stat · Speed 156 | Cosmic Power Giga Drain Thunder Power Gem | HP82Attack103Defense73Sp. Atk149Sp. Def92Speed76Total575 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Poison hits 4 of 6, Bug hits 3 of 6, Fire hits 3 of 6, Flying hits 3 of 6.
Level to be ready for. Lv 83 — Pelipper, the highest on the team.
Poison Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 7 badges — Icicle (Candice, Snowpoint City):
- Eelektross — Acuity Cavern
- Gengar — Verity Cavern
- Nihilego — Lake Acuity
- Typhlosion — Valor Cavern
- Nidoqueen — Mt. Coronet North
- Vileplume — Ancient Room
- Bronzong — Footstep House
- Crobat — Fuego Ironworks Interior