29highest level
Hiker John fields 4 Pokémon at level 29 in Route 208. The fight is mandatory.
Fought at Route 208.
This is around 2 badges — Forest (Gardenia, Eterna City) in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.
Types on this team: Normal ×2FireGroundIceRock
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Piloswine Lv 29 IceGround | Ability Ice Body Held item Icicle Plate | Mud Shot Ice Shard Icicle Spear Rock Tomb | HP100Attack100Defense80Sp. Atk65Sp. Def80Speed55Total480 |
 | Porygon2 Lv 29 Normal | Ability Adaptability Held item Sitrus Berry | Tri Attack Lock On Braindrain Thunder Shock | HP70Attack55Defense70Sp. Atk85Sp. Def70Speed85Total435 |
 | Chansey Lv 29 Normal | Ability Unaware Held item Lum Berry | Clamour Softboiled Power Reset Pensive Tackle | HP100Attack55Defense55Sp. Atk60Sp. Def100Speed40Total410 |
 | Carkol Lv 29 RockFire | Ability Solid Rock Held item Quick Claw | Combustion Bedrock Crush Destruction Smoke Screen | HP95Attack65Defense90Sp. Atk80Sp. Def70Speed35Total435 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 4 of 4, Water hits 2 of 4, Fire hits 1 of 4, Grass hits 1 of 4.
Level to be ready for. Lv 29 — Piloswine, the highest on the team.
Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by 2 badges — Forest (Gardenia, Eterna City):
- Combusken — Bebe's House
- Hitmonchan — Galactic Eterna
- Hitmonlee — Bebe's House
- Machoke — Bebe's House
- Monferno — Berry House
- Primeape — Hidden Cave
- Sirfetch'd — Bebe's House
- Croagunk — Eterna Pond