Team Aqua Grunt

Team Aqua Grunt fields one Pokémon at level 9 in Petalburg Woods.

Fought at Petalburg Woods.

This is around Littleroot Town to Rustboro City — level cap 13 in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Dark

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Purrloin Lv 9 Dark	Ability Limber moves are its own level-up list	Pursuit Growl Guard Swap Fury Swipes	HP41Attack50Defense37Sp. Atk50Sp. Def37Speed66Total281

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 1 of 1, Fairy hits 1 of 1, Fighting hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 9 — Purrloin, the highest on the team.

Bug Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Littleroot Town to Rustboro City — level cap 13:

• Paras — Route 104, Lv 6
• Burmy — Petalburg Woods, Lv 5
• Combee — Petalburg Woods, Lv 5
• Sewaddle — Petalburg Woods, Lv 5
• Kricketot — Route 102, Lv 4

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