Pokémaniac Ron

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Pokémaniac Ron fields one Pokémon at level 27 in Route 43.

Fought at Route 43.

This is around Blackthorn City — Clair and the Rising Badge in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: GroundPoison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Nidoking Lv 27 PoisonGround		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Nidoking knows by Lv 27 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Double Kick Focus Energy Peck Poison Sting	HP81Attack102Defense77Sp. Atk85Sp. Def75Speed85Total505

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 1 of 1, Ice hits 1 of 1, Psychic hits 1 of 1, Water hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 27 — Nidoking, the highest on the team.

Ground Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Blackthorn City — Clair and the Rising Badge:

• Donphan — Route 45, Lv 20
• Graveler — Mount Mortar 1F Inside, Lv 24
• Swinub — Ice Path 1F, Lv 21
• Gligar — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Larvitar — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Marowak — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Rhyhorn — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Sandslash — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5

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