Rival — if you chose Chikorita

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Rival — if you chose Chikorita fields 5 Pokémon between level 38 and level 42 in Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances.

This is around Goldenrod City — Whitney and the Plain Badge in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Poison ×2DarkElectricFireFlyingGhostIceSteel

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Golbat Lv 40 PoisonFlying		Swift Crunch Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Magneton Lv 38 ElectricSteel		Spark Supersonic Sonicboom Thunder Wave	HP50Attack60Defense95Sp. Atk120Sp. Def70Speed70Total465
	Haunter Lv 40 GhostPoison		Confuse Ray Mean Look Curse Shadow Ball	HP45Attack50Defense45Sp. Atk115Sp. Def55Speed95Total405
	Sneasel Lv 42 DarkIce		Metal Claw Icy Wind Slash Feint Attack	HP55Attack95Defense55Sp. Atk35Sp. Def75Speed115Total430
	Typhlosion Lv 42 Fire		Smokescreen Rollout Quick Attack Flame Wheel	HP78Attack84Defense78Sp. Atk109Sp. Def85Speed100Total534

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 3 of 5, Rock hits 3 of 5, Fighting hits 2 of 5, Fire hits 2 of 5.

Level to be ready for. Lv 42 — Sneasel, the highest on the team.

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

• Cubone — Goldenrod Game Corner, Lv 5
• Quagsire — Union Cave B2F, Lv 20
• Onix — Union Cave 1F, Lv 4
• Sandshrew — Union Cave 1F, Lv 4
• Wooper — Route 32, Lv 5
• Geodude — Dark Cave Violet Entrance, Lv 2
• Phanpy — Route 46, Lv 2

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