Rival — if you chose Chikorita

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Rival — if you chose Chikorita fields 5 Pokémon between level 30 and level 34 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 32 PoisonFlying		Swift Bite Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Magnemite Lv 30 ElectricSteel		Spark Supersonic Sonicboom Thunder Wave	HP25Attack35Defense70Sp. Atk95Sp. Def55Speed45Total325
	Haunter Lv 32 GhostPoison		Night Shade Mean Look Curse Shadow Ball	HP45Attack50Defense45Sp. Atk115Sp. Def55Speed95Total405
	Sneasel Lv 34 DarkIce		Fury Swipes Icy Wind Screech Feint Attack	HP55Attack95Defense55Sp. Atk35Sp. Def75Speed115Total430
	Quilava Lv 34 Fire		Smokescreen Ember Quick Attack Flame Wheel	HP58Attack64Defense58Sp. Atk80Sp. Def65Speed80Total405

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 34 — 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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