Super Nerd Sam

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Super Nerd Sam fields 2 Pokémon at level 56 in Route 8.

Fought at Route 8.

This is around Kanto in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Poison ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Grimer Lv 56 Poison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Grimer knows by Lv 56 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Screech Acid Armor Sludge Bomb Toxic	HP80Attack80Defense50Sp. Atk40Sp. Def50Speed25Total325
	Muk Lv 56 Poison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Muk knows by Lv 56 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Screech Acid Armor Sludge Bomb Toxic	HP105Attack105Defense75Sp. Atk65Sp. Def100Speed50Total500

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 2 of 2, Psychic hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 56 — Grimer, the highest on the team.

Ground Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Kanto:

• Diglett — Digletts Cave, Lv 15
• Dugtrio — Digletts Cave, Lv 15
• Rhydon — Victory Road, Lv 42
• 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

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