Super Nerd Tom

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Super Nerd Tom fields 3 Pokémon at level 52 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: Electric ×3Steel ×3

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Magnemite Lv 52 ElectricSteel		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Magnemite knows by Lv 52 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Thunderbolt Light Screen Lock-On Zap Cannon	HP25Attack35Defense70Sp. Atk95Sp. Def55Speed45Total325
	Magnemite Lv 52 ElectricSteel		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Magnemite knows by Lv 52 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Thunderbolt Light Screen Lock-On Zap Cannon	HP25Attack35Defense70Sp. Atk95Sp. Def55Speed45Total325
	Magneton Lv 52 ElectricSteel		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Magneton knows by Lv 52 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Tri Attack Thunderbolt Light Screen Lock-On	HP50Attack60Defense95Sp. Atk120Sp. Def70Speed70Total465

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 3 of 3, Fire hits 3 of 3, Ground hits 3 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 52 — Magnemite, the highest on the team.

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

• Primeape — Route 10 North, Lv 16
• Mankey — Route 42, Lv 14
• Tyrogue — Mount Mortar B1F, Lv 10
• Machoke — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Machop — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10

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