Bug Maniac Taylor

Bug Maniac Taylor fields 3 Pokémon at level 27 in Route 119.

Fought at Route 119.

This is around Beat Norman — Petalburg City Gym, badge 5 in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Bug ×3Poison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Wurmple Lv 27 Bug	Also has Swarm — innates are always active · Picks one of Shield Dust, Run Away	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Wurmple knows by Lv 27 in Pokémon Exceeded: String Shot Tackle Poison Sting Bug Bite	HP45Attack45Defense35Sp. Atk20Sp. Def30Speed20Total195
	Cascoon Lv 27 Bug	Also has Swarm, Shed Skin — innates are always active · Picks one of Shield Dust	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Cascoon knows by Lv 27 in Pokémon Exceeded: Harden	HP50Attack35Defense55Sp. Atk25Sp. Def25Speed15Total205
	Dustox Lv 27 BugPoison	Also has Majestic Moth, Poison Touch, Levitate — innates are always active · Picks one of Shield Dust, Compound Eyes	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Dustox knows by Lv 27 in Pokémon Exceeded: Moonlight Venoshock Psybeam Protect	HP60Attack50Defense70Sp. Atk50Sp. Def90Speed65Total385

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fire hits 3 of 3, Flying hits 3 of 3, Rock hits 3 of 3, Psychic hits 1 of 3.

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

Fire Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Beat Norman — Petalburg City Gym, badge 5:

• Carkol — Magma Hideout
• Magmar — Magma Hideout
• Turtonator — Magma Hideout
• Charcadet — Jagged Pass, Lv 5
• Growlithe — Route 113
• Heatmor — Route 113
• Houndour — Route 113
• Litleo — Route 114

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