Ace George

This team appears on Hard mode.

Ace George fields 2 Pokémon at level 16 in Petalburg Gym.

This is around No badges in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Normal ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Raticate Lv 16 Normal	Ability Elemental Fang 11 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Raticate knows by Lv 16 in Low Budget Crystal: Quick Attack Bite Focus Energy Sharpen	HP55Attack91Defense60Sp. Atk70Sp. Def70Speed107Total453
	Kangaskhan Lv 16 Normal	Ability Regeneration 11 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Kangaskhan knows by Lv 16 in Low Budget Crystal: Pound Leer Bite Growl	HP105Attack95Defense80Sp. Atk40Sp. Def80Speed90Total490

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 16 — Raticate, the highest on the team.

Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by No badges:

• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Ledyba — Route 29, Lv 10
• Machoke — Mount Mortar 1F Outside, Lv 10
• Tyrogue — Mount Mortar B1F, Lv 10
• Farfetch'D — Ilex Forest, Lv 1
• Hariyama — Granite Cave B1F, Lv 1
• Machop — Mount Mortar 1F Inside, Lv 1
• Makuhita — Granite Cave B1F, Lv 1

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