Explorer Foster

This team appears on Hard mode.

Beating them gives you 12 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.

Explorer Foster fields 3 Pokémon between level 12 and level 15 in Route 105.

Fought at Route 105.

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

Types on this team: Rock ×2ElectricNormalWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Relicanth Lv 12 WaterRock	Ability Swift Swim 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Relicanth knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Harden Tackle Water Gun	HP100Attack90Defense130Sp. Atk45Sp. Def65Speed55Total485
	Ursaring Lv 12 Normal	Ability Elemental Fang 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Ursaring knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Leer Scratch Lick Pound	HP90Attack130Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed55Total500
	Probopass Lv 15 RockElectric	Ability Aim 10 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Probopass knows by Lv 15 in Low Budget Crystal: Thundershock Thunder Wave Sand-Attack Defense Curl	HP60Attack55Defense145Sp. Atk75Sp. Def150Speed40Total525

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 3 of 3, Grass hits 2 of 3, Ground hits 2 of 3, Electric hits 1 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 15 — Probopass, 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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