Explorer Foster

This team appears on Normal mode.

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

Explorer Foster fields 3 Pokémon between level 10 and level 12 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 10 WaterRock	Ability Swift Swim 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Relicanth knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Harden Tackle Water Gun	HP100Attack90Defense130Sp. Atk45Sp. Def65Speed55Total485
	Ursaring Lv 10 Normal	Ability Elemental Fang 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Ursaring knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Leer Scratch Lick	HP90Attack130Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed55Total500
	Nosepass Lv 12 RockElectric	Ability Aim 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Nosepass knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Rock Throw Thundershock Thunder Wave Sand-Attack	HP75Attack45Defense135Sp. Atk75Sp. Def90Speed30Total450

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 12 — Nosepass, 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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