Officer Dirk

Beating them gives you 10 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.

Officer Dirk fields 2 Pokémon at level 9 in Route 35.

Fought at Route 35.

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

Types on this team: Fire ×2Normal ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Growlithe Lv 9 FireNormal	Ability Daunt 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Growlithe knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Ember Bite Roar	HP55Attack70Defense45Sp. Atk70Sp. Def50Speed60Total350
	Growlithe Lv 9 FireNormal	Ability Daunt 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Growlithe knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Ember Bite Roar	HP55Attack70Defense45Sp. Atk70Sp. Def50Speed60Total350

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 2 of 2, Ground hits 2 of 2, Rock hits 2 of 2, Water hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 9 — Growlithe, the highest on the team.

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

• 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
• Mankey — Route 42, Lv 1
• Meditite — Mt. Pyre, Lv 1
• Tauros — Route 38, Lv 1

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