Picnicker Hope

Beating them gives you 5 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.

Picnicker Hope fields one Pokémon at level 12 in Route 4.

Fought at Route 4.

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

Types on this team: Electric

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Flaaffy Lv 12 Electric	Ability Stability 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Flaaffy knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Growl Tackle Thundershock Cotton Spore	HP70Attack55Defense55Sp. Atk80Sp. Def60Speed45Total365

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 12 — Flaaffy, the highest on the team.

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

• Venus — Dark Cave Violet Entrance, Lv 12
• Gligar — Celadon Game Corner Prize Room, Lv 5
• Baltoy — Desert Ruin B1F, Lv 1
• Claydol — Desert Ruin B1F, Lv 1
• Cubone — Rock Tunnel 1F, Lv 1
• Diglett — Digletts Cave, Lv 1
• Diglett (Alola) — Digletts Cave, Lv 1
• Donphan — Route 45, Lv 1

Open in the interactive guide Build a team for this point