Pokéfan Ruth

Pokéfan Ruth fields one Pokémon at level 12 in Route 39.

Fought at Route 39.

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
	Pikachu 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 Pikachu knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Thundershock Tail Whip Thunder Wave Quick Attack	HP45Attack65Defense30Sp. Atk60Sp. Def40Speed90Total330

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 12 — Pikachu, 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

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