Rocket Alex

This team appears on Hard mode.

Rocket Alex fields 2 Pokémon between level 11 and level 12 in Rusturf Tunnel.

Fought at Rusturf Tunnel.

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

Types on this team: DarkGroundPsychic

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Baltoy Lv 11 GroundPsychic	Ability Levitate 6 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Baltoy knows by Lv 11 in Low Budget Crystal: Confusion Harden Sand-Attack Teleport	HP40Attack40Defense55Sp. Atk40Sp. Def70Speed55Total300
	Poochyena Lv 12 Dark	Ability Daunt 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Poochyena knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Tackle Bite Sand-Attack Sharpen	HP55Attack55Defense55Sp. Atk30Sp. Def30Speed55Total280

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 2 of 2, Dark hits 1 of 2, Fairy hits 1 of 2, Fighting hits 1 of 2.

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

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

• Beedrill — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Butterfree — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Caterpie — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Kakuna — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Ledyba — Route 29, Lv 10
• Metapod — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Pineco — Ilex Forest, Lv 10

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