Sage Li

Beating them gives you 8 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.

Sage Li fields 4 Pokémon between level 9 and level 12 in Sprout Tower 3F.

Fought at Sprout Tower 3F.

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

Types on this team: Poison ×3Grass ×2BugFlyingGhost

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Bellsprout Lv 9 GrassPoison	Ability Snare 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Bellsprout knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Acid Vine Whip Growth	HP50Attack75Defense35Sp. Atk70Sp. Def30Speed40Total300
	Spinarak Lv 9 BugPoison	Ability Snare 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Spinarak knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Poison Sting String Shot Scary Face	HP60Attack70Defense50Sp. Atk40Sp. Def50Speed30Total300
	Bellsprout Lv 10 GrassPoison	Ability Snare 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Bellsprout knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Acid Vine Whip Growth	HP50Attack75Defense35Sp. Atk70Sp. Def30Speed40Total300
	Hoothoot Lv 12 GhostFlying	Ability Mystify 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Hoothoot knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Tackle Peck Night Shade Shadowsneak	HP60Attack30Defense30Sp. Atk66Sp. Def56Speed60Total302

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fire hits 3 of 4, Flying hits 3 of 4, Ice hits 3 of 4, Psychic hits 3 of 4.

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

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

• Mars — Ilex East, Lv 12
• Sunflora — Ilex West, Lv 10
• Charizard — Moltres Lair, Lv 7
• Moltres — Moltres Lair, Lv 7
• Charmander — Birchs Lab, Lv 5
• Cyndaquil — Birchs Lab, Lv 5
• Cyndaquil (Variant) — Birchs Lab, Lv 5
• Honobea — Birchs Lab, Lv 5

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