Schoolboy Ben

This team appears on Normal mode.

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

Schoolboy Ben fields 2 Pokémon at level 12 in Mauville Gym.

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

Types on this team: ElectricNormal

	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
	Linoone Lv 12 Normal	Ability Elemental Fang 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Linoone knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Tackle Tail Whip Quick Attack Bite	HP88Attack80Defense61Sp. Atk50Sp. Def61Speed110Total450

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 1 of 2, Ground hits 1 of 2.

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

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

• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Ledyba — Route 29, Lv 10
• Machoke — Mount Mortar 1F Outside, Lv 10
• Tyrogue — Mount Mortar B1F, Lv 10
• 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

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