Schoolboy Billy

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

Schoolboy Billy fields 4 Pokémon between level 9 and level 12 in Route 15.

Fought at Route 15.

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

Types on this team: Bug ×2Grass ×2NormalWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Paras Lv 9 BugGrass	Ability Leech 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Paras knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Scratch String Shot Stun Spore	HP50Attack70Defense55Sp. Atk45Sp. Def55Speed25Total300
	Paras Lv 9 BugGrass	Ability Leech 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Paras knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Scratch String Shot Stun Spore	HP50Attack70Defense55Sp. Atk45Sp. Def55Speed25Total300
	Poliwhirl Lv 10 Water	Ability Swift Swim 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Poliwhirl knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Bubble Hypnosis	HP70Attack75Defense65Sp. Atk50Sp. Def50Speed90Total400
	Ditto Lv 12 Normal	Ability Impostor 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Ditto knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Transform	HP75Attack75Defense75Sp. Atk75Sp. Def75Speed75Total450

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 2 of 4, Fire hits 2 of 4, Flying hits 2 of 4, Ice hits 2 of 4.

Level to be ready for. Lv 12 — Ditto, 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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