Scientist Ross

Beating them gives you 25 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.

Scientist Ross fields 2 Pokémon at level 13 in Team Rocket Base B3F.

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

Types on this team: Poison ×2Dark

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Weezing Lv 13 Poison	Ability Levitate 8 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Weezing knows by Lv 13 in Low Budget Crystal: Ember Poison Gas Smog	HP65Attack90Defense120Sp. Atk85Sp. Def70Speed60Total490
	Arbok Lv 13 PoisonDark	Ability Intimidate 8 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Arbok knows by Lv 13 in Low Budget Crystal: Leer Wrap Poison Sting Bite	HP60Attack85Defense69Sp. Atk65Sp. Def79Speed92Total450

How to beat this team

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

Level to be ready for. Lv 13 — Weezing, 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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