Super Nerd Markus

This team appears on Normal mode.

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

Super Nerd Markus fields one Pokémon at level 17 in Mount Mortar 1F Inside.

Fought at Mount Mortar 1F Inside.

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

Types on this team: PsychicWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Slowpoke Lv 17 WaterPsychic	Ability Rain Dish 12 above the trainer base level	Curse Water Gun Growl Strength	HP90Attack65Defense65Sp. Atk65Sp. Def60Speed15Total360

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 1 of 1, Dark hits 1 of 1, Electric hits 1 of 1, Ghost hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 17 — Slowpoke, the highest on the team.

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

• Shuckle — Cianwood City, Lv 15
• 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

Open in the interactive guide Build a team for this point