Youngster Gordon

This team appears on Hard mode.

Beating them gives you 4 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.

Youngster Gordon fields 2 Pokémon at level 12 in Route 32.

Fought at Route 32.

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

Types on this team: Water ×2Ground

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Wooper Lv 12 WaterGround	Ability Waterproof 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Wooper knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Tail Whip Water Gun Sand-Attack Pound	HP75Attack65Defense65Sp. Atk35Sp. Def45Speed15Total300
	Mudkip Lv 12 Water	Ability Swift Swim 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Mudkip knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Growl Tackle Sand-Attack Clamp	HP50Attack70Defense50Sp. Atk50Sp. Def50Speed40Total310

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Grass hits 2 of 2, Electric hits 1 of 2.

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

Grass 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
• Celebi — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Electrode (Hisui) — Team Rocket Base B2F, Lv 10
• Exeggcute — Lake of Rage, Lv 10
• Lileep — Rustboro Devon Lab Upstairs, Lv 10
• Sunflora — Ilex West, Lv 10
• Bulbasaur — Birchs Lab, Lv 5
• Chikorita — Birchs Lab, Lv 5

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