10highest level
This team appears on Normal mode.
Beating them gives you 4 × the last Pokémon's level in prize money.
Youngster Ian fields 3 Pokémon between level 8 and level 10 in Route 34.
Fought at Route 34.
This is around No badges in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.
Types on this team: Ground ×3FightingIce
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mankey Lv 8 FightingGround | Ability Elemental Fist 3 above the trainer base level | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Mankey knows by Lv 8 in Low Budget Crystal: Low Kick Sand-Attack Leer | HP50Attack80Defense45Sp. Atk35Sp. Def45Speed70Total325 |
 | Swinub Lv 9 IceGround | Ability Slush Rush 4 above the trainer base level | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Swinub knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Powder Snow Sand-Attack | HP60Attack60Defense60Sp. Atk30Sp. Def40Speed50Total300 |
 | Diglett Lv 10 Ground | Ability Haste 5 above the trainer base level | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Diglett knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Sand-Attack Scratch Growl | HP25Attack55Defense45Sp. Atk35Sp. Def45Speed95Total300 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Grass hits 3 of 3, Water hits 3 of 3, Ice hits 2 of 3, Fairy hits 1 of 3.
Level to be ready for. Lv 10 — Diglett, the highest on the team.
Grass Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by No badges:
- 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
- Chikorita (Variant) — Birchs Lab, Lv 5