Youngster Tommy

This team appears on Normal mode.

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

Youngster Tommy fields one Pokémon at level 10 in Rustboro Gym.

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

Types on this team: GroundSteel

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Sandshrew Lv 10 GroundSteel	Ability Sand Body 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Sandshrew knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Defense Curl Scratch Sand-Attack	HP50Attack75Defense85Sp. Atk20Sp. Def30Speed40Total300

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 1 of 1, Fire hits 1 of 1, Ground hits 1 of 1, Water hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 10 — Sandshrew, the highest on the team.

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

• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Ledyba — Route 29, Lv 10
• Machoke — Mount Mortar 1F Outside, Lv 10
• Tyrogue — Mount Mortar B1F, Lv 10
• Farfetch'D — Ilex Forest, Lv 1
• Hariyama — Granite Cave B1F, Lv 1
• Machop — Mount Mortar 1F Inside, Lv 1
• Makuhita — Granite Cave B1F, Lv 1

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