Scientist Melvin

Scientist Melvin fields 2 Pokémon at level 17 in Favia Gym.

This is around Favia Town — Celeste and the Mystic Badge in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Psychic ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Kadabra Lv 17 Psychic		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Kadabra knows by Lv 17 in Pokémon Peridot Version: Confusion Teleport	HP40Attack35Defense30Sp. Atk120Sp. Def70Speed105Total400
	Kadabra Lv 17 Psychic		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Kadabra knows by Lv 17 in Pokémon Peridot Version: Confusion Teleport	HP40Attack35Defense30Sp. Atk120Sp. Def70Speed105Total400

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 2 of 2, Dark hits 2 of 2, Ghost hits 2 of 2.

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

Bug Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Favia Town — Celeste and the Mystic Badge:

• Yanma — Route 4, Lv 10
• Shuckle — Abandoned Factory 1F, Lv 7
• Pineco — Route 1, Lv 16
• Kakuna — Route 1, Lv 14
• Spinarak — Route 1, Lv 14
• Heracross — Elkhorn Town, Lv 10
• Venonat — Route 2, Lv 7

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