Bird Keeper Boris

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Bird Keeper Boris fields 3 Pokémon between level 49 and level 53 in Route 18.

Fought at Route 18.

This is around Kanto in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Flying ×3Normal ×3

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Doduo Lv 51 NormalFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Doduo knows by Lv 51 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Swords Dance Drill Peck Jump Kick Thrash	HP35Attack85Defense45Sp. Atk35Sp. Def35Speed75Total310
	Doduo Lv 49 NormalFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Doduo knows by Lv 49 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Swords Dance Drill Peck Jump Kick Thrash	HP35Attack85Defense45Sp. Atk35Sp. Def35Speed75Total310
	Dodrio Lv 53 NormalFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Dodrio knows by Lv 53 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Swords Dance Drill Peck Jump Kick Thrash	HP60Attack110Defense70Sp. Atk60Sp. Def60Speed110Total470

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Electric hits 3 of 3, Ice hits 3 of 3, Rock hits 3 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 53 — Dodrio, the highest on the team.

Electric Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Kanto:

• Zapdos — Route 10 South, Lv 50
• Lanturn — Cherrygrove City, Lv 40
• Electrode — Team Rocket Base B2F, Lv 23
• Flaaffy — Route 42, Lv 14
• Chinchou — Cherrygrove City, Lv 20
• Magneton — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Pikachu — Safari Zone Area 1, Lv 5
• Voltorb — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5

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