Bird Keeper Ernie

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Bird Keeper Ernie fields one Pokémon at level 48 in Route 20.

Fought at Route 20.

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

Types on this team: FlyingSteel

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Skarmory Lv 48 SteelFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Skarmory knows by Lv 48 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Wing Attack Slash Steel Wing Spikes	HP65Attack80Defense140Sp. Atk40Sp. Def70Speed70Total465

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Electric hits 1 of 1, Fire hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 48 — Skarmory, the highest on the team.

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

• 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
• Magnemite — Route 38, Lv 16

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