Bird Keeper Vance (upon reaching Goldenrod)

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Bird Keeper Vance (upon reaching Goldenrod) fields 3 Pokémon between level 49 and level 54 in Route 44.

Fought at Route 44.

This is around Goldenrod City — Whitney and the Plain Badge 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
	Pidgeotto Lv 49 NormalFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Pidgeotto knows by Lv 49 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Wing Attack Agility Razor Wind Mirror Move	HP63Attack60Defense55Sp. Atk50Sp. Def50Speed71Total349
	Pidgeot Lv 50 NormalFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Pidgeot knows by Lv 50 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Wing Attack Agility Razor Wind Mirror Move	HP83Attack80Defense75Sp. Atk70Sp. Def70Speed101Total479
	Noctowl Lv 54 NormalFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Noctowl knows by Lv 54 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Confusion Wing Attack Take Down Dream Eater	HP100Attack50Defense50Sp. Atk86Sp. Def96Speed70Total452

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 54 — Noctowl, the highest on the team.

Electric Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Goldenrod City — Whitney and the Plain Badge:

• Mareep — Route 32, Lv 4

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