Blackbelt Manford

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Blackbelt Manford fields one Pokémon at level 59 in Route 3.

Fought at Route 3.

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

Types on this team: FightingWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Poliwrath Lv 59 WaterFighting		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Poliwrath knows by Lv 59 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Hypnosis Submission Dynamicpunch Mind Reader	HP90Attack95Defense95Sp. Atk70Sp. Def90Speed70Total510

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Electric hits 1 of 1, Fairy hits 1 of 1, Flying hits 1 of 1, Grass hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 59 — Poliwrath, 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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