Bug Catcher Dion

This team appears on Normal mode.

Bug Catcher Dion fields one Pokémon at level 50 in Viridian Forest.

Fought at Viridian Forest.

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

Types on this team: BugPoison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Ariados Lv 50 BugPoison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Ariados knows by Lv 50 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Spider Web Pin Missile Agility Psychic	HP70Attack90Defense70Sp. Atk60Sp. Def70Speed40Total400

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fire hits 1 of 1, Flying hits 1 of 1, Psychic hits 1 of 1, Rock hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 50 — Ariados, the highest on the team.

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

• Charmander — Route 22, Lv 3
• Houndoom — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Houndour — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Ponyta — Safari Zone Area 1, Lv 5
• Rapidash — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Slugma — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Magmar — Burned Tower B1F, Lv 14
• Growlithe — Route 36, Lv 4

Open in the interactive guide Build a team for this point