Cooltrainer Brian

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Cooltrainer Brian fields one Pokémon at level 45 in Route 27.

Fought at Route 27.

This is around Victory Road and the Elite Four in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Ground

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Sandslash Lv 45 Ground		Sand-Attack Fury Cutter Slash Earthquake	HP75Attack100Defense110Sp. Atk45Sp. Def55Speed65Total450

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Grass hits 1 of 1, Ice hits 1 of 1, Water hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 45 — Sandslash, the highest on the team.

Grass Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Victory Road and the Elite Four:

• Gloom — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Parasect — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Tangela — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Weepinbell — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Sunkern — National Park, Lv 10
• Exeggcute — Route 29, Lv 10
• Celebi — Ilex Forest, Lv 8
• Oddish — Ilex Forest, Lv 5

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