Officer Dirk

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Officer Dirk fields 2 Pokémon at level 17 in Route 35.

Fought at Route 35.

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: Fire ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Growlithe Lv 17 Fire		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Growlithe knows by Lv 17 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Roar Ember Leer Flame Wheel	HP55Attack70Defense45Sp. Atk70Sp. Def50Speed60Total350
	Growlithe Lv 17 Fire		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Growlithe knows by Lv 17 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Roar Ember Leer Flame Wheel	HP55Attack70Defense45Sp. Atk70Sp. Def50Speed60Total350

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 2 of 2, Rock hits 2 of 2, Water hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 17 — Growlithe, the highest on the team.

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

• Cubone — Goldenrod Game Corner, Lv 5
• Onix — Union Cave 1F, Lv 4
• Sandshrew — Union Cave 1F, Lv 4
• Wooper — Route 32, Lv 5
• Geodude — Dark Cave Violet Entrance, Lv 2
• Phanpy — Route 46, Lv 2

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