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Tang

1 team across all documented encounters, including rematches and partner appearances. Choose a location below to find the team used there.

Conditions can depend on story progress; see the quest guide for prerequisites. Teams are numbered by level for reference, not encounter order.

Encounters and locations

Where you battle this trainer
LocationBattle and conditionsTeam
Route 11trainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 23

Drifloon · Psyduck · Cubone

Full teams

A trainer’s held items are not necessarily obtainable; item pages list how to get them.

Team 1 · Lv. 23

Elder TangDrifloon 23 · Psyduck 23 · Cubone 23
Elder Tang’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
23Flare BoostFlame OrbTimid10 HP / 6 othersOminous Wind, Minimize, Charge Beam, Gust
23Swift SwimMystic WaterMild10 HP / 6 othersWater Pulse, Signal Beam, Confusion, Mud Bomb
23TechnicianMuscle BandSerious10 HP / 6 othersBonemerang, Rage, Aerial Ace, Knock Off

IVs show HP separately when it differs; “others” means each of the other five stats. No EV investment.

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