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Route 9

Wild Pokemon¶

Name	Type	Location	Encounter Rate
Muk	Poison	Any Grass	5%
Liepard	Dark	Any Grass	10%
Garbodor	Poison	Any Grass	15%
Minccino	Normal	Any Grass	30%
Gothorita (B2)	Psychic	Any Grass	25%
Duosion (W2)	Psychic	Any Grass	25%
Pawniard	Dark/Steel	Any Grass	15%

Name	Type	Location	Encounter Rate
Audino	Normal	Shaking Grass	80%
Cinccino	Normal	Shaking Grass	5%
Gothitelle (B2)	Psychic	Shaking Grass	5%
Reuniclus (W2)	Psychic	Shaking Grass	5%
Emolga	Electric/Flying	Shaking Grass	10%
Swalot	Poison	Swarm	40%

Head into the gap in the southern fence and move south through the Tall Grass. In the south-east corner of the area is a Elixir . Collect it and head west through the Tall Grass. Continue until you reach the Dark Grass. Move south-west and fight the Roughneck.

Trainer Battle: Roughneck¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Pawniard	43	Dark/Steel

Continue west around the trees past the Roughneck. You’ll find a Nugget there. Return to where the Roughneck is. Head south past the steps and move east toward the end of a little path shooting off from the main one. Turn on your Dowsing MCHN and it’ll show a reading nearby. Use it to find the location of the Dark Gem .

Now head back and go down the stairs. Grab the Iron and backtrack to the very start of the Route. Head west down the path and you’ll reach a Biker moving up and down across the road. Feel free to take him on.

Trainer Battle: Biker¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Krokorok	43	Ground/Dark

Now head north-east and take on the Roughneck by the Vending Machines.

Trainer Battle: Roughneck¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Scraggy	43	Dark/Fighting

Continue west. Feel free to enter Shopping Mall Nine when you reach it (it’s the big building). Once you’re ready to, move back onto the path and follow it west. You’ll find a Quick Ball which you can grab. There’s also a Biker here, looking for an opponent.

Trainer Battle: Biker¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Skorupi	43	Poison/Bug

Further ahead, just before the end of the route is a pair of Hooligans.

Trainer Battle: Hooligans¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Krookodile	42	Ground/Dark
Drapion	42	Poison/Dark

Grab the HP Up near the Hooligans, then head west into the building. You won’t be able to continue through onto the Tubeline Bridge until you’ve beaten the Elite Four. If you want to stock up on items before your next big Gym battle, then the Shopping Mall Nine is a fantastic place to fill your boots!