Team Rocket Grunt

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

Location	Battle and conditions	Team
Ice Path B3F	multi battle: you and Johto Trainer Gold against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt	Team 1 · Lv. 81–82 Raticate · Crobat · Linoone · Donphan
Victory Road	multi battle: you and Johto Trainer Gold against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt	Team 1 · Lv. 81–82 Raticate · Crobat · Linoone · Donphan
Victory Road 2F	multi battle: you and Johto Trainer Gold against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt	Team 1 · Lv. 81–82 Raticate · Crobat · Linoone · Donphan

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 81–82

Team Rocket GruntRaticate 82 · Crobat 81 · Linoone 82 · Donphan 81

• Victory Road: multi battle: you and Johto Trainer Gold against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt
• Victory Road 2F: multi battle: you and Johto Trainer Gold against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt
• Ice Path B3F: multi battle: you and Johto Trainer Gold against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt

Team Rocket Grunt’s team

Pokémon	Lv	Ability	Item	Nature	IVs	EVs	Moves
Raticate	82	Guts	Flame Orb	Adamant	31 HP / 18 others	6 HP, 252 Atk, 252 SpD	Facade, Super Fang, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
Crobat	81	Inner Focus	Poison Barb	Adamant	31 HP / 18 others	6 HP, 252 Atk, 252 SpD	Cross Poison, Brave Bird, Quick Attack, Confuse Ray
Linoone	82	Normalize	Sitrus Berry	Adamant	31 HP / 18 others	6 HP, 252 Atk, 252 SpD	Belly Drum, Extreme Speed, Headbutt, Seed Bomb
Donphan	81	Sturdy	Yache Berry	Adamant	31 HP / 18 others	252 HP, 252 Atk, 6 SpA	Stealth Rock, Earthquake, Fire Fang, Rapid Spin

IVs show HP separately when it differs; “others” means each of the other five stats.

Damage calc →

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