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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
LocationBattle and conditionsTeam
S.S. Annemulti battle: you and PKMN Trainer Green against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt

for boy players, only in some story branches (see the quest guide)

Team 1 · Lv. 25

Sneasel · Gligar · Horsea

S.S. Annemulti battle: you and PKMN Trainer Red against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt

for girl players

Team 1 · Lv. 25

Sneasel · Gligar · Horsea

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 25

Team Rocket GruntSneasel 25 · Gligar 25 · Horsea 25
  • S.S. Anne: multi battle: you and PKMN Trainer Green against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt, for boy players, only in some story branches (see the quest guide)
  • S.S. Anne: multi battle: you and PKMN Trainer Red against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt, for girl players
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
25Inner FocusMuscle BandNaive10 HP / 6 othersAvalanche, Quick Attack, Fake Out, Metal Claw
25Hyper CutterYache BerryLax10 HP / 6 othersPayback, Poison Tail, Quick Attack, Aerial Ace
25HydrationScope LensQuirky10 HP / 6 othersBubble Beam, Twister, Dragon Rage, Icy Wind

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

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