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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
Route 2 Housesingle battle

if you pick “I came to take down Team Rocket”

Team 1 · Lv. 25

Graveler · Fearow · Shiftry

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 25

Team Rocket GruntGraveler 25 · Fearow 25 · Shiftry 25
  • Route 2 House: single battle, if you pick “I came to take down Team Rocket”
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
25Rock HeadHard StoneMild10 HP / 6 othersMagnitude, Rock Throw, Stealth Rock, Self-Destruct
25SniperScope LensCalm10 HP / 6 othersAerial Ace, Roost, Whirlwind, Quick Attack
25ChlorophyllMiracle SeedMild10 HP / 6 othersSnarl, Bullet Seed, Nasty Plot, Whirlwind

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

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