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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
Lighthouse 3Ftrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 64–65

Raticate · Murkrow · Manectric · Bastiodon

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 64–65

Team Rocket GruntRaticate 64 · Murkrow 65 · Manectric 64 · Bastiodon 65
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
64Run AwayFlame OrbBold20 HP / 18 othersFacade, Quick Attack, Crunch, Flame Wheel
65PranksterFocus SashLax20 HP / 18 othersTailwind, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Feather Dance
64MinusMagnetHardy20 HP / 18 othersThunderbolt, Flamethrower, Volt Switch, Iron Tail
65SturdyChople BerryNaughty20 HP / 18 othersStealth Rock, Rock Slide, Iron Head, Metal Burst

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

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