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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
Celadon gatehousetrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 36–37

Dodrio · Primeape · Staraptor

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 36–37

Team Rocket GruntDodrio 36 · Primeape 36 · Staraptor 37
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
36Run AwaySharp BeakAdamant10 HP / 12 othersDrill Peck, Steel Wing, Facade, Swords Dance
36Vital SpiritBlack BeltImpish10 HP / 12 othersBrick Break, Rock Slide, Poison Jab, Night Slash
37IntimidateSitrus BerryRash10 HP / 12 othersSteel Wing, Sky Attack, Aerial Ace, Revenge

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

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