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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 gatehouse, inner roomtrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 37–38

Rhyhorn · Pinsir · Nidoqueen

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 37–38

Team Rocket GruntRhyhorn 38 · Pinsir 37 · Nidoqueen 38
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
38RecklessEvioliteHardy10 HP / 12 othersMagnitude, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang
37Hyper CutterOcca BerryHardy10 HP / 12 othersQuick Attack, X-Scissor, Rock Slide, Revenge
38Poison PointLife OrbRelaxed10 HP / 12 othersPoison Jab, Magnitude, Rock Slide, Body Slam

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

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