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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
Pokémon League Entrancetrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 64–65

Persian · Heracross · Mawile · Lucario

Slowpoke Well B1Ftrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 64–65

Persian · Heracross · Mawile · Lucario

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 GruntPersian 64 · Heracross 65 · Mawile 64 · Lucario 65
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
64LimberSilk ScarfNaive20 HP / 18 othersFake Out, Thunderbolt, Flail, Pay Day
65MoxieSilver PowderModest20 HP / 18 othersRock Slide, Megahorn, Close Combat, Shadow Claw
64Sheer ForceSalac BerryRelaxed20 HP / 18 othersFlail, Iron Head, Crunch, Ice Punch
65AdaptabilityMuscle BandCalm20 HP / 18 othersMeteor Mash, Close Combat, Bullet Punch, Bone Rush

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

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