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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
Silph Co. 2F–3F (staff cafeteria and warehouse)trainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 63–65

Crobat · Ledian · Shiftry

Victory Road 3Ftrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 63–65

Crobat · Ledian · Shiftry

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 63–65

Team Rocket GruntCrobat 64 · Ledian 63 · Shiftry 65
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
64Inner FocusBig RootMild20 HP / 18 othersSky Attack, Absorb, Cross Poison, Confuse Ray
63SwarmExpert BeltQuirky20 HP / 18 othersU-turn, Drain Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch
65ChlorophyllWise GlassesDocile20 HP / 18 othersLeech Seed, Nasty Plot, Energy Ball, Dark Pulse

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

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