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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
Indigo Plateau (Indigo Conference: finalists' arrival)trainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 63–65

Wailord · Purugly · Electrode

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

Wailord · Purugly · Electrode

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 GruntWailord 65 · Purugly 64 · Electrode 63
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
65DrizzleLeftoversCareful20 HP / 18 othersRest, Water Spout, Sleep Talk, Amnesia
64Thick FatQuick ClawTimid20 HP / 18 othersFake Out, Taunt, Knock Off, Return
63Electric SurgeFocus SashHardy20 HP / 18 othersThunder Wave, Volt Switch, Explosion, Flash

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

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