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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
Team Rocket HQ B3Ftrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 62–65

Swalot · Victreebel · Ariados · Gastrodon

Victory Roadtrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 62–65

Swalot · Victreebel · Ariados · Gastrodon

Full teams

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

Team 1 · Lv. 62–65

Team Rocket GruntSwalot 62 · Victreebel 63 · Ariados 64 · Gastrodon 65
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
62Liquid OozePayapa BerryGentle20 HP / 18 othersStockpile, Poison Gas, Spit Up, Swallow
63ChlorophyllBig RootQuirky20 HP / 18 othersSleep Powder, Absorb, Synthesis, Power Whip
64SwarmSilver PowderHasty20 HP / 18 othersSwords Dance, Double Team, Megahorn, Poison Jab
65Sticky HoldFocus SashMild20 HP / 18 othersCounter, Curse, Icy Wind, Scald

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

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