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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
Dark Cavetrainer on the mapTeam 1 · Lv. 62–65

Kangaskhan · Torkoal · Hitmontop · Walrein

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

Kangaskhan · Torkoal · Hitmontop · Walrein

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 GruntKangaskhan 62 · Torkoal 63 · Hitmontop 64 · Walrein 65
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
62Inner FocusSilk ScarfImpish20 HP / 18 othersCrush Claw, Brick Break, Crunch, Fake Out
63White SmokeCharcoalModest20 HP / 18 othersLava Plume, Will-O-Wisp, Stealth Rock, Solar Beam
64IntimidateLeftoversRash20 HP / 18 othersFeint, Mach Punch, Stone Edge, High Jump Kick
65Thick FatNever-Melt IceTimid20 HP / 18 othersSurf, Blizzard, Body Slam, Swagger

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

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