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

Location	Battle and conditions	Team
Forest of Time	double battle against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt together if you have at least 10 Fresh Waters	Team 1 · Lv. 62–65 Poliwrath · Xatu · Banette · Porygon2

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 GruntPoliwrath 62 · Xatu 63 · Banette 64 · Porygon2 65

• Forest of Time: double battle against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt together, if you have at least 10 Fresh Waters

Team Rocket Grunt’s team

Pokémon	Lv	Ability	Item	Nature	IVs	Moves
Poliwrath	62	Water Absorb	King’s Rock	Adamant	20 HP / 18 others	Focus Punch, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Rock Slide
Xatu	63	Synchronize	Twisted Spoon	Relaxed	20 HP / 18 others	Air Slash, Psychic, Tailwind, Confuse Ray
Banette	64	Prankster	Colbur Berry	Modest	20 HP / 18 others	Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Will-O-Wisp, Confuse Ray
Porygon2	65	Analytic	Choice Scarf	Hasty	20 HP / 18 others	Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Dark Pulse, Signal Beam

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

Damage calc →

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