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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
Mt. Moon, east buildingdouble battle against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt togetherTeam 1 · Lv. 63–65

Octillery · Gardevoir · Mow Rotom

Silph Co. 2F–3F (staff cafeteria and warehouse)double battle against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt togetherTeam 1 · Lv. 63–65

Octillery · Gardevoir · Mow Rotom

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 GruntOctillery 63 · Gardevoir 64 · Mow Rotom 65
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
63Suction CupsBright PowderTimid20 HP / 18 othersOctazooka, Icy Wind, Charge Beam, Double Team
64SynchronizeWise GlassesQuiet20 HP / 18 othersHyper Voice, Energy Ball, Focus Blast, Psychic
Artwork shows Rotom’s standard form.
Mow Rotom
65LevitateLeftoversHardy20 HP / 18 othersThunderbolt, Protect, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave

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

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