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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
Route 42multi battle: you and Redhead Silver against this trainer and Team Rocket GruntTeam 1 · Lv. 62–65

Venusaur · Shuckle · Mawile · Luxray

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 GruntVenusaur 62 · Shuckle 63 · Mawile 64 · Luxray 65
  • Route 42: multi battle: you and Redhead Silver against this trainer and Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt’s team
PokémonLvAbilityItemNatureIVsMoves
62OvergrowBlack SludgeImpish20 HP / 18 othersPetal Dance, Sludge Bomb, Sleep Powder, Giga Drain
63SturdySitrus BerryRelaxed20 HP / 18 othersStealth Rock, Knock Off, Encore, Toxic
64Sheer ForceMuscle BandBrave20 HP / 18 othersSwords Dance, Flail, Fire Fang, Sucker Punch
65GutsAir BalloonTimid20 HP / 18 othersVolt Switch, Thunder Wave, Snarl, Superpower

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

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