Team Rocket Grunt (16)

Team Rocket Grunt (16) fields 3 Pokémon at level 28 in Silph Co..

Fought at Silph Co..

This is around Soul Badge — Saffron City and Silph Co. in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Psychic ×2FlyingPoison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Golbat Lv 28 PoisonFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Golbat knows by Lv 28 in Pokémon Classic: Confuse Ray Air Cutter Swift Poison Fang	HP75Attack80Defense70Sp. Atk65Sp. Def75Speed90Total455
	Drowzee Lv 28 Psychic		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Drowzee knows by Lv 28 in Pokémon Classic: Headbutt Poison Gas Meditate Psybeam	HP60Attack48Defense45Sp. Atk43Sp. Def90Speed42Total328
	Hypno Lv 28 Psychic		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Hypno knows by Lv 28 in Pokémon Classic: Headbutt Poison Gas Meditate Psybeam	HP85Attack73Defense70Sp. Atk73Sp. Def115Speed67Total483

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 2 of 3, Dark hits 2 of 3, Ghost hits 2 of 3, Electric hits 1 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 28 — Golbat, the highest on the team.

Bug Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Soul Badge — Saffron City and Silph Co.:

• Pinsir — Route 12, Lv 24
• Scyther — Route 13, Lv 24
• Parasect — Safari Zone Center, Lv 7
• Venomoth — Route 24, Lv 8
• Venonat — Route 24, Lv 8
• Paras — Mt. Moon 1F, Lv 6
• Caterpie — Viridian Forest, Lv 3
• Kakuna — Viridian Forest, Lv 3

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