28highest level
Team Rocket Grunt (3) 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: Normal ×2Psychic
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Raticate Lv 28 Normal | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Raticate knows by Lv 28 in Pokémon Classic: Pursuit Hyper Fang Assurance Crunch | HP55Attack81Defense60Sp. Atk50Sp. Def70Speed97Total413 | |
 | 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 | |
| Raticate Lv 28 Normal | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Raticate knows by Lv 28 in Pokémon Classic: Pursuit Hyper Fang Assurance Crunch | HP55Attack81Defense60Sp. Atk50Sp. Def70Speed97Total413 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Fighting hits 2 of 3, Bug hits 1 of 3, Dark hits 1 of 3, Ghost hits 1 of 3.
Level to be ready for. Lv 28 — Raticate, the highest on the team.
Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Soul Badge — Saffron City and Silph Co.:
- Hitmonchan — Saffron City, Lv 25
- Hitmonlee — Saffron City, Lv 25
- Machop — Rock Tunnel 1F, Lv 3
- Mankey — Route 22, Lv 2