20highest level
Team Rocket Grunt (7) fields 3 Pokémon at level 20 in Rocket Hideout.
This is around Thunder Badge — Rock Tunnel to Celadon City 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rattata Lv 20 Normal | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Rattata knows by Lv 20 in Pokémon Classic: Bite Pursuit Hyper Fang Assurance | HP30Attack56Defense35Sp. Atk25Sp. Def35Speed72Total253 | |
 | Raticate Lv 20 Normal | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Raticate knows by Lv 20 in Pokémon Classic: Bite Pursuit Hyper Fang Assurance | HP55Attack81Defense60Sp. Atk50Sp. Def70Speed97Total413 | |
 | Drowzee Lv 20 Psychic | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Drowzee knows by Lv 20 in Pokémon Classic: Disable Confusion Headbutt Poison Gas | HP60Attack48Defense45Sp. Atk43Sp. Def90Speed42Total328 |
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 20 — Rattata, the highest on the team.
Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Thunder Badge — Rock Tunnel to Celadon City: