23highest level
Team Rocket Grunt (9) fields 3 Pokémon at level 23 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: Ground ×2Poison
| Pokémon | Ability & item | Moves | Base stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sandshrew Lv 23 Ground | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Sandshrew knows by Lv 23 in Pokémon Classic: Magnitude Swift Fury Swipes Sand Tomb | HP50Attack75Defense85Sp. Atk20Sp. Def30Speed40Total300 | |
 | Ekans Lv 23 Poison | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Ekans knows by Lv 23 in Pokémon Classic: Bite Glare Screech Acid | HP35Attack60Defense44Sp. Atk40Sp. Def54Speed55Total288 | |
 | Sandslash Lv 23 Ground | The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Sandslash knows by Lv 23 in Pokémon Classic: Fury Cutter Magnitude Swift Fury Swipes | HP75Attack100Defense110Sp. Atk45Sp. Def55Speed65Total450 |
How to beat this team
Shared weaknesses. Grass hits 2 of 3, Ice hits 2 of 3, Water hits 2 of 3, Ground hits 1 of 3.
Level to be ready for. Lv 23 — Sandshrew, the highest on the team.
Grass Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Thunder Badge — Rock Tunnel to Celadon City:
- Bellsprout — Route 24, Lv 8
- Gloom — Route 24, Lv 8
- Oddish — Route 24, Lv 8
- Weepinbell — Route 24, Lv 8
- Paras — Mt. Moon 1F, Lv 6
- Bulbasaur — Viridian Forest, Lv 3