Rocket Grunt — rematch 17

This team appears on Hard mode.

Rocket Grunt — rematch 17 fields 2 Pokémon at level 10 in Goldenrod Underground Warehouse.

This is around No badges in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: GhostPoison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Weezing Lv 10 Poison	Ability Levitate 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Weezing knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Ember Poison Gas Smog	HP65Attack90Defense120Sp. Atk85Sp. Def70Speed60Total490
	Banette Lv 10 Ghost	Ability Daunt 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Banette knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Leer Night Shade Disable Astonish	HP64Attack115Defense65Sp. Atk83Sp. Def63Speed65Total455

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Dark hits 1 of 2, Ghost hits 1 of 2, Ground hits 1 of 2, Psychic hits 1 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 10 — Weezing, the highest on the team.

Dark Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by No badges:

• Beedrill — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Ekans — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Sableye — Granite Cave B1F, Lv 9
• Tyranitar — Moltres Lair, Lv 7
• Absol — Celadon Game Corner Prize Room, Lv 5
• Cyndaquil (Variant) — Birchs Lab, Lv 5
• Arbok — Route 26, Lv 1
• Cacturne — Lavaridge Desert, Lv 1

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