Rocket Grunt — rematch 18

Rocket Grunt — rematch 18 fields 2 Pokémon between level 9 and level 10 in Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances.

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

Types on this team: DarkGrassPoison

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Cacturne Lv 10 GrassDark	Ability Sand Rush 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Cacturne knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Leer Poison Sting Absorb Growth	HP70Attack115Defense60Sp. Atk115Sp. Def60Speed55Total475
	Muk Lv 9 Poison	Ability Regeneration 4 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Muk knows by Lv 9 in Low Budget Crystal: Acid Harden	HP105Attack105Defense75Sp. Atk65Sp. Def100Speed50Total500

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Bug hits 1 of 2, Fairy hits 1 of 2, Fighting hits 1 of 2, Fire hits 1 of 2.

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

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

• Beedrill — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Butterfree — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Caterpie — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Heracross — Azalea Town, Lv 10
• Kakuna — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Ledyba — Route 29, Lv 10
• Metapod — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Pineco — Ilex Forest, Lv 10

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