Rocket Grunt — rematch 27

This team appears on Hard mode.

Rocket Grunt — rematch 27 fields 2 Pokémon at level 12 in Mt. Moon B2F.

Fought at Mt. Moon B2F.

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

Types on this team: Poison ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Grimer Lv 12 Poison	Ability Regeneration 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Grimer knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Acid Harden Disable	HP80Attack80Defense50Sp. Atk40Sp. Def50Speed25Total325
	Gulpin Lv 12 Poison	Ability Regeneration 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Gulpin knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Acid Poison Gas Tackle	HP70Attack43Defense53Sp. Atk43Sp. Def53Speed40Total302

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 2 of 2, Psychic hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 12 — Grimer, the highest on the team.

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

• Venus — Dark Cave Violet Entrance, Lv 12
• Gligar — Celadon Game Corner Prize Room, Lv 5
• Baltoy — Desert Ruin B1F, Lv 1
• Claydol — Desert Ruin B1F, Lv 1
• Cubone — Rock Tunnel 1F, Lv 1
• Diglett — Digletts Cave, Lv 1
• Diglett (Alola) — Digletts Cave, Lv 1
• Donphan — Route 45, Lv 1

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