Rocket Grunt — rematch 30

This team appears on Hard mode.

Rocket Grunt — rematch 30 fields 2 Pokémon at level 12 in Safari Zone North.

Fought at Safari Zone North.

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

Types on this team: Poison ×2RockWater

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Tentacruel Lv 12 WaterPoison	Ability Snare 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Tentacruel knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Bubble Poison Sting Supersonic Clamp	HP80Attack70Defense65Sp. Atk80Sp. Def120Speed100Total515
	Tentacruel (Variant) Lv 12 RockPoison	Ability Snare 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Tentacruel (Variant) knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Rock Throw String Shot Supersonic Clamp	HP80Attack70Defense65Sp. Atk80Sp. Def120Speed100Total515

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Ground hits 2 of 2, Psychic hits 2 of 2, Electric hits 1 of 2, Steel hits 1 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 12 — Tentacruel, 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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