Rocket Grunt — rematch 40

This team appears on Hard mode.

Rocket Grunt — rematch 40 fields 2 Pokémon at level 12 in Safari Zone South.

Fought at Safari Zone South.

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

Types on this team: Poison ×2Dark

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Arbok Lv 12 PoisonDark	Ability Intimidate 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Arbok knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Leer Wrap Poison Sting Bite	HP60Attack85Defense69Sp. Atk65Sp. Def79Speed92Total450
	Seviper Lv 12 Poison	Ability Elemental Fang 7 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Seviper knows by Lv 12 in Low Budget Crystal: Wrap Lick Bite	HP73Attack100Defense60Sp. Atk100Sp. Def60Speed65Total458

How to beat this team

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

Level to be ready for. Lv 12 — Arbok, 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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