Rocket Grunt — rematch 8

Rocket Grunt — rematch 8 fields 2 Pokémon at 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: FightingNormal

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Raticate Lv 10 Normal	Ability Elemental Fang 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Raticate knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Tackle Tail Whip Quick Attack Bite	HP55Attack91Defense60Sp. Atk70Sp. Def70Speed107Total453
	Hariyama Lv 10 Fighting	Ability Elemental Fist 5 above the trainer base level	The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Hariyama knows by Lv 10 in Low Budget Crystal: Focus Energy Tackle Sand-Attack Low Kick	HP144Attack120Defense60Sp. Atk40Sp. Def60Speed50Total474

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fairy hits 1 of 2, Fighting hits 1 of 2, Flying hits 1 of 2, Psychic hits 1 of 2.

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

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

• Butterfree — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Celebi — Ilex Forest, Lv 10
• Mew — Safari Zone North, Lv 10
• Mr. Mime — Ilex East, Lv 10
• Ralts — Celadon Game Corner Prize Room, Lv 5
• Clefairy — Meteor Falls, Lv 2
• Altaria — Route 115, Lv 1
• Clefable — Mount Moon, Lv 1

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