Team Rocket Grunt Grunt

Team Rocket Grunt Grunt fields 2 Pokémon at level 42 in Goldenrod Underground.

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

Types on this team: DarkSteel

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Copperajah Lv 42 Steel		Bulldoze Iron Defense Body Slam Heavy Slam	HP120Attack130Defense90Sp. Atk55Sp. Def105Speed30Total530
	Thievul Lv 42 Dark		Shadow Ball Dark Pulse Shadow Ball Power Gem	HP95Attack48Defense65Sp. Atk120Sp. Def92Speed110Total530

How to beat this team

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

Level to be ready for. Lv 42 — Copperajah, the highest on the team.

Fighting Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Just started — no badges:

• Riolu — Route 34, Lv 11
• Tyrogue — Route 34, Lv 11
• Croagunk — Slowpoke Well 1F, Lv 8
• Meditite — Route 33, Lv 8
• Timburr — Dark Cave Route 31 Entrance, Lv 8
• Clobbopus — Union Cave B2F
• Makuhita — Dark Cave Route 31 Entrance

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