Rocket Grunt 2

This team appears on Challenge mode.

Rocket Grunt 2 fields one Pokémon at level 35 in Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances.

This is around Goldenrod City — Whitney and the Plain Badge in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Ground

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Marowak Lv 35 Ground		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Marowak knows by Lv 35 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Focus Energy Bone Rush Rage False Swipe	HP60Attack80Defense110Sp. Atk50Sp. Def80Speed45Total425

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Grass hits 1 of 1, Ice hits 1 of 1, Water hits 1 of 1.

Level to be ready for. Lv 35 — Marowak, the highest on the team.

Grass Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Goldenrod City — Whitney and the Plain Badge:

• Sunkern — National Park, Lv 10
• Exeggcute — Route 29, Lv 10
• Celebi — Ilex Forest, Lv 8
• Oddish — Ilex Forest, Lv 5
• Paras — Ilex Forest, Lv 5
• Bellsprout — Route 31, Lv 4
• Chikorita — Elms Lab, Lv 5
• Hoppip — Route 29, Lv 2

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