Rocket Grunt 3

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Rocket Grunt 3 fields 3 Pokémon between level 26 and level 28 in Team Rocket Base B1F.

Fought at Team Rocket Base B1F.

This is around Mahogany Town and the Team Rocket Radio Tower story — Pryce and the Glacier Badge in the story — that page lists everything you can have caught by this point.

Types on this team: Poison ×2FlyingNormal

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Zubat Lv 26 PoisonFlying		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Zubat knows by Lv 26 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Bite Swift Confuse Ray Wing Attack	HP40Attack45Defense35Sp. Atk30Sp. Def40Speed55Total245
	Grimer Lv 27 Poison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Grimer knows by Lv 27 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Mud-Slap Disable Sludge Minimize	HP80Attack80Defense50Sp. Atk40Sp. Def50Speed25Total325
	Raticate Lv 28 Normal		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Raticate knows by Lv 28 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Hyper Fang Scary Face Pursuit Focus Energy	HP55Attack81Defense60Sp. Atk50Sp. Def70Speed97Total413

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Psychic hits 2 of 3, Electric hits 1 of 3, Fighting hits 1 of 3, Ground hits 1 of 3.

Level to be ready for. Lv 28 — Raticate, the highest on the team.

Psychic Pokémon you can have caught by this point. From this guide’s own encounter tables, by Mahogany Town and the Team Rocket Radio Tower story — Pryce and the Glacier Badge:

• Girafarig — Safari Zone Area 1, Lv 5
• Mr. Mime — Safari Zone Area 1, Lv 5
• Wobbuffet — Safari Zone Area 3, Lv 5
• Slowbro — Slowpoke Well B2F, Lv 15
• Natu — Ruins of Alph Outside, Lv 18
• Abra — Route 34, Lv 10
• Drowzee — Route 34, Lv 10
• Exeggcute — Route 29, Lv 10

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