Rocket Grunt 3

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Rocket Grunt 3 fields 2 Pokémon at level 18 in Team Rocket Base B2F.

Fought at Team Rocket Base B2F.

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: Bug ×2Poison ×2

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Venonat Lv 18 BugPoison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Venonat knows by Lv 18 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Tackle Supersonic Confusion Poisonpowder	HP60Attack55Defense50Sp. Atk40Sp. Def55Speed45Total305
	Venonat Lv 18 BugPoison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Venonat knows by Lv 18 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Tackle Supersonic Confusion Poisonpowder	HP60Attack55Defense50Sp. Atk40Sp. Def55Speed45Total305

How to beat this team

Shared weaknesses. Fire hits 2 of 2, Flying hits 2 of 2, Psychic hits 2 of 2, Rock hits 2 of 2.

Level to be ready for. Lv 18 — Venonat, the highest on the team.

Fire 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:

• Houndoom — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Houndour — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Ponyta — Safari Zone Area 1, Lv 5
• Rapidash — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Slugma — Safari Zone Area 2, Lv 5
• Magmar — Burned Tower B1F, Lv 14
• Growlithe — Route 36, Lv 4
• Vulpix — Route 36, Lv 4

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