Rocket Grunt

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Rocket Grunt fields 3 Pokémon between level 23 and level 25 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: Poison ×2Normal

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Muk Lv 23 Poison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Muk knows by Lv 23 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Poison Gas Pound Disable Sludge	HP105Attack105Defense75Sp. Atk65Sp. Def100Speed50Total500
	Koffing Lv 23 Poison		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Koffing knows by Lv 23 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Smog Smokescreen Feint Attack Sludge	HP40Attack65Defense95Sp. Atk60Sp. Def45Speed35Total340
	Rattata Lv 25 Normal		The game’s documentation doesn’t list this trainer’s exact moves. Level-up moves Rattata knows by Lv 25 in Pokémon Sour Crystal: Bite Hyper Fang Pursuit Focus Energy	HP30Attack56Defense35Sp. Atk25Sp. Def35Speed72Total253

How to beat this team

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

Level to be ready for. Lv 25 — Rattata, the highest on the team.

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

• Cubone — Goldenrod Game Corner, Lv 5
• Quagsire — Union Cave B2F, Lv 20
• Onix — Union Cave 1F, Lv 4
• Sandshrew — Union Cave 1F, Lv 4
• Wooper — Route 32, Lv 5
• Geodude — Dark Cave Violet Entrance, Lv 2
• Phanpy — Route 46, Lv 2

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