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Grunts

Normal-type Male Grunt

Normal specialist Normal

Every one of their Pokémon is Shadow: they hit harder and take more damage.

What you take home

All of them are Shadow. You can purify them afterwards.

What to bring

Against all three slots at once, not one specific Pokémon: you don't know which one you'll get.

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Bring these three

  1. 1 Mewtwo (Mega X) Mega Counter Elite / Focus Blast 100% coverage
  2. 2 Mewtwo (Mega Y) Mega Confusion / Psystrike Elite 94% coverage
  3. 3 Blaziken (Mega) Mega Counter / Aura Sphere 90% coverage
  4. 4 Lucario (Mega) Mega Force Palm Elite / Aura Sphere 89% coverage
  5. 5 Rayquaza (Mega) Mega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent Elite 84% coverage
  6. 6 Heracross (Mega) Mega Counter / Close Combat 80% coverage
  7. 7 Mewtwo Shadow Confusion / Psystrike Elite 79% coverage
  8. 8 Regieleki Lock-On / Thunder Cage Elite 78% coverage
  9. 9 Alakazam (Mega) Mega Confusion / Psychic Elite 77% coverage
  10. 10 Thundurus (Therian) Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm Elite 76% coverage
  11. 11 Raikou (S) Shadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge 76% coverage
  12. 12 Zacian (Crowned sword) Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade 76% coverage

Estimates at level 50 with perfect IVs, and their Pokémon as Shadows (+20% attack, −20% defense). Shields, switches and battle order are not modelled: this ranks, it doesn't simulate.

Their lineup

Slot 1

One of these shows up.

Slot 2

One of these shows up.

Slot 3

One of these shows up.

Team GO Rocket data from LeekDuck.com via ScrapedDuck