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Grunts

Water-type Male Grunt

Water specialist Water

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 Regieleki Lock-On / Thunder Cage Elite 100% coverage
  2. 2 Thundurus (Therian) Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm Elite 94% coverage
  3. 3 Raichu (Mega Y) Mega Thunder Shock / Wild Charge 93% coverage
  4. 4 Sceptile (Mega) Mega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant Elite 86% coverage
  5. 5 Manectric (Mega) Mega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge 85% coverage
  6. 6 Xurkitree Thunder Shock / Discharge 82% coverage
  7. 7 Zeraora Volt Switch / Plasma Fists 82% coverage
  8. 8 Electivire Shadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge 82% coverage
  9. 9 Ampharos (Mega) Mega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon 82% coverage
  10. 10 Zapdos Shadow Thunder Shock Elite / Zap Cannon 82% coverage
  11. 11 Mewtwo (Mega Y) Mega Confusion / Thunderbolt 81% coverage
  12. 12 Zekrom Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt Elite 81% 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

Always this one.

Slot 3

One of these shows up.

Team GO Rocket data from LeekDuck.com via ScrapedDuck