elemental invasion

Grass Grunt (Male)

Lineup is weak to Ice, Flying, Fire, Poison.

Lineup

first
Catchable ✓
Phantump sprite

Phantump

Treecko sprite

Treecko

Tangela sprite

Tangela

second
Lileep sprite

Lileep

Sceptile sprite

Sceptile

Morelull sprite

Morelull

third
Chesnaught sprite

Chesnaught

Trevenant sprite

Trevenant

Cradily sprite

Cradily

Counters

Mega Pinsir

Attack 305 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Zapdos Galarian

Attack 302.4 · 2.56× effective

Mega Skarmory

Attack 273 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Scyther

Attack 261.6 · 2.56× effective

Zapdos Galarian

Attack 252 · 2.56× effective

Yanmega

Attack 231 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Articuno

Attack 230.4 · 2.56× effective

Flamigo

Attack 227 · 2.56× effective

Scyther

Attack 218 · 2.56× effective

Celesteela

Attack 207 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Butterfree

Attack 200.4 · 2.56× effective

Ninjask

Attack 199 · 2.56× effective

How invasions work
Beat the grunt's three slots, then catch the reward. Counter the lineup's types. Shadow Pokémon hit hard but fold to super-effective damage.

Shadow Pokémon

Rocket Pokémon are caught as Shadow: boosted attack, weaker defense, and the charged move Frustration until purified.

Purification

Purifying drops Frustration, lowers power-up cost, and bumps IVs, but removes the Shadow attack bonus, so keep raiders shadow.

Catchable slot

Only the marked reward position awards an encounter after the battle; the other slots are battle-only.

Leaders & Giovanni

Cliff, Arlo, and Sierra need a Rocket Radar; Giovanni needs a Super Rocket Radar from the monthly Special Research.