elemental invasion

Ice Grunt (Female)

Lineup is weak to Rock, Steel, Fire, Fighting.

Lineup

first
Catchable ✓
Seel sprite

Seel

Delibird sprite

Delibird

Spheal sprite

Spheal

second
Sealeo sprite

Sealeo

Froslass sprite

Froslass

Ninetales sprite

Ninetales (Alola)

third
Aurorus sprite

Aurorus

Froslass sprite

Froslass

Glalie sprite

Glalie

Counters

Kartana

Attack 323 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Magnezone

Attack 285.6 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Magneton

Attack 267.6 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Golem Alola

Attack 253.2 · 2.56× effective

Iron Thorns

Attack 250 · 2.56× effective

Magnezone

Attack 238 · 2.56× effective

Magneton

Attack 223 · 2.56× effective

Golem Alola

Attack 211 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Magnemite

Attack 198 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Graveler Alola

Attack 196.8 · 2.56× effective

Togedemaru

Attack 190 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Ferrothorn

Attack 189.6 · 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.