elemental invasion

Ice Grunt (Female)

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

Lineup

first
Catchable ✓
Spheal sprite

Spheal

Swinub sprite

Swinub

Sneasel sprite

Sneasel

second
Froslass sprite

Froslass

Ninetales sprite

Ninetales (Alola)

Sealeo sprite

Sealeo

third
Glalie sprite

Glalie

Aurorus sprite

Aurorus

Froslass sprite

Froslass

Counters

Mega Blaziken

Attack 329 · 2.56× effective

Kartana

Attack 323 · 2.56× effective

Mega Lucario

Attack 310 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Blaziken

Attack 288 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Magnezone

Attack 285.6 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Emboar

Attack 282 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Magneton

Attack 267.6 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Infernape

Attack 266.4 · 2.56× effective

Terrakion

Attack 260 · 2.56× effective

Zamazenta

Attack 254 · 2.56× effective

Zamazenta Crowned Shield

Attack 250 · 2.56× effective

Blaziken

Attack 240 · 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.