elemental invasion

Poison Grunt (Female)

Lineup is weak to Psychic, Ground, Flying, Ice.

Lineup

first
Catchable ✓
second
Catchable ✓
Nidorina sprite

Nidorina

Nidorino sprite

Nidorino

Weezing sprite

Weezing (Galarian)

third
Amoonguss sprite

Amoonguss

Weezing sprite

Weezing

Counters

Deoxys Attack

Attack 414 · 2.56× effective

Mega Mewtwo Y

Attack 413 · 2.56× effective

Mega Mewtwo X

Attack 399 · 2.56× effective

Mega Alakazam

Attack 367 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Mewtwo

Attack 360 · 2.56× effective

Deoxys

Attack 345 · 2.56× effective

Mega Latios

Attack 335 · 2.56× effective

Mega Gallade

Attack 326 · 2.56× effective

Mega Gardevoir

Attack 326 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Alakazam

Attack 325.2 · 2.56× effective

Calyrex Shadow Rider

Attack 324 · 2.56× effective

Shadow Latios

Attack 321.6 · 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.