Team Rocket Dark Type Grunt Guide

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Strategies and Counters for Taking Down Dark Type Team GO Rocket Grunts

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Dark Type Rocket - "Wherever there is light, there is also shadow"
Wherever there is light, there is also… Poison? Seriously, over half of the possible Pokémon a dark type grunt can carry are part poison type, which immediately neutralizes or even resists super effective damage from two of darks biggest weaknesses, being Fighting and Fairy. This can make for a very frustrating time for an unprepared trainer.
Pokemon Lineup
First SlotSecond SlotThird Slot
Shadow Alolan RattataShadow Alolan RaticateShadow Alolan Muk
Shadow Cacnea
Shadow StunkyShadow Alolan MukShadow Skuntank
Catchable Pokemon
Shadow Alolan Rattata
 Rattata does one thing only, and that's offering you a discounted 1000 stardust pricetag to purify it. Unfortunatly for it, that's about as much as it does.
Supreme Counters
Lucario
 Even though Lucario might not be doing a lot of super effective damage to a Dark/Poison backline, it can quickly stack a few attack boosts with Power-Up Punch and, /Force Palm* its way through this grunt! 
Excadrill
 With Mud Slap, Scorching Sands and a Steel sub typing, Excadrill can make quick work of those pesky Dark/Poison types. Though it has to watch out for Skuntanks Flamethrower.
Good Counters
Machamp
 Counter and Cross Chop makes for a very spammy moveset. It's very much a budget version of Lucario, but gets the job done
GarchompShadow Garchomp
 With Mud Shot and Earth Power, Garchomp can make quick work of Dark/Poison types hiding in the backline.
Other Good Counters
In conjunction with the above counters, several other Pokemon do a great job here, including a number of generally great Pokemon in the Master League. Feel free to mix-and-match a bit, as any of these and beyond can do a great job as well!
Terrakion
Machamp
Shadow Machamp
Groudon
Shadow Groudon
Landorus (Therian Forme)
Zygarde (Complete Forme)
Palkia (Origin Forme)
Dragonite
Shadow Dragonite
Rhyperior
Shadow Rhyperior