Team Rocket Fairy Type Grunt Guide

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

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 Featuring one of the best Fairy types as a possible encounter in Kirlia, this grunt has something to be excited about. Besides that, it makes for an easy mysterious component.
Fairy Type Grunt - "Check out my cute Pokemon!"
Pokemon Lineup
 These Pokemon are possible encounters after defeating this grunt.
Shadow Snubbull
Shadow Mawile
Shadow Vulpix
Supreme Counters
With great stats and an even greater moveset, Zamazenta makes for a top pick against anytything that is a fairy.
 Metal Claw + Behemoth Bash
Excadrill provides great coverage against Mawile and Galarian Weezing.
Mud Slap + Scorching Sands
Whenever something is weak to Steel, Metagross will always be amongst the top counters. With Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash* it will make quick work of this grunt. Note that Bite on Snubbel can be a bit problamatic.
 Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash
Good Counters
Slap Metal Claw and Iron Head on it and you have yourselves a proper addition to your team. 
 Metal Claw + Iron Head
Poison is often considered sub-optimal to put it nicely, but Nihilego breaks that mold with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb and a good attack stat to go along with it.
 Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb
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! 
Shadow Heatran
Solgaleo
Shadow Victreebel
Ho-Oh
Shadow Ho-Oh
Dawn Wings Necrozma
Xerneas
Shadow Mewtwo
Dialga