There are a host of different GO Rocket Grunt teams that you might encounter when spinning PokeStops and Rocket Balloons. They all have teams based around one specific type of Pokémon, with Ke Ke Ke Ke the most difficult, being made up of Ghost-types. Beating all the Grunts available is crucial to be able to take on the GO Rocket Leaders and eventually the Boss Giovanni.

Ke Ke Ke Ke Grunt Team & Counters In Pokémon GO (June 2025)

One Change To Ghost Team

Team GO Rocket Leader Giovanni has updated his team for June 2025 and so has the Ke Ke Ke Ke Grunt team. All the Grunts use nine Pokémon in three waves of three with each one being chosen at random for each battle. Out of the potential nine Pokémon, Ke Ke Ke Ke has only changed one since May 2025 as part of its second wave.

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All of the Pokémon Ke Ke Ke Ke will use are Shadow Pokémon, with their first being one out of Gastly, Golett or Duskill. Second will either be another Golett, Sableye, or (new for this month) Dusclops. For their final Pokémon in June 2025, they will use one out of Gengar, Alolan Marowak or Froslass.

While all of Ke Ke Ke Ke's potential Pokémon are Ghost-types, most are dual types, which is where the difficulty of the battle comes in, making it important you pick the best Pokémon to combat them. Due to being Ghost-types eight out of the nine Pokémon are weak against both Dark- and Ghost-type attacks.

You should select two Dark-type Pokémon to combat the majority of opponents you could come up against. Your best options are Tyranitar and Darkrai. Both are incredibly powerful attackers and have access to key Dark-type moves. These also work well for Ke Ke Ke Ke's new Pokémon Dusclops.

For a third choice, it is good to use a Pokémon to combat Sableye, as it is the only one not weak against Dark-type moves. Instead, its weakness is Fairy-type attacks. So for a final Pokémon using Togekiss or Xerneas covers Sableye in case it is selected.

Rewards For Beating Rocket Grunts In Pokémon GO

A Shadow Encounter Awaits

There are several rewards you will gain from beating any of the Team Go Rocket Grunts, including Ke Ke Ke Ke in June 2025. The main reason for taking them down is you need to have defeated six of them to be able to face a GO Rocket Leader and then GORocket Boss Giovanni, who offer huge rewards.

As soon as you have won the battle, you will encounter whichever Pokémon that Ke Ke Ke Ke started the battle with, out of Gastly, Duskull or Golett. Ke Ke Ke Ke remains one of the hardest Team GO Rocket Grunts, but you can easily defeat them by using a team of Dark-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO.

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Pokémon GO

Augmented Reality

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8.0/10

Released

July 6, 2016

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e

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Niantic, The Pokemon Company

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Niantic

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Unity

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Created by Niantic, Pokémon GO is an augmented reality RPG where players can wander around catching Pokémon as they by various landmarks in real life. Players can engage in a traditional Pokémon experience via battles with other trainers, catching Pokémon to breed new ones, and even trade them with other trainers they come across. 

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ios, andriod

Cross Save

yes

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Pokemon

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n/a

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iOS, Android

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ios, andriod

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