Although infamous for their role in extortion, Team Rocket's pokemon are equally renowned by trainers for their aggressive, powerful attacks, which come at the cost of their ability to absorb damage. Accounts of the few police officers to raid their training camps and live to tell about it are in agreement with those of Team Rocket defectors that this is accomplished through use of a special gym to train new recruits and their pokemon.
The gyms which Team Rocket uses for training have been compared to fighting on a conveyor belt, for the ground and wind alike carry both pokemon inexorably towards the center of the battlefield. Dodging or blocking in these conditions is difficult, and outright fleeing exhausting, so trainers and their pokemon slowly learn that the best way to triumph is to face their opponents head on with brave, all-out assaults, and they bring this knowledge with them on missions outside their gym.
With a gang of Team Rocket Grunts beside them, any trainer can look strong, and even the biggest, toughest pokemon can be taken down in a combined assault – and Team Rocket Grunts, like thugs everywhere, prefer to fight outnumbered foes. When faced with opponents of equal number or equal skill, however, their fighting style proves a double-edged sword, and pokemon trained in Team Rocket's gyms often struggle to adapt to the more cautious technique dominant in the official Leagues. Most choose ultimately to embrace the strategies of the organization they rejected, for pokemon battles have a long history of going to whoever manages to strike first, and Rocket Grunts are trained for speed – at least when going forward!
