Pokemon GO Rocket Guide: Team Leader Line-ups & Best Counters (January 2025)

Conquering Pokémon GO's Team GO Rocket Leaders—Sierra, Arlo, and Cliff—is crucial for research tasks and acquiring powerful Shadow Pokémon. Their boosted Shadow Pokémon and ever-shifting teams make each battle a unique challenge. This guide provides comprehensive information and counter strategies to help you defeat them, no matter who appears in your neighborhood.

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Where To Find Team GO Rocket Leaders: Sierra, Arlo, & Cliff

Unlike regular Team Rocket Grunts, finding the Leaders requires a bit more effort. You must first defeat six Grunts. Each defeated Grunt drops a Mysterious Component. Collect six to craft a Rocket Radar. Grunts appear randomly at PokéStops, and a Grunt in a hot air balloon spawns every six hours, following you for 20 minutes. With the Rocket Radar equipped, Leaders replace Grunts at darkened PokéStops and in the balloons.

Pokémon GO Rocket Current Sierra Team (January 2025)

Sierra's team presents a tricky mix. Here's her lineup for January 2025:

First Pokémon	Second Pokémon	Third Pokémon
Skorupi (Bug/Poison)	Sableye (Dark/Ghost)	Houndoom (Dark/Fire)
	Steelix (Ground/Steel)	Nidoqueen (Ground/Poison)
	Milotic (Water)	Gardevoir (Fairy/Psychic)

Best Counters for Team Leader Sierra in Pokémon GO

Sierra's varied team requires adaptable counters. Consider these top choices:

Pokémon	Moves
Terrakion	Smack Down / Rock Slide
Gengar	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
Excadrill	Metal Claw / Iron Head

Pokémon GO Rocket Current Arlo Team (January 2025)

Arlo's team for January 2025:

First Pokémon	Second Pokémon	Third Pokémon
Alolan Grimer (Poison/Dark)	Hypno (Psychic)	Metagross (Steel/Psychic)
	Charizard (Fire/Flying)	Scizor (Bug/Steel)
	Gyarados (Water/Flying)	Snorlax (Normal)

Best Counters for Team Leader Arlo in Pokémon GO

Prepare for Flying, Psychic, and Poison types:

Pokémon	Moves
Tyranitar	Bite / Brutal Swing
Blaziken	Fire Spin / Blast Burn
Excadrill	Mud Slap / Drill Run

Pokémon GO Rocket Current Cliff Team (January 2025)

Cliff's January 2025 team:

First Pokémon	Second Pokémon	Third Pokémon
Cubone (Ground)	Venusaur (Grass/Poison)	Tyranitar (Dark/Rock)
	Marowak (Ground)	Obstagoon (Dark/Normal)
	Aerodactyl (Rock/Flying)	Crobat (Poison/Flying)

Best Counters for Team Leader Cliff in Pokémon GO

Cliff's team features several Dark-types and at least one Ground-type. These counters are recommended:

Pokémon	Moves
Mamoswine	Powder Snow / Avalanche
Lucario	Force Palm / Aura Sphere
Blaziken	Counter / Blast Burn

This guide provides the latest information on defeating Team GO Rocket Leaders for January 2025. We will update this article as their teams change.

Pokémon GO is available now on mobile devices.

Updated 1/14/2025 by Amanda Kay Oaks