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

Conquering Team GO Rocket Leaders in Pokémon GO: A January 2025 Guide

Taking down Pokémon GO's Team GO Rocket Leaders, whether for research or Shadow Pokémon, presents a significant challenge. Their powerful Shadow Pokémon and ever-shifting team compositions make predicting their strategies difficult. This guide provides comprehensive information on Sierra, Arlo, and Cliff, including optimal counter-picks to ensure victory.

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• Locating Team GO Rocket Leaders: Sierra, Arlo, & Cliff
• Sierra's Current Team & Counters
• Arlo's Current Team & Counters
• Cliff's Current Team & Counters

Finding Team GO Rocket Leaders

Unlike Grunts, encountering Team GO Rocket Leaders requires defeating six Grunts first. Each defeated Grunt yields a Mysterious Component. Six components combine to create a Rocket Radar, which reveals Leaders at darkened PokéStops and in hot air balloons (a Grunt balloon appears every six hours, lasting 20 minutes).

Sierra's January 2025 Team & Counters

Sierra's cunning tactics are matched by her formidable Pokémon. Her January 2025 lineup includes:

Pokémon 1	Pokémon 2	Pokémon 3
Skorupi Bug/Poison	Sableye Dark/Ghost	Houndoom Dark/Fire
	Steelix Ground/Steel	Nidoqueen Ground/Poison
	Milotic Water	Gardevoir Fairy/Psychic

Effective counters include:

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

Arlo's January 2025 Team & Counters

Arlo's team for January 2025 is a diverse threat:

Pokémon 1	Pokémon 2	Pokémon 3
Alolan Grimer Poison/Dark	Hypno Psychic	Metagross Psychic/Steel
	Charizard Flying/Fire	Scizor Bug/Steel
	Gyarados Flying/Water	Snorlax Normal

Prepare for Flying, Psychic, and Poison types. Strong counters include:

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

Cliff's January 2025 Team & Counters

Cliff's January 2025 team is equally challenging:

Pokémon 1	Pokémon 2	Pokémon 3
Cubone Ground	Venusaur Grass/Poison	Tyranitar Dark/Rock
	Marowak Ground	Obstagoon Dark/Normal
	Aerodactyl Flying/Rock	Crobat Flying/Poison

Expect at least one Ground type and potentially Flying and Poison types. These Pokémon provide excellent counter options:

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

This guide will be updated as Team GO Rocket Leader lineups change. Pokémon GO is available now on mobile devices. Last updated 1/14/2025.