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Pokemon GO’s constant stream of events and new features has helped keep Niantic’s genre-defining ARPG fresh after almost seven years. One early feature that has remained consistently popular is the addition of Team GO Rocket, who can be found causing trouble in the wild and at Pokestops.Pokemon GOplayers can take on the Team GO Rocket leaders to earn powerful Shadow Pokemon, but they’re not easy to defeat.
Team GO Rocketleader Arlo is back this month with a team consisting of mostly Dragon, Psychic, and Steel-types. This gives players a few options for taking him on, with Ice and Fire-type Pokemon being good choices, as well as Fighting and Bug.
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Arlo’s First Pokemon
Like all the Team GO Rocket leaders, Arlo always begins with the same Pokemon. Exeggcute is aGrass/Psychic-type Pokemonand therefore is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Poison attacks. It is resistant to Electric, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Psychic, and Water attacks.
Exeggcute Counters
Arlo’s Second Pokemon
Arlo’s second Pokemon can be either Dragonite, Exeggutor (Alola), or Salamence. This means that all three are weak to Ice and Dragon, making these types the best picks overall.
Dragonite Counters
Dragonite is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokemonand therefore is weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock attacks. It is resistant to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Bug, and Water, and immune to Ground attacks.
Alolan Exeggutor Counters
TheAlolan variant of Exeggutoris a Grass/Dragon-type Pokemon and therefore is weak to Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Poison attacks. It is resistant to Electric, Grass, Ground, and Water attacks.
Salamence Counters
Salamence is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock attacks. It is resistant to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Bug, and Water, and immune to Ground attacks.
Arlo’s Third Pokemon
Arlo’s third Pokemon is his most dangerous, and can be either Scizor, Gardevoir, or Steelix. Unfortunately, there are no common weaknesses shared by all three. However, bothSteelix and Scizor are weak to Firedue to their Steel-type, making that a good choice.
Scizor Counters
Scizor is a Bug/Steel-type Pokemon, and therefore is only weak to Fire attacks. It is resistant to Normal, Steel, Psychic, Dragon, Bug, Grass, Ice, and Fairy, and immune to Poison attacks.
Gardevoir Counters
Gardevoir is a Fairy/Psychic-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Poison, Steel, and Ghost attacks. It is resistant to Fighting and Psychic, and immune to Dragon attacks.
Steelix Counters
Steelix is a Ground/Steel-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water attacks. It is resistant to Normal, Rock, Steel, Dragon, Flying, Bug, Psychic, and Fairy, and immune to Poison and Electric attacks.
