How to Defeat Leader Arlo Sierra Cliff and Giovanni Pokemon Go (February 2023) New Shadow Pokemon Best Counters

How to Defeat Leader Arlo Sierra Cliff and Giovanni Pokemon Go (February 2023) New Shadow Pokemon Best Counters

The evil presence is upon us, and certain black appearances will start showing up in Pokemon Go. If you are wondering what we are talking about, well, Team Go Rocket Leaders Arlo, Sierra, Cliff, and the Team Go Rocket Boss Giovanni are trying to take over the Pokemon Go world once again. This time they use different, even stronger Shadow Pokemon than before, so having the right counters to beat them in battle is a must.

They are once again coming to stir up some drama in the otherwise peaceful world of Pokemon Go. Team Go Rocket is known by its savage members: Leaders Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra, and their Team Go Rocket Boss Giovanni. However, they have changed their Shadow lineup, but luckily we already know them and the best counted Pokemon for the powerful Shadow Pokemon.

First, you need to beat up the Team Go Rocket Leaders Arlo, Sierra, and Cliff. But to get to them you need to collect six Mysterious Components, which will then create the much-needed Rockey Radar. The question is: how to collect those Mysterious Components? You will need to defeat the Team Go Rocket Grunts, six of them, to get six Mysterious Components.

Back to the Team Go Rocket Leaders. Each one of the Leaders has its own Shadow Pokemon lineup, and depending on the difficulty level, it goes from easy to hard. Going from that, you will need to adapt your team to beat their team as easily as possible.

A lot of questions arise from this, and the most important one is: Which Pokemon is the best to use against theirs?

You do not need to investigate all over the internet, we are here to help you, so here is the list of which Pokemon are the best encounters for Team Go Rocket.

Team Go Rocket Leader Arlo Shadow Pokemon and Counters (February 2023)

Arlo Shadow Pokemon lineup #1

Shadow Nidoran♂ (can be shiny)

Best Counters:

• Mega Alakazam with Confusion and Dazzling Gleam
• Mega Gengar with Hex and Psychic
• Shadow Mewtwo with Confusion and Focus Blast
• Shadow Alakazam with Psycho Cut and Psychic
• Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Psystrike
• Alakazam with Psycho Cut and Psychic
• Exeggutor with Confusion and Psychic

Arlo Shadow Pokemon lineup #2

Shadow Crobat

Best Counters:

• Mega Alakazam with Confusion and Psychic
• Mega Latios with Zen Headbutt and Psychic
• Shadow Alakazam with Psycho Cut and Psychic
• Shadow Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Psystrike
• Hoopa Unbound with Confusion and Psychic
• Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Psystrike
• Deoxys Attack Forme with Thunder Shock and Discharge

Shadow Steelix

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Mega Y Charizard with Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Shadow Blaziken with Counter and Blast Burn
• Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Reshiram with Fire Fang and Overheat
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Sacred Sword
• Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere

Shadow Cradily

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Blaze Kick
• Mega Beedrill with Infestation and X-Scissor
• Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Shadow Metagross with Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Pheromosa with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Casred Sword

Arlo Shadow Pokemon lineup #3

Shadow Charizard

Best Counters:

• Mega Aerodactyl with Rock Throw and Rock Slide
• Mega Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Shadow Rhyperior with Smack Down and Rock Wrecker
• Shadow Tyranitar with Smack Down and Fire Blast
• Rampardos with Smack Down and Rock Slide
• Terrakion with Smack Down and Rock Slide
• Landorus with Rock Throw and Rock Slide

Shadow Scizor

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Mega Y Charizard with Ember and Flamethrower
• Shadow Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Shadow Entei with Fire Fang and Flamethrower
• Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Entei with Fire Fang and Flamethrower
• Charizard with Fire Spin and Blast Burn

Shadow Armaldo

Best Counters:

• Mega Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Mega Aerodactyl with Rock Throw and Rock Slide
• Shadow Kingler with Bubble and Crabhammer
• Shadow Metagross with Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash
• Rampardos with Smack Down and Rock Slide
• Metagross with Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash
• Kyogre with Waterfall and Surf

Cliff Shadow Pokemon and Counters (February 2023)

Shadow Pokemon 1 (can be shiny)

Shadow Magnemite

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Blaze Kick
• Mega Swampert with Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon
• Shadow Garchomp with Mud Shot and Sand Tomb
• Shadow Blaziken with Counter and Blaze Kick
• Excadrill with Mud Shot and Drill Run
• Therian Landorus with Mud Shot and Bulldoze
• Garchomp with mud Shot and Earth Power

Shadow Pokemon 2

Shadow Venusaur

Best Counters:

• Mega Alazakam with Confusion and Psychic
• Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Shadow Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Psystrike
• Shadow Alakazam with Psycho Cut and Psychic
• Mewtwo with Confusion and Psystrike
• Hoopa Unbound with Confusion and Psychic
• Deoxys Attack Forme with Zen Headbutt and Psycho Boost

Shadow Omastar

Best Counters:

• Mega Sceptile with Bullet Seed and Frenzy Plant
• Mega Venusaur with Vine Whip and Frenzy Plant
• Shadow Tangrowth with Vine Whip and Power Whip
• Shadow Sirfetch’d with Counter and Leaf Blade
• Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade
• Xurtkitree with Spark and Power Whip
• Roserade with Razor Lead and Grass Knot

Shadow Pinsir

Best Counters:

• Mega Y Charizard with Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin and Overheat
• Shadow Moltres with Wing Attack and Sky Attack
• Shadow Ho-Oh with Incinerate and Brave Bird
• Chandelure with Fire Spin and Overheat
• Reshiram with Fire Fang and Overheat
• Moltres with Fire Spin and Sky Attack

Shadow Pokemon 3

Shadow Sharpedo

Best Counters:

• Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant
• Mega Manectric with Thunder Fang and Wild Charge
• Shadow Machamp with Karate Chop and Dynamic Punch
• Shadow Electivire with Low Kick and Wild Charge
• Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade
• Xurkitree with Thunder Shock and DIscharge
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword

Shadow Tyranitar

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast
• Mega Lopunny with Low Kick and Focus Blast
• Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Shadow Hariyama with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Terrakion Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Sacred Sword
• Conkeldurr with Counter and Dynamic Punch

Shadow Camerupt

Best Counters:

• Mega Swampert with Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon
• Mega Blastoise with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Shadow Feraligatr with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Shadow Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Kingler with Bubble and Crabhammer
• Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Empoleon with Waterfall and Hydro Cannon

Sierra Shadow Pokemon and Counters (February 2023)

#1 Shadow Pokemon Lineup and Counters

Shadow Beldum (can be shiny)

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Mega Absol with Snarl and Dark Pulse
• Shadow Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
• Shadow Houndoom with Fire Fang and Crunch
• Chandelure with Fore Spin and Shadow Ball
• Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
• Darkrai with Snarl and Dark Pulse

#2 Shadow Pokemon Lineup and Counters

Shadow Sharpedo

Best Counters:

• Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant
• Mega Manectric with Thunder Fang and Wild Charge
• Shadow Machamp with Karate Chop and Dynamic Punch
• Shadow Electivire with Low Kick and Wild Charge
• Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade
• Xurkitree with Thunder Shock and Discharge
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword

Shadow Lapras

Best Counters:

• Mega Sceptile with Bullet Seed and Frenzy Plant
• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast
• Shadow Raikou with Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
• Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Sacred Sword

Shadow Flygon

Best Counters:

• Mega Glalie with Frost Breath and Avalanche
• Mega Abomasnow with Powder Snow and Weather Ball
• Shadow Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche
• Shadow Weavile with Ice Shard and Avalanche
• Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche
• Weavile with ice Shard and Avalanche
• Glaceon with Frost Breath and Avalanche

#3 Shadow Pokemon Lineup and Counters

Shadow Houndoom

Best Counters:

• Mega Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast
• Shadow Rhyperior with Mud-Slap and Rock Wrecker
• Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Sacred Sword
• Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere

Shadow Shifrty

Best Counters:

• Mega Beedrill with Bug Bite and X-Scissor
• Mega Scizor with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
• Shadow Scyther with Fury Cutter and Bug Buzz
• Shadow Pinsir with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
• Pheromosa with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
• Yanmega with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
• Vikavolt with Bug Bite and X-Scissor

Shadow Alakazam

Best Counters:

• Mega Gengar with Hex and Shadow Ball
• Mega Banette with Hex and Shadow Ball
• Shadow Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Shadow Ball
• Shadow Weavile with Snarl and Foul Play
• Hydreigon with Bite and Brutal Swing
• Giratina Origin with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
• Darkrai with Snarl and Shadow Ball

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon and Counters (February 2023)

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon lineup #1

Shadow Persian (can be shiny)

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Blaze Kick
• Mega Alakazam with Counter and Psychic
• Shadow Machamp with Karate Chop and Dynamic Punch
• Shadow Blaziken with Counter and Blaze Kick
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Sacred Sword
• Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon lineup #2

Shadow Garchomp

Best Counters:

• Mega Glalie with Frost Breath and Avalanche
• Mega Abomasnow with Powder Snow and Blizzard
• Shadow Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche
• Shadow Weavile with Ice Shard and Avalanche
• Galarian Darmanitan Standard with Ice Fang and Avalanche
• Glaceon with Ice Shard and Avalanche
• Weavile with Ice Shard and Avalanche

Shadow Nidoking

Best Counters:

• Mega Alakazam with Confusion and Psychic
• Mega Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Shadow Mewtwo with Confusion and Psystrike
• Shadow Alakazam with Confusion and Psychic
• Hoopa Unbound with Confusion and Psychic
• Mewtwo with Confusion and Psystrike
• Alakazam with Confusion and Psychic

Shadow Cloyster

Best Counters

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast
• Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant
• Shadow Magnezone with Spark and Wild Charge
• Shadow Raikou with Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade
• Xurkitree with Spark and Discharge

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon lineup #3

Shadow Registeel

Best Counters:

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Blast Burn
• Mega Charizard Y with Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Shadow Moltres with Fire Spin and Overheat
• Shadow Entei with Fire Fang and Overheat
• Reshiram with Fire Fang and Overheat
• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Keldeo with Low Kick and Sacred Sword
• Chandelure with Fire Spin and Overheat
• Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere

Defeating the three Team Go Rocket Leaders Alro, Cliff, and Sierra, and the Team Go Rocket Boss Giovanni is not going to be easy at all. Our guide is made to help you on your mission, so hopefully, you will have no problems when battling the Leaders and the Boss.