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Conquering Team GO Rocket Leaders in Pokémon GO: A January 2025 Guide
Taking down Pokémon GO's Team GO Rocket Leaders – Sierra, Arlo, and Cliff – is crucial for research tasks and acquiring powerful Shadow Pokémon. Their constantly evolving teams make preparation essential. This guide provides the latest team compositions and recommended counters for January 2025.
Locating Team GO Rocket Leaders
Unlike Grunts, Leaders require strategic effort to find. Defeat six Grunts to obtain six Mysterious Components, which combine to create a Rocket Radar. Grunts appear randomly at PokéStops, and a hot air balloon containing a Grunt spawns every six hours, following you for 20 minutes. With the Rocket Radar activated, Leaders replace Grunts at darkened PokéStops and in hot air balloons.
Sierra's January 2025 Team & Counters
Sierra's January lineup presents a diverse challenge.
| 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 |
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 offers a blend of types.
| First Pokémon | Second Pokémon | Third Pokémon |
|---|---|---|
 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 with counters like:
| 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 team features several Dark-types and at least one Ground-type.
| First Pokémon | Second Pokémon | Third Pokémon |
|---|---|---|
 Cubone Ground |  Venusaur Grass/Poison | Tyranitar Dark/Rock |
 Marowak Ground |  Obstagoon Dark/Normal | |
 Aerodactyl Flying/Rock |  Crobat Flying/Poison |
Recommended counters:
| 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 on mobile devices. Last updated 1/14/2025.
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