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Team GO Rocket Leader Guide: Defeating Arlo

Team GO Rocket Leader Guide: Defeating Arlo

First Pokemon - Scyther

  • Tyranitar: Smack Down* + Crunch and Stone Edge
  • Giratina-Altered: Shadow Claw + Ancient Power
  • Moltres: Wing Attack + Sky Attack*
  • Melmetal: Thunder Shock + Rock Slide
  • Aggron: Smack Down + Stone Edge
  • Zapdos: Thunder Shock* + Ancient Power and Thunderbolt

Second Pokemon

Gyarados

(Waterfall/Bite) + (Crunch/Hydro Pump/Outrage)

  • Zapdos: Thunder Shock* + Thunderbolt and Ancient Power
  • Giratina-Altered: Shadow Claw + Ancient Power
  • Tyranitar: Smack Down* + Stone Edge and Crunch
  • Magnezone: Spark + Wild Charge
  • Melmetal: Thunder Shock + Thunderbolt and Rock Slide
  • Raikou: Thunder Shock + Wild Charge

Little bit of variance here. Electric users will always be solid choices. Giratina-A is bad against Bite, and Tyranitar’s bad against Waterfall.

Crobat

(Air Slash/Bite) + (Shadow Ball/Air Cutter/Sludge Bomb)

  • Tyranitar: Smack Down* + Stone Edge and Crunch
  • Rhyperior: Smack Down + Stone Edge
  • Melmetal: Thunder Shock + Rock Slide
  • Metagross: Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash*
  • Zapdos: Thunder Shock* + Ancient Power
  • Magnezone: Spark + Wild Charge

Tyranitar is the safest choice, resisting both Air Slash and Bite, but any of these are good options to get you started!

Magnezone

(Spark/Charge Beam) + (Zap Cannon/Wild Charge/Flash Cannon)

  • Rhyperior: Smack Down + Earthquake
  • Garchomp: Mud Shot + Earthquake
  • Giratina-Origin: Shadow Claw + Ominous Wind and/or Shadow Ball
  • Machamp: Counter + Cross Chop* OR Dynamic Punch

Third Pokemon

Charizard

(Air Slash/Fire Spin) + (Dragon Claw/Fire Blast/Overheat)

  • Tyranitar: Smack Down* + Stone Edge
  • Rhyperior: Smack Down + Stone Edge
  • Giratina-Altered: Shadow Claw + Ancient Power
  • Aggron: Smack Down + Stone Edge
  • Swampert: Mud Shot + Hydro Cannon*
  • Heatran: Fire Spin + Stone Edge

It’s not exactly the tankiest of Pokémon, with pretty bad defensive typing. Hit it with Rock-type damage if you can. If not, Swampert does the job just fine if you have one kicking around. Tyranitar remains a fantastic pick, and if you still have that Rhyperior kicking around from slot 2, that’ll remain a great choice as long as it has Stone Edge. If you’ve already maxed an Omastar, you might as well use it here too. Set it up with a Rock-type charge move.

Dragonite

(Dragon Tail/Steel Wing) + (Hurricane/Outrage/Hyper Beam)

  • Dialga: Dragon Breath + Iron Head and Draco Meteor
  • Mamoswine: Powder Snow + Avalanche
  • Tyranitar: Smack Down* + Stone Edge
  • Rhyperior: Smack Down + Stone Edge
  • Melmetal: Thunder Shock + Rock Slide
  • Metagross: Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash*
  • Heatran: Fire Spin + Stone Edge

Tyranitar and Rhyperior don’t exactly enjoy taking Steel Wing, but should be able to swing back pretty hard in response. Either way, Metagross is a strong choice.

Scizor

(Bullet Punch/Fury Cutter) + (X-Scissor/Iron Head/Night Slash)

  • Heatran: Fire Spin + Stone Edge
  • Charizard: Fire Spin + Blast Burn
  • Blaziken: Fire Spin + Blaze Kick and Blast Burn
  • Moltres: Fire Spin + Sky Attack