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Pokémon GO Arlo Lineup and Counters (December 2025) Learn how to defeat Rocket Leader Arlo in Pokémon GO during December 2025. Arlo's full Pokémon lineup, best counters, and rewards.
Guides September 15, 2025Learn how to defeat Arlo and which Pokémon Arlo has during the month of December 2025 in Pokémon GO. Includes Leader Arlo’s current Pokémon line-up, best counters and teams to use, and rewards for defeating Rocket Leader Arlo.
- 🔔 Fully updated with the start of Psychic Spectacular: Taken Over.
- 🔗 Other GO Rocket guides: Giovanni lineup and counters, Sierra lineup and counters, Cliff lineup and counters, Team GO Rocket Grunt lineups
Arlo’s Pokémon Lineup
Arlo is one of the Team GO Rocket Leaders in Pokémon GO, alongside Sierra, Cliff, and Giovanni. Rocket Leader Arlo is currently using the following Shadow Pokémon:
| Slot | Pokémon |
|---|---|
| #1 |
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| #2 |
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| #3 |
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- Arlo’s first Pokémon is always Shadow Wobbuffet.
- Arlo’s second Pokémon can be Shadow Slowbro, Shadow Crobat, or Shadow Steelix.
- Arlo’s third Pokémon can be Shadow Scizor, Shadow Alakazam, or Shadow Alolan Muk.
Best Pokémon for beating Arlo
Here are some of the best Pokémon you can use against Arlo in Pokémon GO:
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Scizor -
Primal Groudon -
Tyranitar -
Charizard -
Kartana
- Scizor or Giratina Altered can quickly take care of Shadow Wobbuffet.
- Groudon can deal with Steelix easily, Tyranitar with rock type moves is a great pick against both Slowbro, and Crobat.
- Tyranitar with dark type moves is a perfect choice for Alakazam and Groudon can deal with Alolan Muk. Charizard is great against Scizor.
💡 Note: In Trainer Battles, counters need not always be Pokémon that do super-effective damage. We include Pokémon that are more viable to defeat Arlo, rather than those who do maximum damage. Defeating Arlo rewards 3× Shadow Shards.
Shadow Wobbuffet counters
Shadow Wobbuffet Arlo’s Shadow Wobbuffet is pure Psychic, and as such, is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-type moves, which means we have a pretty clear list of Pokémon that can be used against it.
You should always start with a strong Pokémon that can burn Arlo’s shields fast, while still having utility after rotation. Spam charge moves and burn shields whenever possible. Here are our recommendations:
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Scizor | Fury Cutter, X-Scissor |
Gengar | Lick, Shadow Punch |
Guzzlord | Snarl, Brutal Swing |
Absol | Snarl, Brutal Swing |
Pinsir | Fury Cutter, X-Scissor |
Altered Giratina | Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak |
Shadow Slowbro counters
Shadow Slowbro Slowbro is weak to Bug, Dark, Electric, Ghost and Grass-type moves. With this wide list of weaknesses, here is how to beat it easily:
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Dawn Wings Necrozma | Shadow Claw, Moongeist Beam |
Sceptile | Fury Cutter, Frenzy Plant |
Tyranitar | Bite, Brutal Swing |
Gengar | Lick, Shadow Ball |
Absol | Snarl, Brutal Swing |
Tyranitar | Bite, Brutal Swing |
Shadow Crobat counters
Shadow Crobat Crobat is weak to Rock, Electric, Psychic and Ice type moves.
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Mewtwo | Psycho Cut, Psystrike |
White Kyurem | Ice Fang, Ice Burn |
Rhyperior | Smack Down, Rock Wrecker |
Alakazam | Confusion, Psychic |
Tyranitar | Smack Down, Stone Edge |
Latios | Zen Headbutt, Psychic |
Shadow Steelix counters
Shadow Steelix Shadow Steelix is weak to Water, Fighting, Fire and Ground type moves.
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Lucario | Force Palm, Aura Sphere |
Primal Kyogre | Waterfall, Origin Pulse |
Primal Groudon | Mud Shot, Precipice Blades |
Charizard | Fire Spin, Blast Burn |
Blaziken | Fire Spin, Blast Burn |
Swampert | Water Gun, Hydro Cannon |
Shadow Scizor Counters
Shadow Scizor Scizor is 2x weak to Fire type moves, which leaves little to no room for picking counters. Use strong Fire-type Pokémon!
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Charizard | Fire Spin, Blast Burn |
Blaziken | Fire Spin, Blast Burn |
Heatran | Fire Spin, Magma Storm |
Reshiram | Fire Fang, Fusion Flare |
Charizard | Fire Spin, Magma Storm |
Moltres | Fire Spin, Overheat |
Shadow Alakazam Counters
Shadow Alakazam Shadow Alakazam is weak to Dark, Bug and Ghost type moves.
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Dawn Wings Necrozma | Shadow Claw, Moongeist Beam |
Tyranitar | Bite, Brutal Swing |
Rayquaza | Dragon Tail, Dragon Ascent |
Gengar | Lick, Shadow Ball |
Tyranitar | Bite, Brutal Swing |
Houndoom | Snarl / Foul Play |
Shadow Alolan Muk Counters
Alola Shadow Muk Arlo’s Shadow Alolan Muk is only weak to Ground-type moves, which means we have a limited, but effective, list of Ground-type Pokémon that can be used against it.
| Pokémon | Moves |
|---|---|
Primal Groudon | Mud Shot, Precipice Blades |
Garchomp | Mud Shot, Earth Power |
Groudon | Mud Shot, Precipice Blades |
Excadrill | Mud-Slap, Scorching Sands |
Rhyperior | Mud-Slap, Earthquake |
Swampert | Mud Shot, Earthquake |
How to find and battle Rocket Leader Arlo in Pokémon GO

To fight with Arlo in Pokémon GO, you need to first defeat six Team GO Rocket Grunts to collect enough Mysterious Components to build a Rocket Radar. Activate the Rocket Radar and you will be able to see the location of a Rocket Leader. The game will not tell you which Leader you are facing, but you have a 33% chance for it to be Arlo.
Fighting Arlo is more difficult than fighting Grunts, as Leaders use higher level Pokémon than Grunts. In order to defeat Arlo, we consider using good counters mandatory.
You can rematch if you lose, and your Rocket Radar will only be consumed if you win.
Rewards for Beating Arlo
Trainers who manage to defeat Arlo – or any other Team GO Rocket Leader – will get a selection of rare rewards, including the chance to get a Team GO Rocket exclusive 12 km Strange Egg.
- Trainers receive 1,000 Stardust when defeating a Rocket Leaders,
- Trainers will receive two of the item bundles listed below when they defeat Team GO Rocket Leader like Arlo.
- Trainers have the opportunity to catch a Shadow Pokémon used by the Leader. It is always the first Pokémon used by the Leader.
- Shadow Pokémon from Rocket Leaders have a shiny chance of 1 in 64, if they are shiny eligible at the moment of defeating the Leader
Rewards breakdown
Defeating one of the Team GO Rocket Leader trio earns you two item bundles. If at least one of your Egg inventory slots is open, a 12km Strange Egg is guaranteed to replace one of those two bundles. A Strange Egg can be deposited into your normal Egg storage, or into your extra egg space if that is full.
Receiving a Strange Egg does not have an effect on which item bundle drops alongside the egg.
Guaranteed
1000× Stardust Random drop of two of these:
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4× Revive -
2× Max Revive -
4× Hyper Potion -
2× Max Potion -
1× Unova Stone -
1× Egg 12 km
As an example, a typical reward drop might contain 4 Revives and 4 Hyper Potions. Similarly, a reward drop might contain 1 Strange Egg and 2 Max Revives, or 1 Unova Stone and 1 Strange Egg.
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