Team Rocket Leaders February Lineups and New Shadow Pokémon

Trainers, Team GO Rocket Leader lineups and featured Shadow Pokémon have changed! Additionally, new shadow Pokémon are now appearing in Pokémon GO. When you challenge Team GO Rocket Grunts at discolored PokéStops, there’s a chance they’ll have Shadow Pokémon like Vulpix, Ninetales, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Omanyte, Omastar, Misdreavus, Carvanha, and Sharpedo on their team.

We’ve updated the following GO Hub guides with latest counters:

• Rocket Leader Arlo Counters Guide
• Rocket Leader Sierra Counters Guide
• Rocket Leader Cliff Counters Guide
• Rocket Boss Giovanni Counters

Here are the new lineups and the new shadow Pokémon available from Team Leader encounters:

Arlo

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Mawile	Charizard	Scizor
	Blastoise	Dragonite
	Steelix	Salamence

Sierra

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Beldum	Exeggutor	Shiftry
	Lapras	Houndoom
	Sharpedo	Alakazam

Cliff

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Pinsir	Marowak	Tyranitar
	Omastar	Swampert
	Electivire	Torterra

New shadow Pokémon encounters

CP range shows possible 100% after purifying. Lower CP values will not give you a 100% purified Pokémon. Defeating GO Rocket leaders always rewards an encounter with their first Pokémon (Pinsir, Beldum, Mawile). Bellsprout is available from Decoy Grunt encounters while searching for Giovanni.

Pokémon	CP Range	Weather boosted
Pinsir	654 – 667	1078 – 1099 Rainy
Beldum	213 – 220	351 – 362 Snow Windy
Mawile	359 – 368	592 – 607 Snow Cloudy
Bellsprout	225 – 233	371 – 384 Sunny Cloudy
Raikou	765 – 778	1260 – 1282 Rainy