Team GO Rocket Archives

Team GO Rocket's Jessie and James have returned to Pokémon GO as part of the second Secrets of the Jungle movie tie-in event With this guide, you can defeat James and win an encounter with a Shiny-capable Shadow Pokémon Let's get into the details. Jessie & James in Pokémon GO[...]

Team GO Rocket's Jessie and James have returned to Pokémon GO as part of the second Secrets of the Jungle movie tie-in event With this guide, you can defeat Jessie and win an encounter with a Shiny-capable Shadow Pokémon Let's get into the details. Jessie & James in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has announced the return of Team GO Rocket's Jessie and James to Pokémon GO The dynamic duo from the Pokémon anime will return in their Meowth Balloon as part of an event tying into the upcoming movie, Secrets of the Jungle They will outlast the event, though, so read on to see how long the team[...]

Multiple trainers have posted screenshots confirming that they have caught Shiny Shadow Pokémon after Team GO Rocket Grunt encounters Speculation is running high as to what this may mean, with one theory suggesting that Niantic may now make it so Team GO Rocket Grunts can award Shiny Shadow encounters However, this is something we've seen before,[...]

Team GO Rocket has gotten the good ol' Niantic shaft in Pokémon GO all of 2021 Think of how prominent pre-pandy Team GO Rocket content was! We received a Special Research at the start of every month Once 12 AM hit on the 1st, we were off and running We were tasked with defeating Grunts, battling[...]

How many hours of our lives have been lost to the post-battle animation following Team GO Rocket encounters in Pokémon GO? The numbers are incalculable It has been said that some players are still clicking through the screen, trying to speed up the slow-rolling breakdown of rewards given to them from their very first Team[...]

Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket's Giovanni in Pokémon GO, including his entire line-up for June 2021, the best counters, and other tips. Shadow Ho-Oh in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Giovanni's June 2021 line-up consists of: Slot One: Persian Slot Two: Golem, Machamp, or Cloyster Slot Three: Ho-Oh Here are some top suggested counters for each[...]

To earn an encounter with this corrupted Legendary Pokémon, one must defeat the Team GO Rocket boss Giovanni In order to do that, one must first earn a Super Rocket Radar through a newly introduced Special Research: the "A Seven-Colored Shadow" questline. Shadow Ho-Oh in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here are the tasks and rewards for the new[...]

After a year of recycled Shadow Legendary Pokémon fighting in Team GO Rocket boss Giovanni's third slot, we finally have a new Shadow boss live Here's everything you need to know about Shadow Ho-Oh's arrival in Pokémon GO and what it may mean for the future of Team GO Rocket research in the game. Shadow Ho-Oh in[...]

You can complete the latest Team GO Rocket Special Research, A Seven-Colored Shadow, to earn a Super Rocket Radar This will help you track down the Team GO Rocket Boss and save Shadow Ho-Oh! This is a long span for a Shadow Pokémon What I find notable is that it ends up matching the length of[...]

There has been a shift in the currently featured Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon GO starting on June 1st, 2021… but there has been no new Team GO Rocket Research, meaning no Super Rocket Radar Has there been some sort of mistake? We have the answer right here for curious Pokémon GO trainers. Shadow Legendaries in Pokémon GO[...]

Let's look back to late 2019, when there was a glitch with Team GO Rocket leaders that could be exploited by dedicated checks at a real-life location Let's look back… to the Team GO Rocket Shiny Shadow hack. Team GO Rocket leaders in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here's what would happen You would put on a Rocket[...]

There has been a shakeup with the Team GO Rocket Leaders' line-ups in Pokémon GO Not only do they have different teams, but the potentially Shiny Shadow Pokémon that you can encounter after defeating them has also changed With this battle guide, you can build a team to defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo and earn[...]

There has been a shakeup with the Team GO Rocket Leaders' line-ups in Pokémon GO Not only do they have different teams, but the potentially Shiny Shadow Pokémon that you can encounter after defeating them has also changed With this battle guide, you can build a team to defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff and earn[...]

There has been a shakeup with the Team GO Rocket Leaders' line-ups in Pokémon GO Not only do they have different teams, but the potentially Shiny Shadow Pokémon that you can encounter after defeating them has also changed With this battle guide, you can build a team to defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra and earn[...]

The Luminous Legends Y event has brought some new Team GO Rocket content to Pokémon GO, including some new Shiny Shadow Pokémon Let's get into the details. Rocket balloon in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of which Shiny Shadow Pokémon you can get from which Team GO Rocket Leaders in Pokémon GO: Shiny Shadow Venonat from Arlo[...]

New Shiny Shadow Pokémon have come to Team GO Rocket encounters in Pokémon GO along with other changes made to these battles Here is everything you need to know about these new changes and how they will work in the Luminous Legends Y event and beyond. Team GO Rocket in Pokémon GO[...]

Giovanni, the villainous Team GO Rocket Boss of Pokémon GO has a new line-up of Shadow Pokémon Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket's Giovanni, including his entire line-up for May 2021, the best counters, and which Legendary Pokémon you can encounter once you've defeated him. Giovanni in Pokémon GO[...]

In the past, months that featured Team GO Rocket research in Pokémon GO would be quite predictable Midnight would strike and we'd be greeted with the new Team GO Rocket Special Research when we opened up the app However, there was a change made last month that switched everything up Rather than being a separate[...]

Team GO Rocket has come home at last I never could've imagined I'd miss being menaced and mocked by NPCs so much, but without these evil-doers, Pokémon GO has felt about as empty as Niantic's communication about the issue At last, though, the situation is fixed and Niantic is even planning some kind of recompense[...]

Where, oh where have the Team GO Rocket balloons gone in Pokémon GO? For days now, the black balloons emblazoned with R that float onto screens to initiate battles with Team GO Rocket Grunts, Leaders, or even the Boss himself have been missing from the game Oddly, Niantic didn't think to put a push notification in[...]

This month, Niantic switched things up with Team GO Rocket in Pokémon GO Instead of a multi-part Special Research culminating in a battle with Giovanni, earned through defeating all three Team Leaders… we had a one-page Timed Research that tosses players a Super Rocket Radar to find Giovanni after tasks that could be completed in ten[...]

The new Team GO Rocket Timed Research is live in Pokémon GO Titled "Tricky Pokémon," this replaces the normal Team GO Rocket Special Research and will award a Super Rocket Radar that allows for an encounter with Giovanni, the Rocket Boss When encountered during the month of April 2021, Giovanni battles will feature Shadow Zapdos as[...]

Tomorrow, Pokémon GO will host a one-day Team GO Rocket event for April Fools' Day Here's what trainers can expect from this event, which starts at midnight. Croagunk in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic The full details from the official Pokémon GO blog are as follows: Date + Time: Thursday, April 1, 2021, from 12:00 a.m[...]

Credit: Niantic Team GO Rocket Hour: This hour featured increased Team GO Rocket balloon encounters, which made for a fun but very light hour of gameplay This, I believe, will work as a weekly or monthly event Another full Pokémon Spotlight Hour wouldn't work, as Spotlight Hour completely overwhelms players with spawns[...]

However, there is a disturbing bit of information in the mythology of Shadow Pokémon that makes some wonder if we, the trainers who keep these Shadows un-Purified, are as bad as Team Rocket. Team GO Rocket in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic When Shadow Pokémon were first introduced, Niantic posted some information to Twitter: "Pokémon grow stronger with the[...]

Niantic tested a new event in Pokémon GO yesterday: GO Rocket Hour. Pokémon GO trainers were treated to increased Team GO Rocket balloons for an hour, allowing players to battle Grunts, Leaders, and even Giovanni to earn encounters with Shadow Pokémon from wherever they were With Spotlight Hour and Raid Hour already happening weekly, though, is this[...]

As the event goes live in certain timezones, we have the report on exactly what the first-ever GO Rocket Hour will bring to Pokémon GO. Team GO Rocket promo image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here's what Niantic had to say about these three upcoming trial events on the Pokémon GO blog: Thursday, March 4, 2021: GO Rocket Hour[...]

Giovanni, the villainous Team GO Rocket Boss of Pokémon GO has a new line-up of Shadow Pokémon Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket's Giovanni, including his entire line-up, the best counters, and which Legendary Pokémon you can encounter once you've defeated him. Giovanni in Pokémon GO[...]

What makes this unlike standard Raid Days, though, is that there will also be a Team GO Rocket takeover with boosted Grunts at Poké Stops, boosted Rocket Balloon counters, a chance to remove Frustration from Shadow Pokémon using a Charged TM, and new Team GO Rocket Special Research This Special Research will culminate in an[...]