Team GO Rocket Archives

The Team GO Rocket Celebration event ends today in Pokémon GO Let's take a look at what this event offered and if it made for a worthy week of gameplay. New Shadows in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked in this Pokémon GO Event New Shadows: It's been since October 2020 that we've gotten new Shadow Pokémon, and it appears[...]

The Team GO Rocket Leaders of Pokémon GO have new Shadow Pokémon on their teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo, including his entire line-up, the best counters, and which of his Pokémon you can catch Shiny. Arlo in Pokémon GO[...]

The Team GO Rocket Leaders of Pokémon GO have new Shadow Pokémon on their teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff, including his entire line-up, the best counters, and which of his Pokémon you can catch Shiny. Cliff in Pokémon GO[...]

It's not one of the Team GO Rocket leaders' new Shadows, either It's a Pokémon you can catch after battling a common Grunt This new Shadow Pokémon, which is about to shake the meta, is Mamoswine! Mamoswine in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Until now, Ground-types were relatively under-represented in Team GO Rocket's Shadow Pokémon[...]

The Team GO Rocket Leaders of Pokémon GO have new Shadow Pokémon on their teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra, including her entire line-up, the best counters, and which of her Pokémon you can catch Shiny. Sierra in Pokémon GO[...]

After almost five months, the Team GO Rocket leaders have finally switched teams in Pokémon GO… and you know what that means New Shiny Shadow Pokémon have debuted in Pokémon GO along with a surprising return Here is what you can expect now when taking on these three villainous leaders. Team GO Rocket leaders in Pokémon GO[...]

The Team GO Rocket Celebration Event has arrived in Pokémon GO. This event brings with it increased Rocket Balloon encounters, new Shadow Pokémon, new line-ups for the Team GO Rocket Leaders, and a brand new raid rotation Let's take a look at this event's raids to determine which are worthy of your Raid Pass. Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon[...]

The Team GO Rocket Celebration Event is now live in Pokémon GO, bringing with it new Shadow Pokémon, new Shadow Shinies, and a change to Strange Eggs Let's take a look at what this first Rocket-themed event has to offer. New Shadows available in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic The full details for the Team GO Rocket Celebration Event[...]

This new Team GO Rocket event will introduce new Shadow Pokémon and Poison-type and Dark-type Pokémon featured during the event. New Shadows in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the February 2021 Team GO Rocket event in Pokémon GO: It will begin Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021, at 10 AM and will run through Sunday, February[...]

Yesterday, the iconic duo that many will remember from the Pokémon anime appeared more in-game yesterday with boosted Team GO Rocket encounters Did this event appease those who have been upset (vocally) on social media about the rarity of these encounters, or will Niantic have to prepare for trouble and make it double? Jessie and James in[...]

On this holiday morning, Team GO Rocket's Jessie and James woke up and chose violence The dastardly duo will spend Christmas Day showing up on your phone in their Meowth Balloon in hopes of knocking you and your Pokémon around But you may be able to get a Shiny Shadow Pokémon out of it. Jessie and[...]

Now, while still rarer than a standard Team GO Rocket Grunt balloon, the Meowth balloon is currently highly boosted compared to the first run. As already mentioned, Jessie and James encounters will be appearing much more frequently on December 25th Yep, get ready for those Christmas Day battles with the perpetual Pikachu poachers. Also, the last we[...]

Many Pokémon GO trainers have expressed frustration about the rarity of Jessie and James encounters. Here's how Niantic replied.

Team GO Rocket's Jessie and James have returned to Pokémon GO with new teams With this guide, you can take on both of them and nab an easy win… perhaps scoring an encounter with a Shiny Shadow Pokémon. Jessie & James in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here are the current rosters that Jessie and James will have in[...]

These two are highly coveted encounters in the game not only for nostalgic purposes but because they are currently the only way to encounter Shiny Shadow Pokémon outside of the Team GO Rocket leaders In this piece, we will break down everything needed to know about battling Jessie and James in Pokémon GO including their current[...]

Shiny Celebi comes to Pokémon GO in a new special research tying-into Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle. Also: Shiny Rufflet & more!

Yesterday, social media began to buzz with theories that Niantic had turned off the Shiny-capability of the Shadow Pokémon that could be encountered through the Team GO Rocket Leaders No Shiny Shadows had been encountered for about a week, which, considering how many people play this game and how many love a good Shiny flex… seemed[...]

This week also added Dark-type and Poison-type Pokémon to the spawn pool, giving Shiny hunters a very good shot at a sparkling blue Houndour. There was no new Shiny forms released for wild spawns, but three new Shiny Shadows were introduced through a shift in the Team GO Rocket Leader line-up: Shiny Shadow Growlite, Drowzee, and[...]

These Strange Eggs can only be obtained if you have an open slot before battling a Team GO Rocket Leader Leaders, in turn, can be encountered either by earning a Rocket Radar from defeating six Team GO Rocket Grunts or buying one for 200 Pokécoins So essentially, a Strange Egg costs either 200 coins or[...]

The Team GO Rocket Leaders of Pokémon GO have new Shadow Pokémon on their teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra, including her entire line-up, the best counters, and which of her Pokémon you can catch Shiny. Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra promotional image in Pokémon GO[...]

The Team GO Rocket Boss of Pokémon GO has new Shadow Pokémon on his teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Boss Giovanni, including his entire line-up, the best counters, and how to catch his Shadow Mewtwo. Team GO Rocket Boss Giovanni promotional image in Pokémon GO[...]

The Team GO Rocket Leaders of Pokémon GO have new Shadow Pokémon on their teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo, including his entire line-up, the best counters, and which of his Pokémon you can catch Shiny. Team GO Rocket Leader Arlo promotional image in Pokémon GO[...]

The Team GO Rocket Leaders of Pokémon GO have new Shadow Pokémon on their teams Here is everything you need to know about Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff, including his entire line-up, the best counters, and which of his Pokémon you can catch Shiny. Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff promotional image in Pokémon GO[...]

The new Team GO Rocket research has been released in Pokémon GO This six-page research coincides with a shift in the Rocket line-ups, including the Team GO Rocket leaders and the boss, Giovanni Giovanni will have Shadow Mewtwo when faced any time from now until the end of the year This is the first time that[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's how to get Strange Eggs in Pokémon GO: Make sure you have at least one slot of Egg space open in your storage Turn on your Rocket Radar Battle and defeat a Team GO Rocket leader Once you defeat either Arlo, Cliff, or Sierra, your open slot will be filled by the most beautifully designed Egg in Pokémon[...]

Credit: Niantic Currently, since the exit of Jessie and James, Shiny Shadow Pokémon are only available through the Team GO Rocket leaders… with one exception Currently, there is a Psychic-type Team GO Rocket grunt that can still lead to Drowsee encounters This was similar to a situation that happened during the beginning of the previous Rocket[...]

Stay tuned for our full breakdown of what is inside, but these are collected exclusively from defeating Team GO Rocket Leaders. In addition to some of the last event's spawns, Dark-type and Poison-type Pokémon are spawning with a specific focus on Houndour, Purrloin, Poochyena, Spinarak, Skorupi, Stunky, Nuzleaf, Croagunk, Sableye, and Gulpin. New Special Research called "An[...]

Earlier this week, we reported that Shadow Mewtwo and a new kind of Egg dropped by Team GO Rocket, called "Strange Eggs," were arriving imminently in Pokémon GO Now, there is reason to believe that new Shadow Pokémon including Skarmory, Kabuto, and more will be arriving in the game as well[...]

The new information that Dataminers have found has been pulled from a punny Special Research titled "An Inter-egg-sting Development." This new set of Team GO Rocket activity is set to be the non-GO Fest debut of Shadow Mewtwo for free-to-play players along with a brand new Egg in Pokémon GO called "Strange Eggs." Here's a few[...]

It has been a long time since there has been a shift in Team GO Rocket's line-ups With Niantic already having announced that "Giovanni Special Research will return in October," the pattern set by previous Giovanni researches dictates that we should expect a shake-up with the leaders as well This may mean that we should[...]