Pokemon Go Arlo counters March 2024: Best Pokemon to use & weaknesses

The Team GO Rocket Leader, Arlo, is a difficult opponent to defeat in Pokemon Go, and going up against his Shadow squad requires the perfect team. To help you out, here are the details of his most recent lineup, their weaknesses, and some of the best counters you can use in battle.

One of the most exciting elements of Pokemon Go are the battles against Team Go Rocket. These troublemakers invade PokeStops around the game’s overworld and use their Shadow Pokemon to battle anyone who interacts with them.

If you win these fights, you’ll get the chance to capture one of their Shadow Pokemon, which can either be ‘purified’ for a CP boost or left as a Shadow Pokemon with higher attack stats if you’re competitive-minded or looking to master Raid battles.

In this guide, you’ll find Arlo’s current lineup of Pokemon, their weaknesses, and the best counters you can use on your team to defeat them.

Contents

• Arlo Pokemon Go lineup (March 2024)
• How to beat Arlo in Pokemon Go
• Phase 1
  • Shadow Bagon counters
• Phase 2
  • Shadow Charizard counters
  • Shadow Hypno counters
  • Shadow Golurk counters
• Phase 3
  • Shadow Dragonite counters
  • Shadow Scizor counters
  • Shadow Salamence counters
• Best team to defeat Arlo
• How to defeat Team Rocket Leaders

Arlo is one of the hardest Team Go Rocket Leaders.

Arlo Pokemon Go lineup (March 2024)

Arlo’s lineup changed in late January 2024. Here is his current lineup in Pokemon Go:

• Phase 1: Shadow Bagon
• Phase 2: Shadow Charizard / Shadow Hypno / Shadow Golurk
• Phase 3: Shadow Dragon/ Shadow Scizor / Shadow Salamence

Arlo’s lineup changes every time there’s a Team Go Rocket Takeover. We don’t know when the next one will occur, but we’ll update this page as soon as it happens.

How to beat Arlo in Pokemon Go

If you defeat enough Team Go Rocket Grunts at PokeStops, you’ll be able to piece together a Rocket Radar, which will allow you to locate and battle either Arlo, Cliff, or Sierra at random.

Let’s take a look at all the Pokemon that Arlo can send out into battle, their weaknesses, and the best counters you can use to defeat each one.

Arlo Pokemon Go counters phase 1

Arlo will always send out Shadow Bagon at the start of a battle.

Shadow Bagon counters

Bagon is a Dragon-type Pokemon, which means it’s weak against Ice, Fairy, and other Dragon-type attacks. It’s also resistant to Fighting, Water, Electric, Fire, and Grass-type moves, so don’t use those.

Here are some of the best Shadow Bagon counters:

Mamoswine is a very effective Pokemon for Arlo, as one will see later on. Per Pokemon Go Hub, Rayquaza, Garchomp, and Salamence are other strong options.

Arlo Pokemon Go counters phase 2

Arlo will use either Shadow Charizard, Shadow Hypno, or Shadow Golurk in the second phase.

Shadow Charizard counters

Charizard is a Fire/Flying-type Pokemon, which means it’s weak against Rock, Electric, and Water-type attacks but resistant to Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ground, Steel, Bug, and Grass-type attacks.

Here are some of the best counters to defeat Shadow Charizard:

Shadow Hypno counters

Hypno is a Psychic-type Pokemon, which means it’s weak against Bug, Dark, and Ghost-type attacks. On the other hand, it’s resistant to Fighting and Psychic-type attacks.

Here are some of the best counters to take down Shadow Hypno:

Shadow Golurk counters

Golurk is a Ground/Ghost-type Pokemon, which makes it weak against Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-type attacks. It’s resistant to Bug, Rock, Electric, Fighting, Normal, and Poison-type moves.

Here are some of the best counters to use against Shadow Golurk:

Thus, it’s a powerful option.

Arlo Pokemon Go counters phase 3

Arlo will send out Shadow Dragonite, Shadow Scizor, or Shadow Salamence in the third phase.

Shadow Dragonite counters

Dragonite is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokemon, which means it’s weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock-type attacks, and it’s also resistant to Bug, Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass, and Ground-type attacks.

Here are some of the top Shadow Dragonite counters you can use:

Shadow Scizor counters

Scizor is a dual Bug/Steel-type Pokemon, which means its only weakness is Fire-type moves. It has loads of resistance, in particular Grass and Poison, so avoid those.

Here are some of the best Shadow Scizor counters you can use:

Shadow Salamence counters

Salamence is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokemon, which means it’s weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock-type attacks. and it’s also resistant to Bug, Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass, and Ground-type attacks.

Here are some of the best Shadow Salamence counters for your team:

Best team to beat Arlo in Pokemon Go

One of the best teams you can take into battle against Arlo in Pokemon Go right now is the trio of Tyranitar, Mamoswine, and Chandelure.

Tyranitar matches up very well against virtually all of Arlo’s Pokemon, with only Shadow Scizor being the lone exception.

The same can be said for Mamoswine. Yes, Shadow Charizard is a bad matchup for it. However, the abundance of Dragons in Arlo’s lineup does make it a strong secondary option.

The third Pokemon is tough. Fire types are very good for Shadow Scizor but don’t work well against many of Arlo’s other Pokemon. Chandelure does work well against both Shadow Hypno and Shadow Scizor, hence why we recommend it.

However, a Pokemon like Gengar can also work for those who don’t have Chandelure.

Remember that you can rematch Arlo as often as you like until you defeat him, so if find yourself struggling, you’ll be able to leave and switch up your team before you go back in for the win.

How to defeat Team Rocket Leaders in Pokemon Go

Their boss Giovanni is also still around for March 2024.