
The Trainer has to select a party of three Pokémon and use their Fast and Charged Attacks to defeat the opponent.

Team GO Rocket Leader battles work similarly to the normal Grunt battles. Battling leadersĪfter locating a Team GO Rocket Leader's hideout, the Trainer can engage in battle with them, just like with Team GO Rocket Grunts and Giovanni. The Trainer can also find leaders and engage in battle with them by tapping a Rocket Balloon that may spawn above the Trainer in the Map View, but only if a standard Rocket Radar is equipped.įor more information on Rocket Balloons, see: Team GO Rocket → Balloons.

However, defeating a leader does not change the location of the PokéStops they occupy, even if you craft another radar. If the Radar interface is opened without any Team GO Rocket Leaders nearby, your Team Leader will prompt you to travel to a different location to find them, or wait until tomorrow as the hideouts change over time. A Radar may reveal multiple locations, but it is consumed after winning a battle against one leader.

Without the Rocket Radar equipped, those PokéStops will only function as normal ones. The Radar interface displaying the locations of Leader hideouts (left), and a PokéStop taken over by Cliff (right). After collecting 6 of them, they can be combined to form a Rocket Radar, which can be equipped to find otherwise hidden taken-over PokéStops where the Team GO Rocket Leaders are, boasting teams of Shadow Pokémon far stronger than the average grunt. A newly-crafted Rocket Radar (left) and its position in the UI when equipped (right).īy defeating a regular grunt, the Trainer will receive a Mysterious Component.
