These Pokémon might have special qualities! Only those with Rocket Radars will be able to detect hideouts and battle Team GO Rocket Leaders. Defeat the Team GO Rocket Leaders, and rescue their Shadow Pokémon.

Battle the Team GO Rocket Leaders - Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo have made their move, and they’re here to challenge you! Approach the hideouts that you locate with your Rocket Radar, and have your best Pokémon battle parties ready.

Use the Rocket Radar to scan the area around you for the hideouts of Team GO Rocket Leaders. By assembling six Mysterious Components, you can create a Rocket Radar.

Assemble Rocket Radars - The Team GO Rocket Leaders are concealing their locations at PokéStops.Find Mysterious Components - Team GO Rocket Grunts may drop Mysterious Components.By helping Professor Willow, you can track down the villainous Team GO Rocket Leaders and even Giovanni himself. Open up your Special Research: Looming in the Shadows - Professor Willow has issued new Special Research for you.Professor Willow, Spark, Blanche, and Candela have been hard at work developing new devices to counter Team GO Rocket’s new tech, and we ask you to explore the world around you, battle the Team GO Rocket Leaders, and conduct Special Research to find and defeat Giovanni! The Team GO Rocket Leaders and Giovanni also seem to be using new technology to conceal the locations of their hideouts. The world of Pokémon GO is in peril! Team GO Rocket Leaders Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo have made their move and can be encountered by Trainers worldwide! Not only have they caught more Shadow Pokémon and strengthened them through unnatural means-their arrival also confirms a suspicion Professor Willow has held for a while: Giovanni, the boss of both Team GO Rocket and the original Team Rocket, may have arrived in the world of Pokémon GO. 🥊 We’ll report more as soon as we get more information

Inspired by your efforts to defend our PokéStops during this past weekend, our Pokémon GO team leaders have set off to challenge each Team GO Rocket Leader directly.

Blanche and candela