Taking on Arlo’s team will require players to counter his choices, which can be difficult as they’re somewhat randomized. Overall, the best picks to take on Arlo this month include Ice and Fire-type Pokemon, as well as Fighting and Bug-types.
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Arlo’s Lineup
Arlo’s starter Pokemon will always be Exeggcute, but his second and third picks each draw from a pool of three choices:
Exeggcute Dragonite, Exeggutor (Alola), or Salamence Scizor, Gardevoir, or Steelix
Exeggute Counters
Exeggute is a Grass/Psychic-type Pokemon and therefore is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Poison attacks. It is resistant to Electric, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Psychic, and Water attacks.
Genesect - Fury Cutter/X-Scissor Yanmega - Bug Bite/Bug Buzz Darmanitan (Galarian Standard) - Ice Fang/Avalanche Pinsir - Bug Bite/X-Scissor
Dragonite Counters
Dragonite is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokemon and therefore is weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock attacks. It is resistant to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Bug, and Water, and immune to Ground attacks.
Togekiss - Charm/Ancient Power Sylveon - Charm/Moonblast Zacian (Hero) - Snarl/Close Combat Mamoswine - Powder Snow/Avalanche
Alolan Exeggutor Counters
The Alolan variant of Exeggutor is a Grass/Dragon-type Pokemon and therefore is weak to Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Poison attacks. It is resistant to Electric, Grass, Ground, and Water attacks.
Darmanitan (Galarian Standard) - Ice Fang/Avalanche Glaceon - Frost Breath/Avalanche Weavile - Ice Shard/Avalanche Mamoswine - Powder Snow/Avalanche
Salamence Counters
Salamence is a Dragon/Flying-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock attacks. It is resistant to Fighting, Fire, Grass, Bug, and Water, and immune to Ground attacks.
Tyranitar - Smack Down/Crunch Regice - Lock On/Blizzard Giratina - Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw Mamoswine - Powder Snow/Avalanche
Scizor Counters
Scizor is a Bug/Steel-type Pokemon, and therefore is only weak to Fire attacks. It is resistant to Normal, Steel, Psychic, Dragon, Bug, Grass, Ice, and Fairy, and immune to Poison attacks.
Heatran - Fire Spin/Flamethrower Moltres - Fire Spin/Overthrow Charizard - Fire Spin/Blast Burn Blaziken - Fire Spin/Blast Burn
Gardevoir Counters
Gardevoir is a Fairy/Psychic-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Poison, Steel, and Ghost attacks. It is resistant to Fighting and Psychic, and immune to Dragon attacks.
Metagross – Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Beedrill – Poison Jab, Sludge Bomb Chandelure – Hex, Shadow Ball Dialga – Metal Claw, Iron Head Excadrill – Metal Claw, Iron Head Gengar – Shadow Claw, Sludge Bomb
Steelix Counters
Steelix is a Ground/Steel-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water attacks. It is resistant to Normal, Rock, Steel, Dragon, Flying, Bug, Psychic, and Fairy, and immune to Poison and Electric attacks.
Zacian (Hero) - Snarl/Close Combat Excadrill - Mud Shot/Drill Run Melmetal - Thunder Shock/Superpower Conkeldurr - Counter/Dynamic Punch Darmanitan - Fire Fang/Overheat
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