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The best Ultra League teams for Pokemon GO can help you climb the ranked ladder in the Dual Destiny season. This is the 20th season of GO Battle League and the rules for the format remain the same: your picks must be above 1,500 CP and less than 2,500 CP to be eligible. There will be six iterations of the Ultra League this time, with the first one starting at 1 pm PT on December 10, 2024.
This article will tell you about the best Ultra League teams for Pokemon GO in the Dual Destiny season.
Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinions. Attacks marked with a * are Legacy Moves and require an Elite TM.
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Best Ultra League teams in Pokemon GO Battle League League Season 21
1) Primeape, Lickilicky, and Shadow Drifblim
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- Strengths: Bug, Fighting, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Normal, and Poison
- Weaknesses: Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Psychic
- Biggest threats: Malamar, Primeape, Steelix, and Shadow Galarian Weezing
- Tips for using this team: Primeape is a very fast-charging hard hitter. However, it is still frail enough that two neutral hits from a creature with moderate Attack will take it down. Learn move timings and practice catching moves on bulky teammates for the best chance at victory.
2) Shadow Gliscor, Shadow Feraligatr, and Greninja
- Strengths: Dark, Fire, Ghost, Ground, Poison, Psychic, Steel, and Water
- Weaknesses: Electric, Fairy, and Grass
- Biggest threats: Clefable, Malamar, Shadow Walrein, Miltank, Guzzlord, Ferrothorn
- Tips for using this team: This is an alignment-dependent team, with each member covering for the others' weaknesses. Know your matchups and pivot accordingly for consistent results.
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3) Steelix, Malamar, and Serperior
- Strengths: Dragon, Electric, Grass, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, and Steel
- Weaknesses: Bug, Fighting, Fire, and Ice
- Biggest threats: Talonflame, Ninetales, Turtonator, Typhlosion, Rapidash
- Tips for using this team: This team doesn't have a direct response to Fire-type critters. Malamar, with its immense Fast Move pressure with Psywave is your best bet. However, thanks to Thunder Fang coverage on Steelix — as well as the buff to the move in the Season 21 GBL balance changes — you can hope to turn the match around against Talonflame, the most common Fire-type threat in the meta.
4) Gastrodon, Shadow Tentacruel, and Mandibuzz
- Strengths: Bug, Dark, Fighting, Fire, Ghost, Ground, Poison, Psychic, Steel, and Water
- Weaknesses: Electric, Grass, and Flying.
- Biggest threats: Galarian Moltres, Shadow Zapdos, Bombirdier
- Tips for using this team: Keep Gastrodon away from Fying-types. If you see an enemy team with two fliers, try to fight for switch advantage.
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5) Cobalion, Shadow Feraligatr, and Shadow Dusknoir
- Strengths: Bug, Dragon, Fighting, Ice, Normal, Poison, Rock, Steel, and Water
- Weaknesses: Electric, Ghost, and Ground
- Biggest threats: Pangoro, Malamar, Shadow Staraptor, and Chesnaught
- Tips for using this team: Dusknoir is a very cool pick, as long as it is not switch-locked against a Normal or Dark-type critter. The mono-Ghost moveset renders it completely useless.
6) Pangoro, Clefable, and Shadow Gengar
- Strengths: Bug, Dark, Dragon, Fighting, Grass, Normal, Poison, and Rock
- Weaknesses: Fairy, Flying, Ground, and Steel
- Biggest threats: Nidoqueen, Skuntank, Clodsire, Shadow Ninetales, Muk, and Shadow Pidgeot
- Tips for using this team: Save shields for either Pangoro or Shadow Gengar, depending on the matchups that you see. Up shields, there are few creatures that can take them down.
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7) Shadow Machamp, Shadow Drapion, and Shadow Skuntank
- Strengths: Bug, Dark, Ghost, Grass, Poison, Psychic, and Rock
- Weaknesses: Fairy, Flying, and Ground
- Biggest threats: Complete Forme Zygarde, Nidoqueen, Golurk, Dragalge, Shadow Hippowdon
- Tips for using this team: This is a relatively high-skill team. Therefore, you need to know your Pokemon GO Charged Attack timings and move counts well to steer this team.
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8) Clefable, Shadow Golurk, and Shadow Feraligatr
- Strengths: Bug, Dragon, Electric, Fighting, Fire, Normal, Poison, and Rock
- Weaknesses: Ghost, Grass
- Biggest threats: Swampert, Abomasnow, Shadow Feraligatr, Serperior, Shadow and Victreebel
- Tips for using this team: Shadow Golurk and Shadow Feraligatr cancel out each other's weaknesses well. If you run into Grass-types try to flip the script by investing shields.
9) Alolan Sandslash, Cobalion, and Altered Forme Giratina
- Strengths: Bug, Dragon, Electric, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, and Water
- Weaknesses: Fighting, Fire, Ghost, and Ground
- Biggest threats: Dusknoir, Pangoro, Malamar, Drifblim, Shadow Politoed, and Shadow Staraptor
- Tips for using this team: Alolan Sandslash is the most vulnerable critter on this team. Try to not have it switch locked.
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10) Talonflame, Guzzlord, and Cresselia
- Strengths: Bug, Fighting, Fire, Grass, Ground, Psychic, and Steel
- Weaknesses: Dragon, Fairy, Ice, and Rock
- Biggest threats: Complete Forme Zygarde, Miltank, Shadow Tentacruel, Shadow Staraptor, Samurottt, and Shadow Ho-Oh
- Tips for using this team: You can replace Cresselia with its Shadow Form if you have that buil for a more aggressive playstyle.
Pokemon GO Ultra League Season 21 schedule
The open Ultra League will be available over the following periods during the Pokemon GO Dual Destiny season:
- December 10 - December 17, 2024
- December 24 - December 31, 2024
- January 7 - January 14, 2025
- January 21 - January 28, 2025
- February 4 - February 11, 2025
- February 18 - February 25, 2025
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Edited by Dinesh Renthlei
