In Pokémon GO’s Ultra League, you have to select a Pokémon to slot in for three different positions. Lead, Switch, and Closer. The Lead is aptly named because they’re the first ones out during a battle. The Switch is the Pokémon that switches in after the Lead faints and a Closer is the last one after the Lead. You want to make sure that each slot has a varied Type and strategy going into the battles. Having a team of all Water is the last thing you want to do! Since this is the Ultra League you can use XL and Shadow versions of the Pokémon, they are generally more favorable in battle than their normal versions.
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Lead
| Trevenant |
| Talonflame |
| Jellicent |
| Pidgeot |
| Abomasnow |
| Registeel |
| Scrafty |
| Stunfisk |
| Articuno |
| Drifblum |
| Cresselia |
| Swampert |
Switch
| Trevenant |
| Galarian Stunfisk |
| Zangoose |
| Cresselia |
| Altered Giratina |
| Suicuine |
| Politoed |
| Regirock |
| Lapras |
| Drifblim |
| Registeel |
| Mandibuzz |
Closer
| Registeel |
| Regirock |
| Regice |
| Trevenant |
| Ho-Oh |
| Raikou |
| Galarian Stunfisk |
| Talonflame |
| Steelix |
| Escavalier |
| Lugia |
| Venusaur |
The Pokémon we’ve listed are generally considered to be the best of the best at each of their roles, some of them even show up twice! Now, that’s not all of the possible Pokémon that could be considered to be good in Ultra League. If we were to list all of the available Pokémon we’d be here all day! But the ones we have above are going to be a great place to start for anyone wanting to try out the Ultra League competitive mode and maybe even trying out the Ultra League Premiere!
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