The best battle team to use in the Pokemon GO Color Cup: Great League Edition is Toxapex, Trevenant, and Victini.
This team balances attack and defense very well, whilst also lasting you counter the types of almost all of the other meta choices for the Color Cup.
These aren’t the only Pokemon that are good choices for the Color Cup: Great League Edition. The table below shows the top 10 choices for this competition as well as their most powerful attacks.
Just make sure to get some Elite Fast and Charged TMs in Pokemon GO so you can teach your Pokemon these attacks before battling with them!
Pokemon | Type | Fast Attack | Charged Attacks | |
![]() | Toxapex | Poison/Water | Poison Jab | Brine Sludge Wave |
![]() | Trevenant | Ghost/Grass | Seed Bomb | Shadow Ball |
![]() | Abomasnow | Grass/Ice | Powder Snow | Weather Ball (Ice) Energy Ball |
![]() | Victini | Psychic/Fire | Quick Attack | V-Create Psychic |
![]() | Tropius | Grass/Flying | Air Slash | Leaf Blade Aerial Ace |
![]() | Ferrothorn | Grass/Steel | Bullet Seed | Power Whip |
![]() | Mantine | Water/Flying | Wing Attack | Bubble Beam Ice Beam |
![]() | Gourgeist (Super Size) | Ghost/Grass | Hex | Seed Bomb Shadow Ball |
![]() | Swampert | Water/Ground | Mud Shot | Hydro Cannon Earthquake |
![]() | Shiftry | Grass/Dark | Snarl | Leaf Blade Foul Play |
If you want to use any of these Pokemon in the Color Cup: Great League Edition, you’ll want them to be as strong as possible, within the rules. Find out the fastest ways to earn Candy in Pokemon GO so you can get your Pokemon up to 1500 CP quickly!

Color Cup: Great League Edition Rules
Players taking part in the Pokemon GO Color Cup: Great League Edition must select their Pokemon according to these rules:
- Pokemon must be 1500 CP or less to enter
- Only Pokemon of the following types are eligible:
- Fire-
- Water-
- Grass-
- Electric-
Even if you have a dual-type Pokemon, you can use it in the Color Cup as long as one of its types is Fire, Water, Grass, or Electric.
If you want to try some Pokemon that haven’t made our top 10 for the Color Cup, find out the strongest Pokemon for all of the eligible types:

When is the Color Cup: Great League Edition? Start & End Date
The Color Cup: Great League Edition begins in the Pokemon GO Battle League on March 8 and runs for a week, until March 15, 2023.
Also active in the GO Battle League at the same time is the Great League.
Find out the best Great League Battle Team in Pokemon GO Season 10: Rising Heroes so you can win in this competition too!