Pokémon GO is bringing a constant stream of new challenges, events and changes into this new season. This season of by Niantic very popular Based on AR the game is all about celebrating the game and what better way to do it than by defeating Team GO Rocket while they are trying to take over Pokémon GO. Here’s our Pokémon Go Counterattack Guide for defeating Cliff in July 2022, the squad leader who will further pave the way for Team GO Rocket’s boss fight. Young.
How to counter and defeat Cliff in Pokémon Go
Cliff is one of the toughest members of Team GO Rocket and is also known as the big-hearted villain. He will use Shadow Pokémon to battle players made up of Electric, Rock, and Water Pokémon, with all in common with some weaknesses. Players who put together the right team will be able to claim victory and a Shadow Pokémon will be rewarded for them. Players can win Cliff back if they lose the first time around, and this guide will help them put together the perfect team to defeat each of his Shadow Pokémon.
Cliff’s first Pokémon
Bulbasaurus will be Cliff’s first Pokémon to be a dual-type Grass and Poison Pokémon. He is weak to fire, ice, psychic and flying attacks and players should try to burn as many shields as possible during combat as this would make defeating Cliff a much easier task and Bulbasaur would also be quite easy to defeat.
- Darmanitan: Incineration / psychic / overheating
- Moltres: Round of Fire / Sky Attack
- Mewdue: Psycho Cut / Psystrike
- Blaziken: Rotation of fire / Explosive burn
- Tornado: Gust / hurricane
Cliff’s second Pokémon
Cliff’s second Pokémon can be one of three Shadow Pokémon, namely Crowbat, Venusaur, and Omastar. Here’s how to counter and defeat each of them respectively.
Crobata is a double-type Poison and Flying Pokémon and players will need to use the Electric, Ice, Psychic and Rock counters to defeat it. It is also advisable to keep the shield throughout the game and to fight quickly.
- Mewdue: Psycho Cut / Psystrike
- Alakazam: Psychic / Psychic Cut
- Performer: Extrasensory / Psychic
- Galceone: Ice Shard / Ice Explosion
- Raiko: Shock Thunder / Savage Charge
Venereauro is Bulbasaur’s latest evolutionary stage, and just like Bulbasaur, it is a grass-type and poison-type Pokémon of dual types, meaning it is weak to Fire, Ice, Psychic, and Flying-type attacks. Now the aforementioned tokens for Bulbasaur will work for Venusaur as well, but here are some alternate options that players can use against it.
- Alakazam: Psychic / Psychic Cut
- Mamoswine: Powdery snow / avalanches
- Mortar: Round of Fire / Fire Fist
- Honchkrow: Peck / Psychic
- Victini: Confusion / V-Crea
Omastar is a Rock and Water-type Pokémon and is quite easy to take down with Grass-type counters because it is twice as vulnerable to them. It is also weak against Electric, Combat, and Earth type counters. It is recommended to use Grass-type Pokémon against Omastar regardless of the move set it has because it is effective almost every time.
- Zarude: Vine Whip / Powerful Whip / Dark Pulse
- Torterra: Razor Leaf / Busy Plant
- Bellossom: Bullet Seeds / Leaf Blade
- Skeptical: Bullet Seeds / Leaf Blade
- Leaf: Bullet Seeds / Leaf Blade
- Vileplum: Razor Leaf / MoomBlast
Cliff’s third Pokémon
Again Cliff could use three Shadow Pokémon, namely Tyranitar, Torterra, and Swampert, as his third Pokémon. Here are the best counters of July 2022 for each of them respectively.
Tiranitar is a dual-type Dark and Rock-type Pokémon and is twice as vulnerable to Fighting-type counters. Despite being a strong Pokémon, it can be defeated quite easily and with very little effort due to its various weaknesses such as Fighting, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Steel, and Water type counters.
- Kyogre: Waterfall / Surf / Thunder
- Melmetal: Thunder Shock / Rock Slide / Superpower
- Machamp: Counter / Cross Chop / Rock Slide /
- Swampert: Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon / Earthquake
- Giarados: Dragon Breath / Aqua Tail / Crunch
Swampert is a Water and Ground-type Pokémon that is twice as weak as Grass-type counters, and most counters are therefore based on using the weakness against it. Swampert can be a very messy opponent for players to fight if they don’t have a Grass-type Pokémon on their team.
- Zarude: Vine Whip / Powerful Whip / Dark Pulse
- Torterra: Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant
- Bellossom: Bullet Seeds / Leaf Blade
- Leaf: Bullet / Leaf Blade
- Vileplume: Razor Leaf / Moomblast
Torterra is another two-type Grass and Ground-type Pokémon and is twice as vulnerable to Ice-type attacks. It is also weak against Bug-type, Fire, and Flying-type counters.
- Darmanitan (Galarian): Ice Fang / Ice Fist
- Mamoswine: Powdery snow / avalanches
- Jynx: Frosty Breath / Ice Fist
- Glaceon: Icy breath / Icy wind
- Mewdue: Psycho Cut / Ice Beam
- Lapras: Breath of Frost / Ray of Ice
To defeat Cliff, players should have Psychic, Grass, and Ice-type Pokémon in their teams. One of the best counters for defeating Cliff in Pokémon Go July 2022 is with a combination of Mewtwo, Zarude, And Darmanitan of Galar. You could also get a Fighting-type Pokémon on your team like Blaziken has, it’s also a great choice.
If players don’t have the counters listed above, they just need to focus on Cliff’s Pokémon weakness and bring their strongest options into battle. Players should make sure to strategize in advance and fully power up their Pokémon before entering combat.
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