There is no rest for the devotees Pokemon GO players and while the marathon of events in July is now over, there are plenty of festivities and activities to keep trainers running around during the August 2022 event window. As Go’s season prepares to come to a close, trainers have about three full weeks to enjoy this month’s events, bonuses, spawns, and Team GO Rocket battles.
As always, it’s a great way to take the time to find and fight Team GO Rocket! Pokemon GO trainers to earn some encounters with valuable Shadow Pokemon. This can be useful for quests or occasional tasks, but can also just be valuable for building a versatile collection. That usually means challenging all of Team GO Rocket’s leaders, including Cliff.
This month, Cliff is bringing a pretty well-known lineup, so trainers who’ve been battling the boss for the past few weeks will find that some of the same counter strategies will go a long way. Before you go into battle, take a moment to study these counters for each of the potential challengers and spend all the resources (including Elite TMs) needed to get them ready for an epic battle….
Cliff’s August 2022 Lineup
- bulbasaur
- Crobat, Venusaur or Omastar
- Tyranitar, Swampert or Torterra
Bulbasaur Counters
As usual, Cliff likes to kick off the fight with Bulbasaur. This well known Gen 1 starter will be weak to Fire, Psychic, Ice and Flying types. That should give players a lot of flexibility in their selection of the counter-roster.
- Darmanitan – Burn/Overheat
- Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
- Blaziken – Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Moltres – Fire Spin/Sky Attack
- Espeon – Confusion/Psychic
Crobat Counters
Crobat is a Flying/Poison type, meaning trainers will have the best luck if they stick to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock type counters.
- Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
- Exeggutor – Extrasensory/Psychic
- Glaceon – Ice Shard/Ice Blast
- Zapdos – Thunder Shock/Thunder Bolt
- Raikou – Thunder Shock/Wild Charge
Venusaur Counters
The latest evolution of Bulbasaur also has a chance to appear in front of Cliff in the second slot. If that comes up, keep those same weaknesses in mind: fire, ice, psychic, and flying type.
- Darmanitan – Burn/Overheat
- Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
- Blaziken – Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Moltres – Fire Spin/Sky Attack
- Espeon – Confusion/Psychic
Omastar Counters
This Rock/Water type can repel players who have a grid built around Poison type counters. When Omastar appears, trainers will need a Ground, Electric, Fighting, or Grass type to counter it properly.
- Zarude – Vine Whip/Power Whip
- Sceptile – Bullet Seed/Leaf Leaf
- Rhyperior – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Groudon – Mud shot/earthquake
- Torterra – Razor Blade/Frenzy Plant
Tyranitar Counters
Tyranitar has been a popular one Pokemon GO metagame choice since the earliest days of the mobile AR Battle Raid scene, so many trainers have a lot of practice countering this Rock/Dark type. The best strategy is to stick to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel or Water types.
- Blaziken – Counter/Focus Blast
- Kyogre – Waterfall/Surf
- Lucario – Counter/Aura Bol
- Machamp – Counter/Dynamic Punch
- Conkeldurr – Counter/Dynamic Punch
Swampert Counters
This is made even more difficult by Swampert making his appearance. As a Water/Ground type Pokemon, Swampert’s only real weakness will be Grass moves.
- Zarude – Vine Whip/Power Whip
- Tangrowth – Vine Whip/Power Whip
- Bellossom Bullet Seed/Leaf Leaf
- Torterra – Razor Blade/Frenzy Plant
- Leafeon – Razor Blade/Blade Blade
Torterra Counters
As a Grass/Ground type, Torterra has some weaknesses that players can rely on. That clutch makes it weak for Ice, Bug, Fire and Flying types.
Mamoswine – Powder Snow/Avalanche
- Jynx – Frost Breath/Ice Punch
- Glaceon Frost Breath/Icy Wind
- Lapras – Frost Breath/Ice Beam
- Mewtwo – Confusion/Ice Beam
That should be just about all trainers need to prepare for the August 2022 fight against Cliff. The fight can be quite tricky to plan due to the random element of the second and third lineup slots, but players may need to view their first attempt as a learning opportunity and then immediately re-enter the fight with a more customized counter roster instead.
Be sure to come back for more in the next few days Pokemon GO news, updates and strategy guides.
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