As always, taking the time to find and battle Team GO Rocket is a great way forPokemon GOtrainers to earn some encounters withvaluable Shadow Pokemon. This can be useful for quests or tasks on occasion but can also just be valuable for building up a versatile collection. That usually means challenging all of the Team GO Rocket leaders as well, including Cliff.
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This month, Cliff is bringing a pretty familiar lineup, so trainers who battled the boss in recent weeks will find that some of the same counter strategies will go a long way. Before entering the battle, take some time to study these counters for each of the possible challengers and spend any resources (including Elite TMs) needed to get them ready for an epic battle.
Cliff’s September 2022 Lineup
Bulbasaur Counters
As usual, Cliff likes to kick off the fight with Bulbasaur. This familiar Gen 1 starter is going to be weak to Fire-, Psychic-, Ice-, andFlying-types. That should give players a lot of flexibility in their counter roster selection.
Crobat Counters
Crobat is a Flying-/Poison-type, which means trainers will have the best luck if they stick to Electric-, Ice-, Psychic-, and Rock-type counters.
Venusaur Counters
Bulbasaur’s final evolution also has a chance to appear in the second slot for Cliff. When that comes up, keep those same weaknesses in mind: Fire-, Ice-, Psychic-, and Flying-type.
Omastar Counters
This Rock-/Water-typemay throw players off who built a roster all around Poison-type counters. If Omastar appears, trainers will need a Ground-, Electric-, Fighting, or Grass-type to properly counter it.
Tyranitar Counters
Tyranitar has been a popularPokemon GOmetagame choicesince 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.
Swampert Counters
This gets even trickier of Swampert makes an appearance. As a Water-/Ground-type Pokemon, Swampert’s only real weakness is going to be Grass-moves.
Torterra Counters
As a Grass-/Ground-type, Torterra has a number of weaknesses that players can rely on. That pairing makes it weak to Ice-, Bug-, Fire-, and Flying-types.
Mamoswine - Powder Snow/Avalanche
That should be just about everything trainers need to prepare for the September 2022fight against Cliff. The fight can be pretty tricky to plan for due to the random element of the second and third lineup slots, but players may need to treat their first attempt as a learning opportunity and then immediately re-enter the fight with a better-customized counter roster in place.
