Pokemon GO Cliff Leader July 2022 Encounters: How to Beat Strategy

Pokemon trainers have a lot to look forward to with the battle against Team Go Rocket Leader Cliff in July 2022. While it may be nerve-racking, read below to find the right moves to defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff in Pokémon GO.

Cliff’s Pokémon Line-Up

  • Phase 1: Bulbasaur
  • Phase 2: Crobat / Venusaur / Omastar
  • Phase 3: Swampert / Torterra / Tyranitar

How To Beat Pokemon Go Leader Cliff: First Phase

Bulbasaur

As a Grass/Poison-type, Bulbasaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic and resistant to Grass, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Water.

Counters

  • Darmanitan – Incinerate/Overheat
  • Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
  • Blaziken – Fire Spin/Blast Burn
  • Moltres – Fire Spin/Sky Attack
  • Espeon – Confusion/Psychic

How to beat: Pokemon GO Cliff Leader: Second Phase

Crobat

As a Poison/Flying-type, Crobat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock. It’s also resistant to Bug, Fighting, Grass, Fairy, Ground, and Poison.

Counters

  • Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
  • Exeggutor – Extrasensory/Psychic
  • Glaceon – Ice Shard/Ice Blast
  • Zapdos – Thunder Shock/Thunder Bolt
  • Raikou – Thunder Shock/Wild Charge

Venusaur

Venusaur is another Grass/Poison-type, making it weak to Fire, Ice, Psychic, and Flying. It is also resistant to Grass, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Water. Venusaur is Bulbasaur’s evolution, meaning that players can re-use whichever Pokemon they brought to counter Bulbasaur.

Counters

  • Darmanitan – Incinerate/Overheat
  • Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
  • Blaziken – Fire Spin/Blast Burn
  • Moltres – Fire Spin/Sky Attack
  • Espeon – Confusion/Psychic

Omastar

Omastar is a Rock/Water-type Pokemon. This means it’s weak to Ground, Electric, Fighting, and Grass. It’s resistant to Fire, Flying, Ice, Normal, and Poison.

Counters

  • Zarude – Vine Whip/Power Whip
  • Sceptile – Bullet Seed/Leaf Blade
  • Rhyperior – Mud-Slap/Earthquake
  • Groudon – Mud Shot/Earthquake
  • Torterra – Razor Leaf/Frenzy Plant

How to beat: Pokemon GO Cliff Leader – Third Phase

Tyranitar

As a Rock/Dark-type Pokemon, Tyranitar has a ton of weaknesses including Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water. Unfortunately, it also has resistance to Normal, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Fire, and Dark, as well as complete immunity to Psychic.

Counters

  • Blaziken – Counter/Focus Blast
  • Kyogre – Waterfall/Surf
  • Lucario – Counter/Aura Sphere
  • Machamp – Counter/Dynamic Punch
  • Conkeldurr – Counter/Dynamic Punch

Swampert

As a Water/Ground-type, Swampert is only weak to Grass moves. It’s also resistant to Poison, Rock, Steel, and Fire, and completely immune to Electric.

Counters

  • Zarude – Vine Whip/Power Whip
  • Tangrowth – Vine Whip/Power Whip
  • Bellossom Bullet Seed/Leaf Blade
  • Torterra – Razor Leaf/Frenzy Plant
  • Leafeon – Razor Leaf/Leaf Blade

Torterra

Torterra is a Grass/Ground-type, and therefore is weak to Ice, Bug, Fire, and Flying. It’s resistant to Electric, Ground, and Rock.

Counters

  • Mamoswine – Powder Snow/Avalanche
  • Jynx – Frost Breath/Ice Punch
  • Glaceon Frost Breath/Icy Wind
  • Lapras – Frost Breath/Ice Beam
  • Mewtwo – Confusion/Ice Beam

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