Arlo, Cliff, & Sierra Counters (April 2024)

March 29, 2024

The large bads of Pokemon GO come within the type of Staff GO Rocket. The villainous group is made up of Grunts, Leaders, and the mastermind, Giovanni. The Pokemon these opponents carry into battle modifications on occasion, so it is necessary to return ready if you wish to emerge victorious.

The Staff GO Rocket Leaders (Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra) are among the many most tough enemies within the cell sport. They create formidable Pokemon into battle and might use shields to counter the participant’s assaults. This information will define the perfect counters for every of those opponents and the perfect strikes to equip Pokemon with to make sure a profitable encounter.

Arlo’s Staff Lineup

Arlo will all the time begin the battle off with a Cacnea. That is simply countered with a robust Fireplace-type Pokemon like Chandelure. Spherical two shall be a bit tougher than the final, however Tyranitar is a transparent counter to all three Pokemon, Hypno, Golurk, and Charizard, due to its entry to highly effective Rock and Darkish-type strikes. The third spherical shall be a bit tougher, however Mamoswine can counter Dragonite or Salamence together with his sturdy Ice-type strikes, whereas Chandelure can come again handle Scizor.

Spherical 1 Counters

Cacnea is a Grass-type Pokemon, so gamers ought to lean closely on sturdy Fireplace-type assaults to take this Pokemon down shortly.

Potential Pokemon	Sort	Weak spot	Prompt Counter	Greatest Strikes
Cacnea	Grass-type	Fireplace, Ice, Poison, Flying, & Bug-type	Chandelure	Greatest Quick Assault
				Fireplace Spin
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Overheat

Spherical 2 Counters

Arlo’s second-round lineup is among the many best. Hypno, Charizard, and Golurk can all be countered with a robust Tyranitar. Whereas Hypno and Golurk shall be most weak to Tyranitar’s Darkish-type assaults, gamers ought to equip the Pokemon with Rock-type strikes if Charizard is the opponent.

Potential Pokemon	Sort	Weak spot	Prompt Counter	Greatest Strikes
Hypno	Psychic-type	Bug, Ghost, & Darkish-type	Tyranitar	Greatest Quick Assault
				Chunk
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Brutal Swing
Golurk	Floor & Ghost-type	Water, Grass, Ghost, Ice, & Darkish-type	Tyranitar	Greatest Quick Assault
				Chunk
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Brutal Swing
Charizard	Fireplace & Flying-type	Water, Electrical, & Rock-type	Tyranitar	Greatest Quick Assault
				Smack Down
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Stone Edge

Spherical 3 Counters

Scizor, Dragonite, and Salamence are the doable enemies in spherical three. It is a hefty lineup, with two pseudo-legendaries making an look. Chandelure, whether it is nonetheless alive, can return to take down Scizor whereas the 2 Dragon-type Pokemon might be simply countered by Mamoswine’s Ice-type strikes.

Potential Pokemon	Sort	Weak spot	Prompt Counter	Greatest Strikes
Scizor	Bug & Metal-type	Fireplace-type	Chandelure	Greatest Quick Assault
				Fireplace Spin
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Overheat
Dragonite	Dragon & Flying-type	Rock, Dragon, Ice, & Fairy-type	Mamoswine	Greatest Quick Assault
				Powder Snow
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Avalanche
Salamence	Dragon & Flying-type	Rock, Dragon, Ice, & Fairy-type	Mamoswine	Greatest Quick Assault
				Powder Snow
				Greatest Charged Assault
				Avalanche

Cliff’s Staff Lineup

Cliff will all the time begin off the battle with a Machop. This Combating-type Pokemon might be defeated most simply utilizing a Psychic-type attacker. The second spherical will encompass both Gallade, Kingdra, or Aerodactyl. Gamers who used Psychic-type strikes in spherical one is probably not as profitable in spherical two, however gamers can depend on two Metagross to hold them via spherical one and (if Aerodactyl makes an look) spherical two as effectively. Gamers ought to carry two Metagross, with one utilizing Metal-type assaults and the opposite counting on Psychic-moves. Spherical three will see Cliff bringing out Crobat, Tyranitar, or Cradily. These Pokemon all have a counter in Metagross, however it’s going to rely upon the Pokemon whether or not it will likely be extra profitable with Psychic or Metal-type strikes.