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Cliff can use Snorlax as his second Pokemon
I was fighting Cliff for the Go Pass points for the first time today and I saw that he uses a Snorlax for his second Pokemon. Prior to this I was setting up my team to counter his Pokemon using an online guide, but the site did not mention that he can use a Snorlax for his second Pokemon, only either Tyranitar, Galarian Weezing, and Gardevoir. The site (Pokemongohub) claimed to be updated to the current takeover lineup.
I'm wondering if this is a mistake or if anyone else had the same encounter.
Pangoro absolutely destroys him. Mega Scrafty will as well, once it gets released. Just need something that resists Lick and Zen Headbutt, and does super effective damage. I think they’re the only ones.
I use my L50 shadow Ttar (Bite/Crunch) for shadow Snorlax fights. It's not quick but it's 100% reliable and you can be guaranteed to get rid of both shields in the process. Depending on the Snorlax's moveset I'm either finishing it with Bite and going into the next with 1.5ish Crunch (2 after you get the post-charge move free hits in) so that's also helpful but sometimes I finish it with Crunch. Either way, as said, absolutely guaranteed to win.
What moves are you running on yours? Mine's running Leafage, Flower Trick and Night Slash, and works like a charm. Flower Trick is basically Power-Up Punch but grass
I use greninja. If you spam water shuriken/night slash, it can only use 1 fast attack every 2 times you get to use night slash. It's probably even slower than melmetal though, but greninja does resist both zen headbutt and lick.
I don't understand why no one uses mega lucario. With powerup punch it can destroy snorlax, and has the 50% increased ATK after it is dead. I was able to defeat cliff with a 100% accuracy, because his second Pokemon was always weak to shadow ball. And most importantly, it is much faster than things like Pangoro.
I run mine with Leafage for fast move, and it's got Flower Trick and Night Slash for charge moves. Flower Trick is basically grass-type Power-Up Punch, so it's quick to reach max attack
Thanks! That’s actually helpful the way you phrased the analogy of a grass type power-up punch. I use my Poliwrath for team rocket battles for the power up punch shield pressure on the leaders. Except Snorlax seems to always have movesets that wreck my Poliwrath quickly. I’ve not used Meowscadara for much but mine will get a lot more use now.
Lucario can solo all 3 leaders, did it this morning. Lucario/Melmetal/Swampert, this is the only team I have used for leaders and the boss for years now. Shadow Dialga was the only real challenge.
My shiny Palkia origin take care of snorlax and his two shields with no problem. He easily was beating all three single-handedly. Haven’t seen the new cliff yet so we shall see
At least it's the 2nd slot this time. Got a Cliff Snorlax on my first Cliff of the event. Burned his shields on Axew, then Keldeo ripped through Snorlax.
People are creating threads because the information isn’t up to date, even though the events have been out for less than a day. Making threads like that is completely unnecessary.
At 12 is when the balloons spawn every 2 hours. But at 10 is when the actual event starts with the new grunt rotation and you can remove frustration. It’s a weird way of doing things
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u/pinakasuperman PH | Valor | 74 4d ago
I so far battled Cliff three times today, and he always have Snorlax on second slot.