Pokémon Day Raid Week Guide: Attack of the Clones

Hello Trainers! Clone Pokémon are coming to Pokémon Go! Starting on February 25th at 1 pm PST and ending March 2nd at 1 pm PST clone Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise will be available in 4-star raids and will know their Community Day moves when the are caught! During this time, Armored Mewtwo will be returning to 5-star raids and can know Psystrike when it’s caught.

This guide will give you a quick but handy one-stop-shop for all your raiding needs.

Features

• Encounter Clone Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise in four-star raids.
• When caught Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise will know their respective Community Day moves!
• Clone Venusaur will know Frenzy Plant
• Charizard will know Blast Burn
• Blastoise will know Hydro Pump

Tips

• Prepare your strategy in advance. You’ll have all weekend to get out there and get these Clone Pokémon, but it’s a good idea to plan ahead with your community to ensure you get some of each!
• Prepare your teams! Make sure your counters are powered up and fully healed. Nothing’s worse than getting to a raid to find your team is all fainted.

The Kanto Pokémon

Clone Venusaur			Clone Charizard			Clone Blastoise			Armored Mewtwo
Max CP 2720			Max CP 2889			Max CP 2446			Max CP 3187
Atk 198	Def 189	Sta 190	Atk 223	Def 173	Sta 186	Atk 171	Def 207	Sta 188	Atk 182	Def 278	Sta 214

Counters

Venusaur

Venusaur raid guide can be found here.

CP’s to Watch out for:
1554 – No Boost 1943 – Boosted
Weak to: Fire Flying Ice Psychic Boosted By: Sunny Cloudy
Venusaur can be trioed with three trainers with full teams of maxed out Psycho Cut Psystrike Mewtwo, the right weather and best friend bonus. Saving that, having 4 to 6 trainers should put you in a good position. Mewtwo is the best option here, either Psystrike or Psychic. The next four or five options are so close to each other that you can’t go wrong with any of them.
Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic
The king of Pokemon Go damage shines here. Psystrike is your best option here, but as it’s a legacy move a Mewtwo with Psychic is also an excellent option. Everything else is quite a bit behind either option
Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire
Darmanitan is a great option, kinda glassy but it will deal solid super-effective damage.
Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire
Chandalure with Fire moves is another great option to burn down Venusaur’s health. Be weary as it’s a bit of a glass cannon.
Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Sky Attack Flying
Moltres makes its return as a usefull raid attacker, the combination of Fire Spin and Sky attack give it the second-best time to win. Sky Attack is a legacy move, and without it Moltres drops down the list.
Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire
Blaziken with Fire Spin and the Legacy move Blast Burn is another solid option. Without Blast Burn it drops down the list a bit, so be mindful of that.
Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic
Latios with Zen Headbutt and Psychic is a great option, dealing super-effective psychic damage.
Espeon	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic
Espeon with Confusion and Psychic works well, but is very very squishy.
Other Good Options
Metagross Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Rayquaza Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Heatran Fire Spin / Fire Blast
Charizard Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Alakazam Confusion / Psychic	Flareon Fire Spin / Overheat

Charizard

Charizard Raid Guide can be found here.

CP’s to Watch out for:
1651 – No Boost 2064 – Boosted
Weak to: Rock x2 Water Electric Boosted by:  Sunny Windy
Charizard can be duoed with two trainers with full teams of maxed out Rampardos. Saving that, having 3 to 5 trainers should put you in a good position. Charizard is double weak to Rock, so take advantage of that.
Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock
As the best Rock type in the game currently, Rampardos takes top spot dealing high levels of damage.
Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock
Fresh off Rhyperior Community day, Rhyperior equipped with Rock Wrecker is a solid option. Flex that shiny if you’ve got one!
Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock
Terrakion is another good option, got a good one? Bring them along!
Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock
Smack Down Tyranitar is a beast here, strong and tanky. Don’t have Smack Down as a quick move? Maybe skip using it for the options below.
Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock
Gigalith is a decent option when it comes to rock types.
Other Good Options
Raikou Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Zapdos Thunder Shock / Ancient Power	Melmetal Thunder Shock / Rock Slide
Aerodactyl Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Alola Golem Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Golem Rock Throw / Stone Edge

Blastoise

Blastoise Raid Guide can be found here.

CP’s to Watch out for:
1409 – No Boost 1761 – Boosted
Weak to: Electric Grass Boosted By: Rainy
Blastoise can be easily trioed with three trainers with the right counters. Saving that, having 4 to 6 trainers should put you in a good position.
Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric
As the best Electric type in the game currently, ol’ Thunder Cat is your best option. The biggest and tankiest of the Electric types.
Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Electavire will deal out more damage than Raikou, but it’s slightly squishier so it’ll faint quicker.
Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric
Zapdos is back! Thunder Shock is a legacy move, and Charge Beam is a good bit less effective and causes Zapdos to drop a couple of places on this list.
Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Magnemite was boosted during the last event, so if you’ve got a good one now’s a good time to evolve it and use it.
Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Now you can use that high IV-Luxray you inevitably got shiny hunting that Shinx.
Other Good Options
Mewtwo Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt	Venusaur Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Roserade Razor Leaf / Grass Knot
Leafeon Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Alola Exeggutor Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Torterra Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant

Armored Mewtwo

CP’s to Watch out for:
1821 – No Boost 2276 – Boosted
Weak to: Bug Dark Ghost Boosted By: Windy
Armored Mewtwo can be taken down with four trainers with the right counters. Saving that, having 6 to 8 trainers should put you in a good position.
Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark
If your Darkrai isn’t in your suggested, chances are it has Focus blast. Tread lightly.
Origin Giratina	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Bring along regardless of the move-set. Solid option
Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Dark Pulse Dark
Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Gengar	Lick / Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Other Good Options
Mewtwo Psycho Cut / Shadowball	Tyranitar Bite / Crunch	attack Deoxys Poison Jab / Dark Pulse
Weavile Snarl / Foul Play	Honchkrow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Banette Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

We hope this was helpful, which of the Clone Pokémon are you most excited about? Let me know in the comments. Good luck hunting Trainers, and as always stay safe out there!