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
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| Clone Venusaur | Clone Charizard | Clone Blastoise | Armored Mewtwo | ||||||||
| Max CP 2720 | Max CP 2889 | Max CP 2446 | Max CP 3187 | ||||||||
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| 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.
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| CP’s to Watch out for: | ||
| 1554 – No Boost
1943 – Boosted |
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| Weak to:
Fire Ice Psychic
Boosted By: Sunny Cloudy |
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| 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. |
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Mewtwo
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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
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Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire |
| Darmanitan is a great option, kinda glassy but it will deal solid super-effective damage. | ||
Chandelure
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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
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Fire Spin Fire | Sky Attack |
| 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
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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
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Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic |
| Latios with Zen Headbutt and Psychic is a great option, dealing super-effective psychic damage. | ||
Espeon
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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.
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| CP’s to Watch out for: | ||
| 1651 – No Boost
2064 – Boosted |
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| Weak to:
Rock x2 Water Electric
Boosted by: Sunny Windy |
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| 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. |
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Rampardos
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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
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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
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Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock |
| Terrakion is another good option, got a good one? Bring them along! | ||
Tyranitar
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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
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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 |
Golem (Alola)
Rock Throw / Stone Edge |
Golem
Rock Throw / Stone Edge |
Blastoise
Blastoise Raid Guide can be found here.
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| CP’s to Watch out for: | ||
| 1409 – No Boost
1761 – Boosted |
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| Weak to:
Electric Grass
Boosted By: Rainy |
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| 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. | ||
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Raikou
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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
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Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric |
| Electavire will deal out more damage than Raikou, but it’s slightly squishier so it’ll faint quicker. | ||
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Zapdos
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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
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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
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Spark Electric | Wild Charge Electric |
| Now you can use that high IV-Luxray you inevitably got shiny hunting that Shinx. | ||
| Other Good Options | ||
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Mewtwo
Psycho Cut / Thunderbolt |
Venusaur
Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant |
Roserade
Razor Leaf / Grass Knot |
Leafeon
Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade |
Exeggutor (Alola)
Bullet Seed / Solar Beam |
Torterra
Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant |
Armored Mewtwo
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| CP’s to Watch out for: | ||
| 1821 – No Boost
2276 – Boosted |
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| Weak to:
Bug Dark Ghost
Boosted By: Windy |
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| 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
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark |
| If your Darkrai isn’t in your suggested, chances are it has Focus blast. Tread lightly. | ||
Giratina (Origin)
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost |
| Bring along regardless of the move-set. Solid option | ||
Hydreigon
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Bite Dark | Dark Pulse Dark |
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Chandelure
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Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost |
Gengar
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Lick / Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost |
| Other Good Options | ||
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Mewtwo
Psycho Cut / Shadowball |
Tyranitar
Bite / Crunch |
Deoxys (attack)
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!
