Throughout the day, Pokemon GO trainers should be able to find Team GO Rocket grunts and bosses at dark Pokestops or in hot air balloons floating over the map. Once players arrive at a boss fight, they should be sure to take their time and setup a perfect roster of counters to take the boss down in one attempt and scratch them off their list.
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This time around, the boss fights are actually a little easier than usual thanks to a reduced pool of possible Pokemon from each boss. Usually players need to go into the fight once and loss just to see which Pokemon are in the first two spots, but today each boss only has one possible Pokemon for each spot in their lineup. That should make things a lot easier. That said, each boss is also ending with a Gen 1 Legendary, which adds quite a bit of difficulty to the mix…
Sierra’s GO Fest Lineup
Beldum
Houndoom
Zapdos
Beldum Counters
This Steel-/Psychic-type is often Sierra’s first choice and it can be a real pain if players don’t have a good counter lined up. Fire-Dark,, Ground, and Ghost-types will fair the best against Beldum.
Giratina - Shadow Claw/Shadow Sneak
Gengar - Shadow Claw/Shadow Punch
Drifblim - Hex/Shadow Ball
Groudon - Mud Shot/Fire Punch
Houndoom Counters
Houndoom is another one of Sierra’s go-to Pokemon and the Dark-, Fire- type actually shares some weaknesses with Beldum, which can make the transition from battle 1 to 2 very nice if your starting Pokemon survives. Either way, stick with Fighting-, Ground-, Rock-, or Water-types.
Swampert - Mud Shot/Hydro Cannon
Poliwrath - Bubble/Dynamic Punch
Hariyama - Counter/Superpower
Haxorus - Counter/Surf
Zapdos Counters
Lastly, players are going to have to face off against the Legendary Electric-/Flying-type bird Zapdos. Ice- and Rock-types are the best counters here, so players should focus on the following Pokemon to take this Legendary out of the skies.
Mamoswine Powder Snow/Avalanche
Rhyperior Smack Down/Rock Wrecker
Golem Rock Throw/Stone Edge
Hippowdon Ice Fang/Stone Edge
As trainers continue working through this amazing anniversary event, they may want to keep hunting down the best Unova Pokemon in the game if improving their Battle Raid rosters and completing their Pokedex is their primary goal. Be sure to check back in the near future for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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Source: GamesRadar
