Pokémon GO Retro Cup: These are the best Pokémon

On By Garmin Philip

Pokemon GO hosts the again Retro cup And of course that raises the question of which Pokémon you have the best chances with. The dark, fairy and steel types are no longer available, but the possibilities remain endless. We provide you with an overview and tips for the best teams.

Pokémon GO Retro Cup: How it works, these are the rules

Within “Pokémon GO” is already found for the third time the Retro Cup instead of. We have to Avoid all Dark, Fairy, and Steel-type Pokémon. So all types that didn’t exist in the previous Pokémon editions. Hence the name and the charm of the whole thing.

You have to pay attention to this: Valid in the Pokémon GO Retro Cup same rules as for the super league as far as the upper limit of the WP (competition points) is concerned.

That means you are only allowed one maximum WP of 1,500 lead into the field. Accordingly, there is one huge selection of Pokemonthat you can use. But a core meta still exists.

  • When does it start? The Retro Cup has been running since June 22 at 10 p.m.

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Pokémon GO Meta: These are the best Pokémon for the Retro Cup

Hypno is central to the meta and can be ideally used to win in the Retro Cup of “Pokémon GO”. Simply because it there are no Steel or Dark-type Pokemon that counter the Psychic-type Pokemon well be able. You can come with me Altaria and Seedraking do something against Hypno, but be with them both Very vulnerable to the Ice and Rock types.

Generally recommended are the following Pokemon:

  • slurp (licker, body slam, leaf scourge)
  • pelipper (Flap, Meteorologist (Water), Hurricane)
  • Relaxo (Schlicker, body slam, power colossus)
  • alpollo/Gengar (Darkclaw, Dire Fist, Haunted Ball)
  • Deoxys (defense form) (Counter, Stone Hail and Thunderbolt or Psy Boost)
  • Cresselia (Confusion or Psychoblade, Shrubber and Seer or Moonforce)

As specialists the following Pokémon serve well:

  • Alola Knogga (Fire Spin, Shadow Bone, Bone Mace)
  • regisrock (Target Shot, Stone Edge, Focus Blast)
  • Fiaro (Incinerate, Dive, Nitro Charge)
  • apocalyp (Burden, Haunted Ball and Bubble Beam or Ice Beam)
  • Castellith (Catapult, Rock Hail, Cross Scissors)
  • Drifzepeli (Burden, Freezing Wind, Haunted Ball)
  • Alola Geowaz (Volt change, stone edge, rock throw)

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Retro Cup: Best Leads/Openers

For a successful opening of the Pokémon GO battle if the shields are still available.

  1. slurp
  2. hypno (Confusion, Haunted Ball and Ice Punch or Thunder Clap)
  3. Frosdedje (Ice Shards, Ice Wind, and Aqua Wave)
  4. Drifzepeli
  5. Rexblisar

Retro Cup: The 5 Best Safe Switches

If your opponent counters with the right Pokémon, dodge them.

  1. Frosdedje
  2. Cresselia
  3. slurp
  4. hypno
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The 5 best closers in the Retro Cup

When shields no longer play a role, you need particularly strong and resilient Pokémon.

  1. Khanira
  2. slurp
  3. Cresselia
  4. Where exactly
  5. jugong

Ideal team compositions for the Pokémon GO Retro Cup

  • slurp, Drifzepeli ,Formeo (rain)
  • hypno, mahomey, Frosdedje
  • regisrock, Rexblisar, apocalyp
  • Meditalis, lapras, Venusaur
  • catfish, Alola Knogga, Zapdos

Which teams do you prefer to compete with? Tell us in the comments.

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