In Pokémon GO the World Cup event is running since today, where you have to fight against various challengers. We at MeinMMO have looked at which monsters they use in battle and how you can defeat them.
What kind of challengers are there? Since today, August 18, in Pokémon GO, the World Cup event takes place and everything revolves around PvP battles, you will also encounter so-called challengers in the game again. You will find them, similar to Team GO Rocket, at the PokéStops.
There you can challenge them and fight against them. And to solve the limited research during the World Cup event, you must confront the challengers. They will field the winning teams from the regional championships.
Which ones they are and which types you can best defeat them with, we have summarized for you below.
How long can you find the challengers? You can find the challengers from August 18, 2022, at 10:00 AM local time until August 23, 2022, at 8:00 PM local time at the PokéStops in the game.
These are the teams of the challengers
What challengers are there? During the World Cup event, you can encounter a total of 6 different challengers in Pokémon GO. As you are used to from other PvP battles or Team GO Rocket, 3 different Pokémon will be used in battle.
For each slot, the challengers can choose from two different monsters. With the help of LeekDuck’s overview, we have summarized all the teams you might encounter:
| Challenger | Team |
| Inexperienced Challenger | 1. Trombork or Zobiris 2. Azumarill or Alolan Vulpix 3. Galar Flunschlik or Barrikadax |
| Confident Challenger | 1. Swampert or Walrein 2. Scrafty or Trombork 3. Deoxys (Defense) or Slurpuff |
| Cunning Challenger | 1. Walrein or Azumarill 2. Medicham or an unknown Pokémon 3. Registeel or Trombork |
| Ambitious Challenger | 1. Swampert or Barrikadax 2. Registeel or Nidoqueen 3. Talonflame or Slaking |
| Eccentric Challenger | 1. Zobiris or Farfetch’d 2. Slurpuff or Walrein 3. Talonflame or Registeel |
| Eager Challenger | 1. Nidoqueen or an unknown Pokémon 2. Zobiris or an unknown Pokémon 3. Swampert or an unknown Pokémon |
At this point, not all teams are fully known, so we will quickly add the missing Pokémon to our overview.
Use these types in battle against the challengers
What to consider? The Pokémon that can be chosen by the challengers belong to different types and thus have different weaknesses. Depending on which monster you face, you should use the corresponding weakness to defeat it as quickly as possible.
Below we show you for each challenger which types you should best use in battle against the individual monsters.
Inexperienced Challenger
| Pokémon | Type | Type Counter |
| Trombork | Ghost, Grass | Flying Dark Fire Ghost Ice |
| Zobiris | Dark, Ghost | Fairy |
| Azumarill | Water, Fairy | Grass Electric Poison |
| Alolan Vulpix | Ice, Fairy | Steel Rock Fire Poison |
| Galar Flunschlik | Ground, Steel | Fighting Fire Water Ground |
| Barrikadax | Dark, Normal | Fighting Bug Fairy |
Confident Challenger
| Pokémon | Type | Type Counter |
| Swampert | Water, Ground | Grass |
| Walrein | Ice, Water | Grass Fighting Rock Electric |
| Scrafty | Dark, Flying | Rock Electric Ice Fairy |
| Trombork | Ghost, Grass | Flying Dark Fire Ghost Ice |
| Deoxys (Defense) | Psychic | Dark Ghost Bug |
| Slurpuff | Normal | Fighting |
Cunning Challenger
| Pokémon | Type | Type Counter |
| Walrein | Ice, Water | Grass Fighting Rock Electric |
| Azumarill | Water, Fairy | Grass Electric Poison |
| Medicham | Fighting, Psychic | Flying Ghost Fairy |
| Registeel | Steel | Fighting Fire Ground |
| Trombork | Ghost, Grass | Flying Dark Fire Ghost Ice |
A selection of the best attackers of each type can be found in our following video:
Ambitious Challenger
| Pokémon | Type | Type Counter |
| Swampert | Water, Ground | Grass |
| Barrikadax | Dark, Normal | Fighting Bug Fairy |
| Registeel | Steel | Fighting Fire Ground |
| Nidoqueen | Poison, Ground | Psychic Water Ice Ground |
| Talonflame | Fire, Flying | Rock Electric Water |
| Slaking | Normal | Fighting |
Eccentric Challenger
| Pokémon | Type | Type Counter |
| Zobiris | Dark, Ghost | Fairy |
| Farfetch’d | Fighting | Flying Psychic Fairy |
| Slurpuff | Normal | Fighting |
| Walrein | Ice, Water | Grass Fighting Rock Electric |
| Talonflame | Fire, Flying | Rock Electric Water |
| Registeel | Steel | Fighting Fire Ground |
Eager Challenger
| Pokémon | Type | Type Counter |
| Nidoqueen | Poison, Ground | Psychic Water Ice Ground |
| Zobiris | Dark, Ghost | Fairy |
| Swampert | Water, Ground | Grass |
How do you like the teams of the challengers for the World Cup event? Are you looking forward to encountering them? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
In addition to the limited research for the World Cup event, you can also grab various promo codes in the live stream, which will give you additional research. We have compiled an overview of all codes for you here.
