Pokémon Go Cliff counters and team line-up February 2026

Want to know the best Pokémon Go Cliff counters for this month? Well, we're here to help. Cliff can sometimes feel like the toughest Team Rocket Go Leader, so it's only natural that you may need a little bit of extra help working out which Pokémon you should use in a team against him.

With help from our Cliff counters guide, you will soon have a team full of strong Pokémon to take into battle. We have also gone ahead and listed all of the available rewards you can get your hands on by knocking out all three of the Team Rocket Go leaders' Pokémon. Check out our Pokémon Go Arlo, Pokémon Go Sierra, and Pokémon Go Giovanni guides for even more assistance.

Here are the best counters for Pokémon Go's Cliff:

Magikarp
Skarmory
Cradily
Annihilape
Camerupt
Tyranitar
Gallade

What are the best counters for Magikarp?

Currently, Cliff's first Pokémon is always Magikarp; it's weak to grass- and electric-type moves. It should be fairly easy to take out.

Here are our recommended Magikarp counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Magnezone	Volt Switch and Flash Cannon
	Electivire	Thunder Shock and Thunder Punch
	Sceptile	Bullet Seed and Leaf Blade

What are the best counters for Skarmory?

Skarmory is weak to electric and fire-type moves and can be one of Cliff's second Pokémon.

Use one of the following Pokémon to counter Skarmory:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Electivire	Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
	Magnezone	Volt Switch and Wild Charge
	Raikou	Thunder Shock and Wild Charge

What are the best counters for Cradily?

Cliff can choose the grass/rock Cradily as one of his second Pokémon; it's weak to bug-, fighting-, ice-, and steel-types.

Here are the Pokémon we recommend using against Cradily:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Magnezone	Volt Switch and Wild Charge
	Mamoswine	Powder Snow and Avalanche
	Lucario	Counter and Power-up Punch

What are the best counters for Annihilape?

Shadow Annihilape is one of the second Pokémon Cliff uses; it's weak to fairy-, flying-, ghost-, and psychic-type attacks.

We recommend you use one of these Annihilape counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Alakazam	Confusion and Psychic
	Mewtwo	Confusion and Psychic
	Gardevoir	Confusion and Psychic

What are the best counters for Camerupt?

Shadow Camerupt can be one of Cliff's final Pokémon; it's weak to water- and ground-type moves.

Here are our recommended Camerupt counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Kyogre	Waterfall and Origin Pulse
	Swampert	Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon
	Gyarados	Waterfall and Aqua Tail

What are the best counters for Tyranitar?

Tyranitar is one of Cliff's final Pokémon; it's double weak to fighting-type attacks, and you can also use bug-, fairy-, grass-, ground-, steel-, and water-type moves.

Here are our recommended Tyranitar counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Machamp	Counter and Dynamic Punch or Cross Chop
	Lucario	Counter and Power-up Punch
	Conkeldurr	Counter and Power-up Punch

What are the best counters for Gallade?

The psychic/fighting-type Gallade is weak to fairy-, flying-, and ghost-type attacks; it's one of three potential final Pokémon Cliff uses.

Here are the Pokémon we recommend using against Gallade:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Togekiss	Air Slash and Dazzling Gleam
	Moltres	Wing Attack and Sky Attack
	Staraptor	Wing Attack and Fly

Cliff's team changes up slightly each month, so we'll update this page frequently.

What rewards do I get for beating Cliff?

When you defeat Cliff or any other Team Go Rocket Leader, you will receive some handy rewards. You will always get 1,000 Stardust and a random selection of two of the following items:

A 12km egg
One Revive
One Max Revive
One Max Potion
One Unova Stone
One Sinnoh Stone

For more content like this, make sure you check out our Pokémon Go best Pokémon guide. Then, head on over to our Pokédex and Pokémon Go codes to pick up some freebies.