Pokémon Go Cliff counters December 2023

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 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.

Now, let’s get into the best counters for Pokémon Go’s Cliff.

Dratini
Slowking
Gallade
Cradily
Tyranitar
Mamoswine
Dusknoir

What are the best counters for Dratini?

Currently, Cliff’s first Pokémon is always Dratini, it’s weak to dragon-, ice-, and fairy-type moves. It should be fairly easy to take out.

Here are our recommended Dratini counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Togekiss	Charm and Dazzling Gleam
	Garchomp	Dragon Tail and Outrage
	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail and Outrage

What are the best counters for Slowking?

Slowking is weak to bug-, dark-, electric-, ghost-, and grass-type moves and can be one of Cliff’s second Pokémon.

Use one of the following Pokémon to counter Slowking:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Electivire	Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
	Gengar	Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
	Hydreigon	Bite and Brutal Swing

What are the best counters for Gallade?

Cliff can choose Gallade as one of his second Pokémon, it’s weak to flying-, ghost-, and fairy-types.

Here are the Pokémon we recommend using against Gallade:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Gengar	Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
	Gardevoir	Charm and Dazzling Gleam
	Togekiss	Charm and Dazzling Gleam

What are the best counters for Cradily?

Shadow Cradily can be one of Cliff’s second Pokémon, it’s weak to bug-, fighting-, ice-, and steel-type moves.

Here are our recommended Cradily counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Lucario	Counter and Power-Up Punch
	Galarian Darmanitan	Ice Fang and Avalanche
	Conkeldurr	Counter and Dynamic Punch

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-types 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 Mamoswine?

Shadow Mamoswine is one of the final Pokémon Cliff uses, it is weak to fighting-, fire-, grass-, steel-, and water-type attacks.

We recommend you use one of these Mamoswine counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Metagross	Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash
	Hydreigon	Bite and Brutal Swing
	Reshiram	Fire Fang and Fusion Flare

What are the best counters for Dusknoir?

Dusknoir is weak to dark- and ghost-type attacks, it’s one of three potential final Pokémon Cliff uses.

Here are the Pokémon we recommend using against Dusknoir:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Gengar	Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
	Hydreigon	Bite and Brutal Swing
	Tyranitar	Bite and Brutal Swing

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 promo codes to pick up some freebies.