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.
What are the best counters for Machop?
Currently, Cliff’s first Pokémon is always Machop, it’s weak to psychic-, fairy-, and flying-type moves. It should be fairly easy to take out.
Here are our recommended Machop counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
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Mewtwo | Confusion and Psystrike |
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Alakazam | Psycho Cut and Psychic |
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Gardevoir | Confusion and Synchronoise |
What are the best counters for Kingdra?
Kingdra is weak to dragon and fairy-type moves and can be one of Cliff’s second Pokémon.
Use one of the following Pokémon to counter Kingdra:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
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Rayquaza | Dragon Tail and Outrage |
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Haxorus | Dragon Tail and Breaking Swipe |
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Gardevoir | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
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 |
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Gengar | Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball |
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Gardevoir | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
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Togekiss | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
What are the best counters for Aerodactyl?
Shadow Aerodactyl is one of the second Pokémon Cliff uses, it is weak to electric-, ice-, rock-, steel-, and water-type attacks.
We recommend you use one of these Aerodactyl counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
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Metagross | Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash |
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Rhyperior | Smack Down and Rock Wrecker |
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Kyogre | Waterfall and Origin Pulse |
What are the best counters for Cradily?
Shadow Cradily can be one of Cliff’s final Pokémon, it’s weak to bug-, fighting-, ice-, and steel-type moves.
Here are our recommended Cradily counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
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Lucario | Counter and Power-Up Punch |
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Galarian Darmanitan | Ice Fang and Avalanche |
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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-type moves.
Here are our recommended Tyranitar counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
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Machamp | Counter and Dynamic Punch or Cross Chop |
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Lucario | Counter and Power-up Punch |
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Conkeldurr | Counter and Power-up Punch |
What are the best counters for Crobat?
Crobat is weak to electric-, ice-, psychic-, and rock-type attacks, it’s one of three potential final Pokémon Cliff uses.
Here are the Pokémon we recommend using against Crobat:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
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Mewtwo | Psycho Cut and Psystrike |
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Gardevoir | Confusion and Psychic |
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Metgross | Zen Headbutt and Psychic |
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.