How to beat Pokémon Go’s Sierra April 2025

Pokemon Go’s Sierra puts forward a pretty big challenge. Not to mention, she often switches around her lineup, just like her fellow Leaders. Well, if you’re looking for the best Pokémon to use to ensure you can her down, search no further! We’ve put together a list of the best counters to use against her, to give you that necessary edge in battle.

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Here are the best counters for Pokémon Go’s Sierra:

What are the best counters for Skorupi?

Sierra sends out Skorupi as her first combatant, it’s a poison/bug-type ‘mon and is weak to fire-, flying-, psychic-, and rock-type enemies.

Here are our recommended Skorupi counters:

Sprites	Pokémon	Moves
	Mewtwo	Confusion and Psystrike
	Charizard	Fire Spin and Blast Burn
	Rhyperior	Smack Down and Rock Wrecker

What are the best counters for Ferrothorn?

Shadow Ferrothorn can be one of Sierra’s second Pokémon. It’s weak to fighting- and fire-type attacks and resistant to dragon-, grass-, electric-, fairy-, normal-, poison-, psychic-, rock-, steel-, and water-types.

Here are our recommended Ferrothorn counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Charizard	Fire Spin and Blast Burn
	Heatran	Fire Spin and Magma Storm
	Blaziken	Fire Spin and Blast Burn

What are the best counters for Ninetales?

Sierra’s second Pokémon can also be Ninetales, a fire-type ‘mon. Make sure you use Pokémon with ground-, rock-, and water-type attacks to take it down.

Here are our recommended Ninetales counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Rhyperior	Smack Down and Rock Wrecker
	Kyogre	Waterfall and Origin Pulse
	Groudon	Mud Shot and Precipice Blades

What are the best counters for Milotic?

Another of Sierra’s secondary Pokémon can be Milotic, a water-type ‘mon. Make sure you use Pokémon with electric or grass attacks

Here are our recommended Milotic counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Electivire	Thunder Shock and Wild Charge
	Magnezone	Spark and Wild Charge
	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock and Discharge

What are the best counters for Drapion?

Sierra can use the poison/dark-type Drapion as her third Pokémon. You should go for ground-type counters.

Here are our recommended Drapion counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Excadrill	Mud-Slap and Scorching Sands
	Garchomp	Mud Shot and Earth Power
	Groudon	Mud Shot and Precipice Blades

What are the best counters for Nidoqueen?

Sierra can use this as one of her third Pokémon. If you encounter Sierra’s Nidoqueen, make sure you have a ground-, ice-, psychic-, or water-type ‘mon on hand.

Here are the Nidoqueen counters we recommend you use:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Mewtwo	Confusion and Psystrike
	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap and Avalanche
	Metagross	Zen Headbutt and Psychic

What are the best counters for Houndoom?

Sierra’s Houndoom only uses dark and fire moves, and is weak to water-, fighting-, rock-, and ground-types, so you’ve got quite a few options!

Here are the Houndoom counters we recommend you use:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Kyogre	Waterfall and Surf
	Rhyperior	Smack Down and Rock Wrecker or Surf
	Conkeldurr	Counter and Dynamic Punch or Stone Edge
	Machamp	Counter and Cross Chop or Rock Slide

What rewards do I get for defeating Sierra?

When you defeat Sierra, or any other Team Go Rocket Leader, you are granted some well-deserved 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

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