Pokemon GO Cliff counters & lineup (October 2023)

Amongst the toughest bosses in Pokemon GO, the Team Rocket leaders are back with new lineups, so you’ll need to know the best Cliff counters if you want to defeat this difficult enemy.

As part of the Team GO Rocket Takeover event in Pokemon GO, Leader Cliff is as challenging a foe as ever, just like his colleagues Sierra and Arlo.

Thankfully, we have everything you need to know to defeat him in the game. Without further ado, let’s get into Rocket Leader Cliff’s lineup and the best counters to defeat him in Pokemon GO in October 2023. 

If you’re looking to beat the other Team GO Rocket Leaders, find out the best Sierra counters and the best Giovanni counters in Pokemon GO.

Which Pokemon does Cliff use?

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Before you can beat Rocket Leader Cliff and figure out his best counters, you’ll first need to know which Pokemon he uses. Like his previous lineups, battling Cliff comes with an extra level of challenge because his second and third Pokemon could be one of three different options.

To kick things off, here are all of the Shadow Pokemon Cliff can use in his current lineup: 

Cliff’s lineup last changed on October 26, 2023, as part of the latest Team Go Rocket Takeover event. If his team gets shaken up again in the future, we’ll keep this page updated.

Best counters to beat Cliff’s Dratini

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Being a pure Dragon-type, the best counters for Cliff’s Dratini include Ice, Dragon, and Fairy-type moves.

Although the Dratini in this case will have a low enough CP to be beaten by most strong Pokemon, there are some effective Ice and Fairy-type counters which can crossover to some of Cliff’s later team members as well.

Best counters to beat Cliff’s second Pokemon

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With varied type weaknesses that Slowking, Cradily, and Gallade have in common, there’s thankfully a decent range of Cliff counters available for lots of coverage against the leader’s second potential Pokemon.

Best Slowking counters

Slowking’s Psychic/Water typing makes it weak against Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, and Dark-type attacks, which means there’s an endless amount of counters for the Slowpoke evolution.

Best Cradily counters

The Grass/Rock-type Cradily also has a handful of weaknesses – Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Steel-types – so there’s no shortage of counters you can use for the Lileep evolution in Rocket Leader Cliff’s lineup.

Best Gallade counters

As for Cliff’s Gallade, the Blade Pokemon has a few weaknesses you can utilise: Flying, Ghost, and Fairy-type attacks. This gives you some crossover with Slowking via Ghost-type attacks.

Best counters to beat Cliff’s second Pokemon

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Compared to his lineups from the past, Cliff’s third-phase Pokemon not only have shared counters with each other, but also some of the other Pokemon in his lineup as well.

Best Tyranitar counters

Despite its high Attack stat, I think Cliff’s Dark-and-Rock-type Tyranitar is one of the easiest to pick counters for with seven weaknesses: Fighting, Ground, Bug, Steel, Water, Grass, and Fairy-type attacks.

Although Fighting-type moves would be the best choice with 256% super-effective damage, utilising crossover with weaknesses shared by Cliff’s other Pokemon is a good idea.

Best Mamoswine counters

Although not as many as Tyranitar, Mamoswine’s dual Ice/Ground typing gives it a handful of weaknesses to exploit: Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water, and Grass-type attacks. This gives it plenty of counter crossover with the rest of Cliff’s party. 

Best Dusknoir counters

The final party member you’ll need counters for in Cliff’s lineup is the Ghost-type Dusknoir. It’s only weak to Ghost and Dark-type attacks, and it has a high Defense stat which makes it the most formidable creature amongst Rocket Leader Cliff’s lineup.

Still, there’s a bunch of counters you can use, some of which are shared with others in Cliff’s team. 

Best team of counters to beat Cliff in Pokemon GO

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You’ll need to use a balanced team of counters to defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Cliff in Pokemon GO, so we’ve recommended a best lineup alongside their optimal movesets below:

With this balanced-yet-powerful team of Cliff counters, you’ll have full type coverage against the Leader’s lineup no matter what he uses for his second and third Pokemon.

For example, after using Zacian to quickly defeat Dratini, you can keep it out if Cliff’s next Pokemon is Cradily or Gallade, using Metal Claw or Play Rough respectively. If Cliff sends out Slowbro, you can switch out Zacian for Darkai or even Heracross instead. 

However, Heracross is best saved for a potential Tyranitar or Mamoswine, both easily beatable with Counter. Alternatively, you can still keep Zacian out to battle either of the two with Metal Claw, and Play Rough being super-effective against Tyranitar as well.

In the instance where Cliff uses Dusknoir, you can switch out for Darkrai instead.

That’s everything you need to know about the best Pokemon GO Cliff counters to beat the Rocket Leader’s lineup in October 2023.

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