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Pokémon GO November 2022: We tell you how to find and defeat Team GO Rocket’s Cliff, best counters
We’ll tell you how to find Team GO Rocket’s Cliff in Pokémon GO. How to beat him? Updated guide with counters for November 2022.
Cliff is one of the high ranking members of Team GO Rocket, and he’s back in November 2022 in Pokémon GO. In this guide, we’ll tell you how to find and defeat him.
How to find Cliff in Pokémon GO?
- Cliff can appear in Pokémon GO both in Special Investigations about Team GO Rocket, as well as simply playing normally. Defeating him (alongside Arlo and Sierra) is one of the steps necessary to face off with Giovanni.
- The first step is getting a Rocket Radar. You can get one as a reward for Special Investigations, buying it in the store, or defeating Team GO Rocket Grunts to obtain pieces of the Rocket Radar. These Grunts tend to appear in PokéStops or in balloons. When you collect six Mysterious Components that they drop after being defeated, you immediately get a Rocket Radar in your inventory.
- Equip the Rocket Radar and use it to search for Cliff. He can appear in PokéStops or in balloons.
How to defeat Cliff? Best Counters
Cliff is a very tough trainer in Pokémon GO. Coming up next, we’ll tell you all of the information you may need about the pokémon he uses on his team and what the best counters are for each of them. The first Pokémon is always the same, while the second and third are randomized from specific pools.
Starting November 14, Cliff has been using the following Pokémon:
- First Pokémon: Machop
- Second Pokémon: Crobat, Pinsir, or Amoonguss
- Third Pokémon: Tyranitar, Aerodactyl, or Camerupt
How to beat Cliff’s Machop
Machop is a Fighting Type Pokémon, weak to Psychic, Fairy, and Flying Type moves.
- Mewtwo with Confusion (Fast Attack) and Psystrike (Charged Attack).
- Jirachi with Confusion (Fast Attack) and Psychic (Charged Attack).
- Togekiss with Charm (Fast Attack) and Dazzling Gleam (Charged Attack).
- Rayquaza with Air Slash (Fast Attack) and Hurricane (Charged Attack).
- Sylveon with Charm (Fast Attack) and Dazzling Gleam (Charged Attack).
How to beat Cliff’s Crobat
Crobat is a Poison/Flying Type Pokémon, weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock Type attacks.
- Jolteon with Thunder Shock (Fast Attack) and Thunder(Charged Attack).
- Tyranitar with Smack Down (Fast Attack) and Stone Edge (Charged Attack).
- Rhyperior with Smack Down (Fast Attack) and Rock Wrecker (Charged Attack).
- Articuno with Frost Breath (Fast Attack) and Ice Beam (Charged Attack).
- Mamoswine with Powder Snow (Fast Attack) and Avalanche (Charged Attack).
How to beat Cliff’s Pinsir
Pinsir is a Bug Type Pokémon, weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock Type attacks.
- Ho-Oh with Incinerate (Fast Attack) and Fire Blast (Charged Attack).
- Charizard with Fire Spin (Fast Attack) and Blast Burn (Charged Attack).
- Rhyperior with Smack Down (Fast Attack) and Rock Wrecker (Charged Attack).
- Tyranitar with Smack Down (Fast Attack) and Stone Edge (Charged Attack).
- Rayquaza with Air Slash (Fast Attack) and Hurricane (Charged Attack).
How to beat Cliff’s Amoonguss
Amoonguss is a Grass/Poison Type Pokémon, weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic Type attacks.
- Ho-Oh with Incinerate (Fast Attack) and Fire Blast (Charged Attack).
- Charizard with Fire Spin (Fast Attack) and Blast Burn (Charged Attack).
- Mamoswine with Powder Snow (Fast Attack) and Avalanche (Charged Attack).
- Rayquaza with Air Slash (Fast Attack) and Hurricane (Charged Attack).
- Mewtwo with Confusion (Fast Attack) and Psystrike (Charged Attack).
How to beat Cliff’s Tyranitar
Tyranitar is a Rock/Dark Type Pokémon, weak to Fighting, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water Types. Its Rock/Dark dual Type makes it extra vulnerable to Fighting Type attacks.
- Machamp with Counter (Fast Attack) and Dynamic Punch (Charged Attack).
- Lucario with Counter (Fast Attack) and Aura Sphere (Charged Attack).
- Hariyama with Counter (Fast Attack) and Dynamic Punch (Charged Attack).
- Buzzwole with Counter (Fast Attack) and Superpower (Charged Attack).
- Zapdos de Galar with Counter (Fast Attack) and Brave Bird (Charged Attack).
How to beat Cliff’s Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl is a Rock/Flying Type Pokémon, weak to Water, Electric, Ice, Rock, and Steel Type attacks.
- Kyogre with Waterfall (Fast Attack) and Hydro Pump (Charged Attack).
- Mega Gyarados with Waterfall (Fast Attack) and Hydro Pump (Charged Attack).
- Rhyperior with Smack Down (Fast Attack) and Rock Wrecker (Charged Attack).
- Zapdos with Thunder Shock (Fast Attack) and Thunder (Charged Attack).
- Mega Aggron with Iron Tail (Fast Attack) and Heavy Slam (Charged Attack).
How to beat Cliff’s Camerupt
Camerupt is a Fire/Ground Type Pokémon, weak to Water and Ground Type attacks. Its Fire/Ground dual Type makes it extra vulnerable to Water Type attacks.
- Kyogre with Waterfall (Fast Attack) and Hydro Pump (Charged Attack).
- Mega Gyarados with Waterfall (Fast Attack) and Hydro Pump (Charged Attack).
- Mega Blastoise with Water Gun (Fast Attack) with Hydro Cannon (Charged Attack).
- Swampert with Water Gun (Fast Attack) with Hydro Cannon (Charged Attack).
- Feraligatr with Water Gun (Fast Attack) with Hydro Cannon (Charged Attack).
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