Taking on Team GO Rocket’s Cliff in Pokemon GO this month will require players to counter his lineup, which can be difficult as they’re somewhat randomised. Overall, the best picks to take on Cliff this month include Ground, Grass, and Fighting-types.
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Cliff’s Lineup
Cliff’s starter Pokemon will always be Cubone, but his second and third picks each draw from a pool of three choices:
Cubone Electivire, Luxray, or Omastar Swampert, Charizard, or Tyranitar
Cubone Counters
Cubone is a Ground-type Pokemon, and is therefore weak to Grass, Ice, and Water attacks. It’s resistant to Poison and Rock, and immune to Electric attacks.
Zarude - Vine Whip/Power Whip Mamoswine - Powder Snow/Avalanche Kingler - Bubble/Crabhammer
Electivire Counters
Electivire is an Electric-type, which mean it’s only weak to Ground attacks. It’s also resistant to Electric, Flying, and Steel attacks.
Rhyperior - Mud-Slap/Earthquake Groudon - Mud Shot/Earthquake Garchomp - Mud Shot/Earthquake Landorus - Mud Shot/Earth Power
Luxray Counters
Luxray is an Electric-type Pokemon, which mean it’s only weak to Ground attacks. It’s also resistant to Electric, Flying, and Steel attacks.
Rhyperior - Mud-Slap/Earthquake Groudon - Mud Shot/Earthquake Garchomp - Mud Shot/Earthquake Landorus - Mud Shot/Earth Power
Omastar Counters
Omastar is a Rock/Water-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground attacks. It’s resistant to Fire, Flying, Ice, Normal, and Poison attacks.
Zarude - Vine Whip/Power Whip Lucario - Counter/Aura Sphere Tangrowth - Vine Whip/Power Whip Torterra - Razor Leaf/Frenzy Plant
Swampert Counters
Swampert is a Water/Ground-type Pokemon, and therefore is only weak to Grass attacks. It’s resistant to Poison, Rock, Steel, and Fire, and completely immune to Electric attacks.
Zarude - Vine Whip/Power Whip Tangrowth - Vine Whip/Power Whip Torterra - Razor Leaf/Frenzy Plant Leafeon - Razor Leaf/Leaf Blade
Charizard Counters
Charizard is a Fire/Flying-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water attacks. It’s resistant to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Grass, Ground, and Steel attacks.
Rampardos - Smack Down/Rock Slide Tyranitar - Smack Down/Stone Edge Regirock - Rock Throw/Stone Edge Rhyperior - Smack Down/Rock Wrecker
Tyranitar Counters
Tyranitar is a Rock-Dark-type Pokemon, and therefore is weak to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water attacks. It’s resistant to Normal, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Fire, and Dark, and completely immune to Psychic.
Blaziken - Counter/Focus Blast Lucario - Counter/Aura Sphere Machamp - Counter/Dynamic Punch Conkeldurr - Counter/Dynamic Punch
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