Pokemon Go Cliff: How To Beat, Weakness & More

This is our guide on how to defeat the Team Rocket GO Leader Cliff in Pokemon Go. We will go over his line up, what the best counters are and what rewards you can expect to gain.

Pokemon go cliff header — Let's take a close look at Cliff, one of the Pokémon Go's hardest fights. | © Niantic

This month, there is an event going on where you can fight some of the Team GO Rocket leaders in Pokemon Go.

Fighting these leaders will give you some amazing rewards that you most definitely want to take the time to get.

To get the amazing rewards, you will need to encounter some hard fights, and thankfully, we've made a guide for you to walk you through strategies that will ensure you beat Cliff and his evil Pokémon!

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Pokémon Go Cliff's Line Up

Pokemon go team go rocket — This is Cliffs team line up in Pokémon Go! | © Niantic

There are potentially seven different Pokémon that you will fight when you go up against Cliff.

First round against Cliff, you will always encounter his Shadow Aerodactyl.

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In the following two rounds, you can expect to see one of the three Pokémon here:

Round 2: Shadow Slowking, Shadow Gallade, Shadow Cradily
Round 3: Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Dusknoir

Best Team To Defeat Cliff In Pokemon Go

Pokemon go team go rocket 1 — Who is the best team to defeat Cliff? | © Niantic

Just like with every other Pokemon fight, you will need to attack the opponent's Pokémon with the type they're weak against.

There's a team that's generally considered to be the best to go up against Cliff, and it is:

Lucario, Tyranitar and Togekiss

The reasons you will want to bring these guys along are rather simple. Tyranitar is an amazing Rock and Dark-type Pokémon that can decimate more than half of Cliff's team.

Lucario is also a great attacker that you will want on your team since he is a Fighting Type.

Togekiss following up the pack is an easy pick as well, Fairy and Ghost-type moves are good against more than half of Cliff's team.

Pokémon Go Rewards For Defeating Cliff

Pokemon go team go rocket 2 — The rewards you get from Cliff are worth it! | © Niantic

If you manage to defeat Cliff, you will receive some rare rewards, which include a very exclusive 12km Strange Egg. The other rewards are as follows:

Trainers receive 1,000 Stardust when defeating a Rocket Leader
Trainers will receive two of the following items at random: 4 x Revive, 2 x Max Revive, 4 x Hyper Potion, 2 x Max Potion, 1 x Unova Stone, and 1 x Egg 12 km
Trainers have the opportunity to catch a Shadow Pokémon used by the Leader. It is always the first Pokémon used by the Leader.
Shadow Pokémon from Rocket Leaders have a shiny chance of 1 in 64 if they are shiny eligible at the moment of defeating the Leader

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