Cruel Team Go Rocket leaders can be tough to beat, so here is a quick guide on how to defeat one of the members, Cliff, in Pokemon GO.
Pokemon GO introduced these leaders back on November 5th of 2019. In order to find them, players must beat grunts at Pokestops and collect six mysterious components to make the Rocket Radar, which locates them.
Cliff, one of the three leaders, is harder to beat than the typical grunt, since he also uses a shield during battle. To help players counter him, here is a list of Pokemon and moves that will be most effective when fighting him.
1. Pinsir
Cliff's team starts with a Pinsir, which has a chance to be shiny. Pinsir is a bug type Pokemon, so using fire, rock, or flying types moves are typically the step in the right direction.
- Ho-Oh: Extrasensory or Brave Bird moves
- Moltres: Wing Attack or Sky Attack moves
- Giratina Origin: Shadow Claw or Shadow Ball moves
- Togekiss: Hidden Power or Flamethrower moves
- Giratina: Dragon Breath or Dragon Claw moves
2. Machamp
Machamp is the second Pokemon on Cliff's team and is a fighting type. Therefore, using psychic, flying, or fairy type moves will be super effective against this Pokemon.
- Gardevoir: Charm, Confusion, Synchronoise, or Psychic moves
- Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Confusion, or Psystrike moves
- Dragonite: Dragon Breath or Dragon Claw moves
- Giratina Altered: Shadow Claw or Dragon Claw moves
- Togekiss: Charm or Aerial Ace moves
3. Articuno
Articuno, one of the legendary bird Pokemon, is an ice and flying type Pokemon. Mixing up electric, fire, rock, or steel type moves will prove to be incredibly effective against Articuno.
- Heatran: Fire Spin or Stone Edge moves
- Melmetal: Thunder Shock or Rockslide moves
- Shadow Omastar: Rock throw or Rock Blast moves
- Aggron: Smack Down or Stone Edge moves
- Shadow Metagross: Bullet Seed or Meteor Mash moves
Hopefully, this guide helps players with an idea of how to assemble their team. Defeating any of the leaders in battle grants players an Unova Stone for beating them, which is an evolutionary item that can be used to help Gen 5 Pokemon evolve. So take advantage of this guide while it is still relevant, because Cliff will only have this team composition for the rest of the month.
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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