Tinkering around how to beat the team rocket leaders? The below-given guide has a list of Pokemon Go Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo counters.
Pokemon Go Cliff counters
Pinsir counters
Pinsir, a Bug-type Pokemon, weak to Fire-, Flying-, and Rock-type moves, however, it can still deal some serious damage with its Fighting-type moves, so the following counters are the best against it.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Moltres | Fire Spin/Overheat |
| Blaziken | Fire Spin/Blaze Kick |
| Chandelure | Fire Spin/Overheat |
| Volcarona | Fire Spin/Overheat |
Tyranitar counters
Tyranitar, one of the strongest Pokemon in Pokemon Go PvP. It uses Dark- and Steel-type quick moves, with Fire-, Rock-, and Dark-type charge moves. Surprisingly, it is weak against Fighting-type moves, which makes Pokemon like Lucario and Machamp excellent choices.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Lucario | Counter/Power-Up Punch |
| Machamp | Counter/Cross Chop |
| Conkeldurr | Counter/Dynamic Punch |
| Virizion Quick | Attack/Close Combat |
Articuno counters
Articuno is in the possession of Cliff, so it won’t be easy. It’s double weak to Rock-type moves though, along with having a standard weakness to Electric-, Fire-, and Steel- types. Avoid using use Ground-type Pokemon as it has a double resistance, while Grass- and Bug- types also not a good choice.
Beldum counters
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Heatran | Fire Spin/Stone Edge |
| Tyranitar | Smack Down/Stone Edge |
| Melmetal | Thunder Shock/Rock Slide |
| Aggron | Smack Down/Stone Edge |
Pokemon Go Sierra counters
Beldum counters
Beldum a dual Steel-/Psychic-type is weak to Fire-, Dark-, Ground-, and Ghost-type moves, but resistant to a staggering amount of other types.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Giratina | Shadow Claw/Shadow Sneak |
| Gengar | Shadow Claw/Shadow Punch |
| Drifblim | Hex/Shadow Ball |
| Groudon | Mud Shot/Fire Punch |
Houndoom counters
Groudon is useful against Houndoom. Using Fighting-, Ground-, Rock-, and Water-type Pokemon should do the job, avoid pretty everything else as Houndoom also has a lot of resistance.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Swampert | Mud Shot/Hydro Cannon |
| Poliwrath | Bubble/Dynamic Punc |
| Hariyama | Counter/Superpower |
| Haxorus | Counter/Surf |
Zapdos counters
Zapdos Electric/Flying-type legendary is weak to only Ice- and Rock-type moves, and resistant to a lot of other types.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Mamoswine | Powder Snow/Avalanche |
| Rhyperior | Smack Down/Rock Wrecker |
| Golem | Rock Throw/Stone Edge |
| Hippowdon | Ice Fang/Stone Edge |
Pokemon Go Arlo counters
Mawile counters
Mawile has a lot of resistance. You would want to use Fire- or Ground-type moves with Mawile as the Steel-/Fairy-type is resistant to most other types.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Magmortar | Fire Spin/Fire Punch |
| Entei | Fire Spin/Overhea |
| Heatran | Fire Spin/Stone Edge |
| Chandelure | Hex/Overheat |
Scizor counters
Scizor is a Bug-/Steel-type, so Pokemon veterans will know there’s only one type for the job; Fire. Fire-type moves deal double damage, so you just want to throw out the strongest Fire-type Pokemon you have, as long as both the fast and charged move are Fire-type.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Blaziken | Fire Spin/Blaze Kick |
| Reshiram | Fire Fang/Overheat |
| Moltres | Fire Spin/Overheat |
| Infernape | Fire Spin/Blast Burn |
Moltres counters
Then there’s Moltres, the Fire-/Flying-type legendary bird from the first generation. While Moltres is weak to Electric- and Water-type Pokemon, you’ll want to use Rock-type moves because they deal double damage.
| Pokemon | Counter Moveset |
| Rhyperior | Smack Down/Stone Edge |
| Golem | Rock Throw/Rock Blast |
| Omastar | Rock Throw/Rock Slide |
| Regirock | Rock Throw/Stone Edge |
After you are done beating all three Team Rocket leaders, you can take on Giovanni!
