In order to defeat Rocket Boss Cliff in Pokémon GO, you should use appropriate counterattacks. We at MeinMMO have looked at which Monster Cliff has on his team in November 2022 and how you can best defeat them.
Who is Cliff? Along with Arlo and Sierra, Cliff is one of the Team GO Rocket Bosses in Pokémon GO. With the help of a complete rocket radar you have the opportunity to compete against him. We have summarized the following points for you below:
We updated this article on November 13, 2022 and included all counters to Rocket Boss Cliff’s new team for you. You can find his new monsters there from November 14, 2022.
Rocket Boss Cliff – Current teams in November 2022
What Pokemon does Cliff use? In order for you to defeat Cliff quickly, you should first deal with the monsters he will use in battle. As with any Rockt battle, he will use three Pokemon. He can choose from a total of 7 different monsters, which we have listed for you below (via leekduck.com):
If you click on our link in the previous table, you will be shown the best counters against Cliff’s set Pokémon.
The best counters to defeat Cliff
After finding Cliff, you can start the fight. Before doing so, you should think about which monsters are effective against Cliff’s teams. With the help of Pokebattler’s overview, we have summarized the best counters against Cliff for you (via pokebattler.com).
Defeating Machollo – Best counters against the 1st Pokemon
Machollo is guaranteed to be your first encounter at Cliff. With the Fighting Pokémon, it’s best to use flying, psychic, or fairy attacks to defeat it quickly.
If you prefer to focus on a mega development, then the following are particularly suitable:
Defeat Pinsir, Iksbat, and Ambassador – Best counters against the 2nd Pokemon
The second Pokemon will be Cliff Pinsir, Iksbat, or Ambassador. However, which monster you encounter is random and cannot be influenced.
How to defeat Pinsir: The Bug Pokémon Pinsir is one of three different monsters that Cliff can use in the 2nd position. It’s particularly weak against flying, rock, and fire-type attacks, so you’ll want to use them in battle.
As a Mega Pokémon, one of the following monsters is suitable against Pinsir:
How to defeat Iksbat: The poison and flying Pokémon Iksbat is the last development of Zubat and comes from the 1st game generation. Its type makes it particularly weak against Rock, Electric, Psychic, and Ice-type attacks.
Suitable mega developments against Iksbat are:
How to defeat Hutsassa: Another monster you might encounter at Cliff is Hutassar. It is from the 5th generation and belongs to the types Plant and Poison. This makes it vulnerable to flying, fire, psychic, and ice attacks.
With the mega developments you can rely on the following counters:
Defeat Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, and Camerupt – Best counters against the 3rd Pokemon
In the third place, Cliff can again choose between three different monsters: Aerodactyl, Despotar and Camerupt. The selection is again made at random.
How to defeat Aerodactyl: Aerodactyl is a rock and flying Pokémon from the 1st generation of games. In order to defeat it quickly, you should best use steel, water, electric, ice and rock attacks in battle.
Alternatively, you can also use one of the following Mega Evolutions:
How to defeat a despotar: Despotar is the last evolution of Lavitar. It belongs to the rock and dark types. In combat, you should therefore rely primarily on combat attacks. But it is also weak against plant, water, ground, bug and fairy attacks.
The following Mega Evolutions are also useful against Tyranitars:
How to defeat camerupt: Another monster you can encounter on Cliff’s team is Camerupt. It belongs to the fire and ground-type Pokémon, which is why you should use water-type attacks in battle. Alternatively, you can also use ground attacks.
Also use the following Mega Evolutions against Camerupt:
This is how you find Cliff
In order to compete against Cliff, you must first find him. You need a full Rocket Radar to do this. This consists of the 6 mysterious parts that you receive from the Rocket Grunts. If you have all the parts together, then you have the option to activate it.
Once it’s activated, you’ll see the Rocket Radar on your right-hand side of the game. You can recognize it by the red R in the middle. If you click on the symbol, a map of the area will appear. PokéStops that currently have Rocket Bosses will be marked with a red R there.
Alternatively, you can also wait for a balloon. There the rocket bosses spawn up to 4 times a day with the rocket radar switched on, similar to the louts. They also come in a black balloon.
You can see how you can find Cliff and the other Rocket bosses in the following video:
Pokémon GO: Find Rocket Bosses – Here’s how to collect the Rocket Radar and track them down
Can you find Cliff specifically? No, unfortunately Cliff cannot be specifically searched for. The Rocket Radar only lets you see where a boss is. But you can’t see which one it is. However, once you spot Cliff at a stop, you have all day to defeat him there.
The balloons also contain a random Rocket Boss. So here, too, you cannot influence an encounter.
Is Cliff worth fighting?
Why would you fight Cliff? First and foremost you have to fight Cliff if you want to face off against the big Rocket boss Giovanni. To find him, you need a special black Super Rocket Radar. You get this by solving the corresponding special research, which is unlocked for you in the game at regular intervals.
In order to solve this task, you must have fought against Cliff, Sierra and Arlo and receive the Super Rocket Radar as a reward. But even without this special task, it is worth fighting Cliff. You get interesting rewards when you defeat Cliff.
To face off against Cliff, Sierra and Arlo, all you need is a complete Rocket Radar, which you can assemble using the 6 mysterious Grunt parts. However, you won’t find Giovanni with it.
These are the rewards after a fight against Cliff
What Shadow Pokémon does Cliff have? Crypto Machollo is currently waiting for you in the encounter if you have won the fight against Cliff. With a bit of luck, you might even come across a dazzling specimen.
More rewards: Cliff also brings you other rewards. As with other rocket fights, you will of course receive various items after winning the fight. There is also a 12 km egg waiting for you.
These are special eggs that you can only get from the Rocket bosses, i.e. Cliff, Sierra, Arlo and Giovanni. It contains interesting and rare Pokémon, which is why hatching is worthwhile. You should therefore make sure that there is free egg space in your storage before the fight. We have summarized for you here which monsters can currently be found in the 12 km eggs.
What are your favorite counters against Cliff? And what monsters would you like to see on his next team? Feel free to write us your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and tell us about your experiences.