Every month the Team GO Rocket Leaders return to Pokemon GO with a bunch of extremely tough Pokemon.
As you would expect, June is no different, however, this time, however, the leaders may not have the line-up you've become accustomed to after switching them up partway through last month.
Therefore, players will need to be well aware of the dangers they are about to run into.
With that in mind here's how to beat Cliff in June 2021, including counters for some of his strongest Pokemon including both Torterra and Sharpedo.
What Pokemon Can Cliff Bring to Battles?
Cliff has a total of seven different Pokemon he can bring into battles. They are as follows:
Slot One
- Seedot
Slot Two
- Hariyama
- Kingler
- Poliwrath
Slot Three
- Sharpedo
- Torterra
- Tyranitar
How to Beat Cliff in June 2021 - Best Counters
Here are the counters and weaknesses for every one of Cliff's best Pokemon, including his Sharpedo, Torterra and Tyranitar. All below counters will be listed in the order of effectiveness:
Slot One: Seedot - (Weaknesses = Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice and Poison)
- Mega Charizard X/Y - Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Mega Pidgeot - Gust/Brave Bird
- Mega Gengar - Hex/Sludge Bomb
- Reshiram - Fire Fang/Overheat
- Moltres - Fire Spin/Overheat
- Entei- Fire Fang/Overheat
- Darmanitan - Fire Fang/Overheat
Slot Two: Hariyama – (Weakness = Fairy, Flying and Psychic)
- Mewtwo - Confusion/Psychic
- Mega Gengar - Lick/Sludge Bomb
- Moltres - Wing Attack/Sky Attack
- Mega Pidgeot - Gust/Brave Bird
- Lugia - Extrasensory/Aeroblast
- Latios - Zen Headbutt/Psychic
- Espeon - Confusion/Psychic
Slot Two: Kingler – (Weaknesses = Electric and Grass)
- Mega Venasaur - Vine Whip/Frenzy Plant
- Zekrom - Charge Beam/Wild Charge
- Mega Manectric - Charge Beam/Wild Charge
- Therian Thundurus - Volt Switch/Thunderbolt
- Zapdos - Thunder Shock/Thunderbolt
- Raikou - Volt Switch/Wild Charge
- Magnezone - Spark/Wild Charge
Slot Two: Poliwrath – (Weaknesses = Electric, Fairy, Flying, Grass and Psychic)
- Mewtwo - Confusion/Psychic
- Mega Venasaur - Vine Whip/Frenzy Plant
- Mega Pidgeot - Gust/Brave Bird
- Zekrom - Charge Beam/Wild Charge
- Alakazam - Confusion/Psychic
- Therian Thundurus - Volt Switch/Thunderbolt
- Latios - Zen Headbutt/Psychic
Slot Three: Sharpedo – (Weaknesses = Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting and Grass)
- Mega Venasaur - Vine Whip/Frenzy Plant
- Lucario - Counter/Aura Sphere
- Zekrom - Charge Beam/Wild Charge
- Mega Manectric - Charge Beam/Wild Charge
- Conkeldurr - Counter/Dynamic Punch
- Therian Thundurus - Volt Switch/Thunderbolt
- Machamp - Karate Chop/Dynamic Punch
Slot Three: Torterra – (Weaknesses = Ice x4, Bug, Fire, Flying)
- Mega Abomasnow - Powder Snow/Weather Ball
- Galarian Darmanitan - Ice Fang/Avalanche
- Mega Charizard X/Y - Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Weavile - Ice Shard/Avalanche
- Glaceon - Ice Shard/Avalanche
- Mewtwo - Psycho Cut/Ice Beam
- Mamoswine - Powder Snow/Avalanche
Slot Three: Tyranitar – (Weaknesses = Bug, Fairy, Fighting x4, Grass, Ground, Steel, Water)
- Conkeldurr - Counter/Dynamic Punch
- Mega Lopunny - Low Kick/Focus Blast
- Machamp - Counter/Dynamic Punch
- Lucario - Counter/Aura Sphere
- Hariyama - Counter/Dynamic Punch
- Blaziken - Counter/Focus Blast
- Sirfetch'd - Counter/Close Combat
Best Team Compositions
This is always hard as you never know which team Cliff will be rocking, however, there you can see a few consistent weaknesses cropping up in his current team.
The Pokemon that I'd recommend bringing most are:
- Mega Pidgeot
- Zekrom/Thundurus
- Lucario
These three offer counters to the widest range of Cliff's Pokemon - however, if he brings out something you haven't covered, you're best to back out and readjust your team.