Pokemon GO Cliff counters and lineup (August 2025 Delightful Days Taken Over)

The Pokemon GO Cliff Delightful Days Taken Over counters in August 2025 will help you take down this GO Rocket boss after his lineup changed. He has Shadow Cyndaquil as the lead. This will only change once the next season's Team GO Rocket event starts, possibly sometime in November 2025.

While Cliff's team contains creatures that don't share too many weaknesses, some patterns can be drawn. Based on that, here are the best components for the Pokemon GO Cliff August 2025 lineup:

• One Fairy-type with Fairy moves
• One Electric-type with Electric-type moves
• One Ground-type with Ground-type moves

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Best team and strategy to beat Cliff's Delightful Days Taken Over lineup in Pokemon GO (August 2025)

Sportskeeda Gaming's pick of the best team to counter Cliff in Pokemon GO is as follows:

Rhyperior with Mud Slap, Rock Wrecker, and Breaking Swipe

Lead with Mud Slap Rhyperior. The creature resists everything Cyndaquil has and can easily farm it down. You will leave with two Breaking Swipes, which you can use to remove shields from play from Cliff's side of the field.

Magnezone with Volt Switch, Mirror Shot, and Wild Charge

Bring our Magnezone only if Cliff sends out Skarmory. Magnezone's Fast Move pressure from Volt Switch will render the Steel- and Flying-type useless. Moreover, every attack that Skarmory has is resisted by Magnezone. Therefore, you can also expect to leave with quite a bit of health intact.

Mega Gardevoir with Charm and Dazzling Gleam

Close out the match with Mega Gardevoir. Charm down the first enemy and use a powerful Dazzling Gleam to close out the game and earn an encounter with Shadow Cyndaquil, which can be shiny for the first time in Pokemon GO.

We discuss more about Cliff's counters and Pokemon lineup below.

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Pokemon GO Cliff Delightful Days Taken Over team

Pokemon GO Cliff August 2025 team (Image via TPC)

The following is the Pokemon GO Cliff August 2025:

Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3
Shadow Cyndaquil [shiny encounter available]	Shadow Annihilape	Shadow Machamp
	Shadow Honchkrow	Shadow Tyranitar
	Shadow Skarmory	Shadow Luxray

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How to beat the Pokemon GO Cliff team in Pokemon GO

Lead with Rhyperior and farm down Cliff's lead. Then use two Breaking Swipes in succession to eliminate shields. Switch in and out between suitable creatures and use Charged Attacks as soon as you get them to take down Cliff.

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Best counters against Pokemon GO Cliff

If you don't have the required creatures to make the best team against Cliff, use the following lists as metrics to build your own team:

Best Fairy-type counters against Cliff's August 2025 team: Effective against Annihilape, Honchkrow, Tyranitar, Machamp, and Luxray

Pokemon	Fast Move	Charged Move(s)
Mega/Shadow/Regular Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam and Triple Axel
Incarnate Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Dazzling Gleam
Tapu Lele	Astonish	Nature's Madness
Zacian	Quick Attack	Play Rough and Wild Charge
Xerneas	Geomancy	Moonblast and Thunder
Togekiss	Charm	Dazzling Gleam and Flamethrower
Sylveon	Charm	Moonblast and Thunder
Hatterene	Charm	Dazzling Gleam
Primarna	Charm	Disarming Voice and Hydro Cannon

Best Electric-type counters against Cliff: Effective against Cyndaquil Skarmory, Annihilape, Honchkrow, Tyranitar, and Machamp

Pokemon	Fast Move	Charged Move
Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge
Shadow/Regular Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge
Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip
Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt
Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge
Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt

Best Ground-type counters against Cliff: Effective against Cyndaquil, Luxray, Annihilape, and Tyranitar

Pokemon	Fast Move	Charged Move
Primal or Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades*
Mega or Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power*
Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake/Hydro Cannon*
Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm*
Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands
Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker*/Breaking Swipe
Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower

Shiny Shadow Gible is one of the most chase-worthy creatures to be added as part of the Crown Clash event, so Cliff is a TGR leader you'd want to farm.

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You can also check out the other GO Rocket Leader guides:

• Giovanni: How to beat, weaknesses, and counters
• Sierra: How to beat, weaknesses, and counters
• Arlo: How to beat, weaknesses, and counters