© Provided by GamePur You'll have to go out of your way find one of the three Team Rocket leaders that can potentially appear in Pokémon Go. One of them is named Cliff, and if you want to take down Giovanni in March 2021, you'll need to beat him. Giovanni has returned after an extended hiatus due to COVID-19. But he's back with new shadow Pokémon for trainers to catch and rescue. To encounter him in the wild, and earn a Super Rocket Radar, you need to defeat the three Team Rocket leaders. Each of them have a unique roster of Pokémon you need to prepare to battle. However, Cliff is still using the same Pokémon he had from February 2021.
First Pokémon
The first Pokémon Cliff uses in battle will be Aerodactyl, a Rock and Flying-type Pokémon. Aerodactyl is weak to Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water-type moves. There are several Pokémon you can use against it, but make sure it as any of those attacks to take advantage of Aerodactyl's weaknesses. We recommend using Metagross, Rhyperior, Terrakion, Magnezone, Swampert, Raikou, or Galarian Darmanitan.
Second Pokémon
These are the potential choices for Cliff's second Pokémon that he could use against you during the battle.
- Gallade (Fighting and Psychic-type)
- Cradilly (Grass and Rock-type)
- Slowking (Psychic and Water-type)
Based on what we know about Cliff's current choices, these Pokémon are weak to Bug, Fairy, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Steel-type attacks. You have multiple options available to you. We recommend using Melmetal, Metagross, Excradill, Cobalion, Aggron, Scizor, Escavalier, Lucario, Bisharp, or Registeel.
Third Pokémon
Here are the final choices for Cliff's third Pokémon that he might use against you in the battle.
- Dusknoir (Ghost-type)
- Tyranitar (Dark and Rock-type)
- Mamoswine (Ground and Ice-type)
Given the knowledge we have about Cliff's last choices for Pokémon, these Pokémon will be generally weak to Fire, Fairy, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type moves. We recommend using Blastoise, Gyarados, Milotic, Suicune, Swampert, Omastar, Metagross, Melmetal, Togekiss, Gardevoir, Tangrowth, or Torterra.
After you defeat Cliff, you'll have a chance to capture his Aerodactyl, which is one of the better shadow Pokémon you can use in a variety of Battle Leagues or even in raids as a PvE choice. There is a chance this Pokémon can appear as the shiny version.
With Cliff defeated, you'll be one step closer to encountering Giovanni and completing The Higher They Fly special research quest. For March 2021, Giovanni has a shadow Articuno that you can catch and potentially save.
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