Cliff is one of three Team Rocket leaders you can challenge in , offering great rewards in January 2025 for anyone who can beat him.
Although Cliff's team may be familiar going into the new year, there are even better ways to counter his Pokémon than before.
By analyzing his lineup of strong pocket monsters, you can easily find a way to defeat this Team Rocket captain every time. Along with Sierra and Arlo in , Cliff can only be found when you build the Rocket Radar item by defeating Team Rocket Grunts.
Six Mysterious Components collected from Grunts make up the Radar, which leads you to a Leader once it's built. Unfortunately, the leader you encounter is determined randomly, so you only have a 33% chance of running into Cliff.
Like other Team Rocket battles, the fight against Cliff is divided into three phases, or that you must get through.