A complete guide on how to defeat Team GO Rocket Leader Sierra in Pokémon GO. Sierra counters are Pokémon that are specialized in defeating her line-up with ease.
Use this Sierra guide in combination with knowing Sierra’s Pokémon to ensure a victory. Remember that you can rematch Sierra if you lose the first time.
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Sierra’s Pokémon Line-Up
Sierra uses Shadow Carvanha as her first Pokémon. Sierra’s second Pokémon can be Shadow Hippowdon, Shadow Porygon-Z or Shadow Mismagius. Her third Pokémon can be Shadow Flygon, Shadow Houndoom or Shadow Walrein.
Countering Sierra’s Pokémon
Carvanha
Sierra’s Carvanha uses mostly Dark fast moves and Water, Poison or Dark charge moves. Carvanha is weak to Fairy, Electric, Grass, Fighting and Bug moves. Consequentially, counters are wildly varied and there’s quite a lot to pick from.
Recommended counters
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Charm |
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Razor Leaf |
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Razor Leaf |
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Charm |
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Dragon Breath |
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Hippowdon
Sierra’s Hippowdon move pool is… crazy. It has all the Fang moves for fast moves and Ground, Normal and Rock charge moves. There’s simply too many combinations to discuss each one, we’re just listing the best overall counters for two main scenarios:
- Hippowdon uses a fast move that’s super effective vs Grass (Fire and Ice Fang) – prioritise Water attackers
- It uses any other fast move (Bite and Thunder Fang) – prioritise Grass and Ice attackers
Recommended counters
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Dragon Breath |
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Waterfall |
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Waterfall |
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Razor Leaf |
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Powder Snow |
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Mud Slap |
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Porygon-Z
Sierra’s Porzgon-Z can have Normal and Electric fast moves, and Normal, Ice, Grass or Electric charge moves. Porygon-Z is only weak to Fighting moves. It can be quite a menace to deal with if you don’t defeat it quickly.
Recommended counters
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Spark |
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Psycho Cut |
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Mismagius
Sierra’s Mismagius is rather easy to defeat. Mismagius Ghost fast moves combine with regular ghosty-charge-moves, makes it easy to counter with strong Dark and Normal types.
Recommended counters
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Lock On |
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Snarl |
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Shadow Claw |
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Snarl |
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Smack Down |
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Houndoom
Sierra’s Houndoom uses Dark and Fire fast and charge moves, which make him easy to counter. His weakness to Water, Fighting, Rock and Ground is easy to exploit and that’s exactly what we will be doing here.
Recommended counters
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Smack down |
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Smack down |
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Waterfall |
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Flygon
Sierra’s Flygon uses Dragon or Ground quick and charge moves. The key to victory is resisting the fast move and burning down Flygon with SE attacks. Fairy, Ice and Dragon types perform excellently here.
⚠️ Use Dragon types only if Flygon is using Mud Shot as fast move!
Recommended counters
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Charm |
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Charm |
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Charm |
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Powder Snow |
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Ice Shard |
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Dragon Breath |
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Walrein
Sierra’s Walrein has access to Waterfall and Ice Breath quick moves, and Blizzard, Earthquake and Water Pulse charge moves. Your choice of counter depends on the Fast move: Fire and Steel against Ice Breath, Grass against Waterfall.
Recommended counters
Versus Waterfall
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Vine Whip |
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Vine Whip |
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Dragon Breath |
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Shadow Claw |
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Bullet Seed |
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Versus Ice Breath
| Pokémon | Fast move | Charge move |
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Fire Spin |
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Confusion |
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Confusion |
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Thunder Shock |
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Bullet Punch |
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