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Rocket Leader Sierra Counters Guide

July 26, 2020

Sierra is a GO Rocket Team leader Pokemon GO, part of GO Rocket Special Research — Sierra is a Team GO Rocket member in Pokemon GO

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Sierra Pokémon GO counters are Pokémon that will help you defeat her with ease, regardless of which line-up Sierra uses. Remember that you can rematch Sierra if you lose the first time.

Use this Sierra guide in combination with knowing Sierra’s Pokémon to ensure a victory.

Sierra’s Pokémon Line-Up

Sierra uses a Beldum (PokeStop encounter) or Lapras (Balloon encounter) as her first Pokémon. Sierra’s second Pokémon can be an Exeggutor, a Lapras or a Sharpedo. Her third Pokémon can be a Shiftry, a Houndoom or an Alakazam.

Pokemon #1	Pokemon #2	Pokemon #3
Beldum Lapras	Exeggutor	Shiftry
	Lapras	Houndoom
	Sharpedo	Alakazam

Countering Sierra’s Pokémon

Beldum

Beldum uses a combination of two Normal moves. Beldum is weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost and Ground

Recommended Beldum counters

Pokémon	Fast move	Charge move
Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick
Darkrai	Snarl	Dark Pulse
Flareon	Fire Spin	Overheat
Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat

Exeggutor

Exeggutor uses Psychic and Grass quick and charge moves. Exeggutor is double weak to Bug, and weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice and Poison.

Recommended Exeggutor counters

Pokémon	Fast move	Charge move
Volcarona	Bug Bute	Bug Buzz
Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor
Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor
Yanmega	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz

Lapras

Lapras uses Water and Ice moves, with Skull Bash providing additional Normal type coverage for Charge moves. Some Lapras moves deals reduced damage to Dragon, some to Steel, which is quite interesting when picking counters. The priority is to resist the fast move and shield against the charge move.

Recommended Lapras counters

Pokémon	Fast move	Charge move
Dialga	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor
Lucario	Counter	Power Up Punch
Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Rock Slide
Regice	Lock On	Focus Blast

Sharpedo

Sharpedo can have a Dark and Water fast moves, and a Dark, Water or Poison charge move. Sharpedo is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting and Grass.

Recommended Sharpedo counters

Pokémon	Fast move	Charge move
Lucario	Counter	Super Power
Machamp	Counter	Close Combat
Raikou	Volt Switch	Wild Charge
Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Zap Cannon

Shiftry

Shiftry is similar to Cacturne, but its moves are far more predictable. Fast moves are Grass and Dark moves, and charge moves are Grass, Dark and Flying (Hurricane). Overall, Pokemon with “weird” movesets and inherit type advantage are a solid pick here.

Recommended Shiftry counters

Pokémon	Fast move	Charge move
Togekiss	Charm	Ancient Power
Ho-Oh	Hidden Power (Fire)	Brave Bird
Yanmega	Bug Bite	Ancient Power Bug Buzz
Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz

Houndoom

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.

Recommended Houndoom counters

Pokémon	Fast move	Charge move
Swampert	Mud Shot	Hydro Cannon
Poliwrath	Mud Shot	Power Up Punch
Machamp	Counter	Cross Chop
Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge

Alakazam

Alakazam uses Psychic quick moves, but has a wide Charge move pool (Focus Blast is a beast). Dark types excel against Alakazam, but shielding is mandatory. The key here, as it often is in PvP, is to resist the Fast move.

Recommended Alakazam counters