How to beat Sierra in Pokemon Go (July 2024) – Counters & weaknesses

Sierra is one of the fiercest Team Rocket Leaders in Pokemon Go, and just like Arlo and Cliff, she changes her lineup every few months to throw you off-guard.

To beat her, you need to use powerful counters that can make quick work of her team of Shadow Pokemon, so here’s all about her team in July 2024, including her weaknesses and the best team to win the battle.

Sierra Pokemon Go team in July 2024

• Trapinch
• Sableye / Milotic / Honchkrow
• Alakazam / Houndoom / Victreebel

Sierra’s team is a very tricky one, even for seasoned Pokemon Go trainers, as her team shifts from tanky opponents in the middle to hard-hitting monsters at the end. That said, switching your counters in and out properly does the trick.

How to defeat Sierra in Pokemon Go

You can beat Sierra by using counters that deal super-effective damage and prompt her to use shields as soon as possible.

Best Trapinch counters

• Glaceon with Ice Shard and Avalanche.
• Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Leaf Blade.
• Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche.
• Greninja with Water Shuriken and Hydro Cannon.
• Mega Gyarados with Waterfall and Crunch.

Trapinch is a Ground-type species, which means it’s weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves. It’s also resistant to Electric, Poison, and Rock-type attacks, so be careful who you pick for this fight.

Sableye counters

• Gardevoir with Charm and Dazzling Gleam.
• Togekiss with Charm and Dazzling Gleam.
• Xerneas with Geomancy and Moonblast.
• Sylveon with Charm and Dazzling Gleam.
• Primarina with Charm and Moonblast.

Sableye is a Dark/Ghost type, which means it’s only weak against Fairy-type moves. It’s also resistant to Normal, Psychic, Fighting, and Poison-type attacks.

Since Fairy-type attacks have a huge advantage against Sableye, we recommend picking only these counters for this challenging Pokemon Go bout.

Honchkrow counters

• Rampardos with Smack Down and Rock Slide.
• Mega Diancie with Rock Throw and Rock Slide.
• Rhyperior with Smack Down and Rock Wrecker.
• Mega Tyranitar with Smack Down and Stone Edge.
• Gardevoir with Charm and Dazzling Gleam.

Honchkrow is a Dark/Flying type, meaning it’s weak against Electric, Fairy, Ice, and Rock-type attacks. It will resist Ground, Psychic, Dark, Ghost, and Dark-type moves.

Milotic counters

• Mega Sceptile with Fury Cutter and Leaf Blade.
• Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade.
• Shadow Raikou with Thunder Shock and Wild Charge.
• Xurkitree with Thunder Shock and Discharge.
• Electivire with Thunder Shock and Wild Charge.
• Magnezone with Spark and Wild Charge.

Milotic is a pure Water-type species, which means it’s only weak against Electric and Grass-type moves. It is resistant to Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water-type attacks, so you shouldn’t have much problem with your picks.

Houndoom counters

• Lucario with Counter and Power-Up Punch.
• Machamp with Counter and Close Combat.
• Conkeldurr with Counter and Dynamic Punch.
• Kyogre with Waterfall and Surf.
• Primarina with Charm and Hydro Pump.
• Tyranitar with Smack Down and Stone Edge.

As a dual Fire/Dark type, Houndoom is weak against Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-type attacks. It’s resistant to Ghost, Steel, Fire, Grass, Psychic, Ice, and Dark-type moves, so be careful with your pick.

Fighting types are your safest bet, but you can also go with not-so-obvious choices, relying on powerful Water types.

Alakazam counters

• Mega Tyranitar with Bite and Brutal Swing.
• Mega Gengar with Lick and Shadow Ball.
• Chandelure with Hex and Shadow Ball.
• Mega Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball.
• Mega Houndoom with Snarl and Foul Play.

Alakazam is a pure Psychic type, meaning its only weaknesses are Bug, Dark, and Ghost-type attacks. Luckily, it only resists Fighting and Psychic-type moves.

Victreebel counters

• Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Psystrike.
• Baxcalibur with Ice Fang and Avalanche.
• Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent.
• Reshiram with Fire Fang and Fusion Flare.
• Yveltal with Gust and Oblivion Wing.
• Moltres with Wing Attack and Sky Attack.

Victreebel is a Grass/Poison type, so it’s weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-type attacks. Its list of resistances includes Grass, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Water-type moves.

Best team to defeat Sierra in Pokemon Go

The best team to defeat Sierra is Mega Sceptile, Togekiss, and Mewtwo. Alternatively, you can replace Mewtwo with a Dark or Ghost-type Pokemon so Alakazam isn’t a problem for you.

You should note that Mega Sceptile, with its high Attack stat of 320 and spammy Bug and Grass-type moves, is the top counter to battle Sierra, so it’s a great lead to use that can potentially sweep her entire team as well.

Once you beat Sierra and other Leaders, here’s how you can beat Giovanni and his Legendary Shadow Groudon in Pokemon Go.