Pokemon Go’s Sierra puts forward a pretty big challenge. Not to mention, she often switches around her lineup, just like her fellow Leaders. Well, if you’re looking for the best Pokémon to use to ensure you can her down, search no further! We’ve put together a list of the best counters to use against her, to give you that necessary edge in battle.
If you find this useful and want to be the very best like no one ever was, take a look at our Pokémon Go Cliff, Pokémon Go Arlo, and Pokémon Go Giovanni guides to learn about the best counters for their teams.
Here are the best counters for Pokémon Go’s Sierra:
What are the best counters for Carvanha?
Sierra sends out Carvanha as her first combatant, it’s a water- and dark-type ‘mon and is weak to bug-, electric-, fairy-, fighting-, and grass-type enemies.
Here are our recommended Carvanha counters:
| Sprites | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Lucario | Force Palm and Aura Sphere |
 | Machamp | Counter and Dynamic Punch |
 | Gardevoir | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
What are the best counters for Sableye?
Shadow Sableye can be one of Sierra’s second Pokémon. It’s weak to fairy-type attacks and resistant to fighting-, normal-, poison-, and psychic-types.
Here are our recommendedSableye counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Togekiss | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
 | Sylveon | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
| Gardevoir | Charm and Dazzling Gleam |
What are the best counters for Ampharos?
Sierra’s second Pokémon can also be Ampharos, an electric-type ‘mon. Make sure you use Pokémon with ground attacks.
Here are our recommended Ampharos counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Excadrill | Mud-Slap and Scorching Sands |
 | Mamoswine | Mud-Slap and High Horsepower |
 | Rhyperior | Mud-Slap and Earthquake |
What are the best counters for Milotic?
Another of Sierra’s secondary Pokémon can be Milotic, a water-type ‘mon. Make sure you use Pokémon with electric or grass attacks
Here are our recommended Milotic counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Electivire | Thunder Shock and Wild Charge |
 | Magnezone | Spark and Wild Charge |
 | Xurkitree | Thunder Shock and Discharge |
What are the best counters for Alakazam?
Sierra can use the psychic-type Alakazam as her third Pokémon. You should go for bug-, ghost-, and dark-type counters.
Here are our recommended Alakazam counters:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Gengar | Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball |
 | Hydreigon | Bite and Brutal Swing |
 | Tyranitar | Bite and Brutal Swing |
What are the best counters for Nidoqueen?
Sierra can use this as one of her third Pokémon. If you encounter Sierra’s Nidoqueen, make sure you have a ground-, ice-, psychic-, or water-type ‘mon on hand.
Here are the Nidoqueen counters we recommend you use:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Mewtwo | Confusion and Psystrike |
| Mamoswine | Mud-Slap and Avalanche |
 | Metagross | Zen Headbutt and Psychic |
What are the best counters for Houndoom?
Sierra’s Houndoom only uses dark and fire moves, and is weak to water-, fighting-, rock-, and ground-types, so you’ve got quite a few options!
Here are the Houndoom counters we recommend you use:
| Sprite | Pokémon | Moves |
 | Kyogre | Waterfall and Surf |
| Rhyperior | Smack Down and Rock Wrecker or Surf |
 | Conkeldurr | Counter and Dynamic Punch or Stone Edge |
| Machamp | Counter and Cross Chop or Rock Slide |
What rewards do I get for defeating Sierra?
When you defeat Sierra, or any other Team Go Rocket Leader, you are granted some well-deserved rewards. You will always get 1,000 Stardust and a random selection of two of the following items:
- A 12km egg
- One Revive
- One Max Revive
- One Max Potion
- One Unova Stone
- One Sinnoh Stone
For more Pokémon goodness, take a look at our Pokédex and Pokémon Go best Pokémon guide. You can also head over to our Pokémon Go events or Pokémon Go codes lists to see what freebies you can snag!
