Team Rocket Leader: Sierra Guide

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Strategies and counters for taking down Team Rocket Leader Sierra

Table of Contents

Team Rocket Leader Sierra -

Pokemon Lineup

Catchable Pokemon

Team building recommendations

You worked hard for 6 Mysterious Components, and your reward is... A fantastic PvP encounter in Skorupi! It's newly acquired shadow shiny from matches its red eyes fantastically as a bonus. It seems a bit underwhelming compared to some of the monsters that we've seen from the rocket leaders in the past, but it can be VERY rewarding depending on the pvp team!
Team Rocket Leader Sierra - "I envy you - you get to battle me!"
Pokemon Lineup
First SlotSecond SlotThird Slot
Shadow SkorupiShadow MiloticShadow Houndoom
Shadow FerrothornShadow Drapion
Shadow NinetalesNidoqueen
Catchable Pokemon
Shadow SkorupiShadow Drapion is a fantastic PvP Pokemon, both in the Great League and Ultra League. What makes Shadow Drapion stand out is its larger moveset diversity, which enables it to be more versatile.
Team building recommendations
For the Team Leaders, it's important to work on strong team building a bit more, as they definitely pose more of a threat than most of the grunts. For this reason, we're going to look at our counters less on an individual basis and more based on their role within a team. This team structure isn't mandatory to win, but at least some degree of planning will help tremendously.
Lead
Heatran
 Tanking every move in Shadow Skorupi's arsenal and being able to burn shields quickly with Fire Spin and Magma Storm*, makes for an excellent lead and can deal with Ferrothorn if needed in the second slot.
Second Slot
Kartana
 Kartana is here to do one thing: deal with Milotic. It's a very bulky Pokemon that needs super effective damage to be dealt with quickly, and there's no Pokemon better than Kartana with Razor Leaf and Leaf Blade for this job.
Third Slot
Swampert
 Being able to deal with Sierras' whole backline using Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon*/Earthquake, Swampert makes for the ultimate backline slaying machine. It's also great to throw out against Ninetales happens to come out in Sierras second slot.
Good substitutes
Reshiram
 Having excellent Fast Move damage with Fire Fang, it doesn't quite hold up as it struggles with burning shields early in the fight.
Venusaur
 Hi, my name is Venusaur, but you can call me Budget Kartana. (Vine Whip and Frenzy Plant*)
Rhyperior
 Replacing Swampert is no easy task, but Rhyperior comes really close. Mud SLap has great damage, and Earthquake/Surf cover the backline perfectly. But... it tends to take super effective damage from Nidoqueen's Mud Shot and Drapion's Ice Fang, and you always want elite Rock Wrecker* on Rhyperior. So only use it if you have a spare one without Rock Wrecker lying around.