How To Beat Giovanni Pokemon Go?

The Pokémon GO game came out in 2016 and is a reality augmented sort of game and popularly a part of the Pokémon franchise. It has both been published and developed by Nitanic in collaboration with Nintendo for Android and iOS devices.

In this article, I will be discussing how to beat Giovanni Pokemon GO and more. Keep reading till the end of the article to find out more information about the same!

Tasks To Tackle Before Encountering Giovanni

Generally, you are going to have to complete the following tasks for being able to encounter Giovanni in Pokémon Go. But also at the same time, you are going to get a few other research tasks which might allow you to skip around a few steps.

Here is a list of tasks that you are going to have to tackle for encountering “Boss Rocket” in Pokémon Go.

Task 1

First of all, you need to collect a total of 6 Mysterious Components from the Rocket Grunts Team and then unlock the Rocket Radar Team.

Task 2

After you are done equipping the radar, you can find three other Rocket Leaders as well.

Task 3

Next, you need to beat the leaders that you found and then complete the special research tasks that are Team Rocket related.

Task 4

Now, you are going to get the Super Rocket Radar after being done with all the challenges and encounters.

Task 5

Finally, you can equip the Super Rocket Radar and then start visiting PokéStops to find Giovanni.

Tip: You are not going to be able to locate Giovanni without obtaining the Super Rocket Radar first. This means that you need to complete all of the steps discussed above if you feel like taking him down. Players might also get to find a Rocket Grunt that is disguised as a Giovanni when they search for the “Go Rocket Boss Team”.

Giovanni’s Pokémon Lineup

Finally, the part which you all have come here for – “Pokemon GO how to beat Giovanni”. Here is the exact Pokémon Lineup of Giovanni in the Pokémon GO game:

First Pokémon

The first that he starts with is his ol’ trusty partner.

Persian

Persian always seems to be by Giovanni’s side.

Giovanni is always shown to start off his battles with this trusty Persian. Ever since its debut in the anime, it has become synonymous with villainous leaders.

To counter this Pokémon, you need to feature a Fighting-type Pokémon as Persian is weak against such moves. The Pokémon who are going to be the most effective in fighting off Persians are Lucario, Breloom, and Machamp – for most of the cases. If you happen to have any other “Fighting-type” Pokémon in your Pokédex then you could line them up as well.

Second Pokémon

Giovanni possesses three options for the second slot under him. These three Pokémon include – Nidoking, Kingler, and Garchomp.

Nidoking

Nidoking returns again to Giovanni’s team as an option for a PokNidoking, Kingler, and Garchompmon that appears after the players have already defeated Persian. But unfortunately, the dual Ground/Poison-typing makes it harder to avoid damage from the moves that are “Fighting-type”.

Hence, players need to prepare strategic moves that are going to be super-effective in doing damage to Nidoking, or else they are going to succumb to a rapid succession of damage.

The best options of Pokémon to choose from are either Water-type Pokémons or Psychic Pokémons. Some of the Water Type Pokémons that you can choose from are – Alakazam, Slowbro, and Mewtwo. For Psychic Pokémons, you could choose Milotic, Poliwrath, Swampert, and Gyarados.

Kingler

Kingler is not that much of a difficult Pokémon to encounter, as some of its strongest moves are Bug and Water-type. They can also hit you with Mud Shot/Metal Claw but deciding to bring any kind of Electric-type Pokémon like Xurkitree, Zekrom or Raikou is also going to guarantee you an easy win.

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Garchomp

Giovanni is yet again packing a Dragon type but this time he swapped out his Kingdra for a Garchomp.

To counter such a powerhouse, your best friend is going to be an Ice-Type Pokémon. You would likely want to avoid bringing up any Dragons of your own as they wouldn’t want to take many hits.

Most of the veteran players should possess a Glaceon for taking up a challenge. The other Pokémon types who would also get the job done are – Kyogre, Beartic, Mewtwo, and Mamoswine.

Third Pokémon

The third Pokémon that he uses is a legendary Shadow Type one, and if you are quick with it you will be able to make it yours after defeating it as well.

Regigigas

After several months of work into this, Giovanni has now made Pokémon Regigigas into a Shadow-type Pokémon. This just means you as a player are going to have to deal with a Normal-Type which hits like a tonne of bricks.

Regigigas might not have access to the scariest attacks like Hidden Power and Fast Attacks but they still can make use of Thunder, Giga Impact, and Focus Blast in its “Attack slots”.

With such a form of coverage and Normal Type, you would want to counter them with Fighting Type Pokémon. Some good options that you can consider choosing are Blaziken, Lucario, Cobalion, Blaziken, and Machamp.

Tip: After finally defeating Regigigas, as a player you are going to get the opportunity of catching it and then adding it to the parties. If you want to be able to catch this Shadow Legendary Type of Pokémon then you need to be quick with it.

To Wrap It Up!

By carefully using the tactics that I have discussed earlier, you are going to be able to successfully defeat Giovanni in the Pokémon GO game. You are going to have to pull out all the stops for being able to defeat him.

Thank you for reading this particular article up till the end. I hope you found the information regarding “how to beat Giovanni pokemon go” to be tactful.

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