How To Beat Giovanni In Pokémon GO (April 2023)

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By Ben Folk-Sullivan

Published Mar 19, 2023

Heading into the month of April 2023, the Team GO Rocket boss, Giovanni, continues to be a fearsome challenge for Pokémon GO's player base even now.

Team GO Rocket is still causing trouble for new and experienced trainers in Pokémon GO, and the Team GO Rocket Leader, Giovanni, is still a fearsome foe indeed. Players looking to take him down will need the best team they can get, and should work to optimize their builds for his line-up.

Players who managed to encounter this man during April will find him just as fearsome as always, even if his team is different from his debut to Pokémon GO in 2022. He brings five powerful Shadow Pokémon to the table: Persian, Nidoking, Cloyster, Garchomp, and Regice. Trainers will fight him over in one on one matches over the course of three rounds. As always his trusty Persian the Legendary are the guaranteed first and third rounds a trainer will need to defeat, but the second round can be any one of the remaining three. It is almost impossible to have a perfect counter ready for all three, but players should be able to get through so long as they are careful.

Best Pokémon GO counters for Giovanni in April 2023

Pokemon GO's Team GO Rocket Boss Giovanni and the blurred-out Pokémon GO map in the background.

Trainers will want Pokémon that counter Giovanni's Pokémon's weaknesses. The move sets for those counters have been sourced from pokemongohub.net.

Giovanni's Pokémon	Type-Weakness	Best Counters	Moveset
Persian	Fighting	Machamp	Charge Move: Cross Chop Fast Move: Counter
		Conkeldurr	Charge Move: Dynamic Punch Fast Move: Counter
		Keldeo	Charge Move: Sacred Sword Fast Move: Low Kick
Nidoking	Ground, Water, Psychic, Ice	Rhyperior	Charge move: Earthquake Fast Move: Mud-Slap
		Swampert	Charge Move: Hydro Cannon Fast Move: Water Gun
		Espeon	Charge Move: Psychic Confusion
Cloyster	Fighting, Rock, Grass, Electric	Machamp	Charge Move: Cross Chop Fast Move: Counter
		Tyranitar	Charge Move: Stone Edge Fast Move: Smack Down
		Lucario	Charge Move: Aura Sphere Fast Move: Bullet Punch
Garchomp	Ice, Dragon, Fairy	Sylveon	Charge Move: Avalanche Fast Move: Powder Snow
		Mamoswine	Charge Move: Dazzling Gleam Fast Move: Charm
		Salamance	Charge Move: Outrage Fast Move: Dragon Tail
Regice	Fighting, Rock, Fire, Steel	Aggron	Charge Move: Meteor Beam Fast Move: Iron Tail
		Terrakion	Charge Move: Sacred Sword Fast Move: Smack Down
		Charizard	Charge Move: Blast Burn Fast Move: Fire Spin

Astute trainers will note the overlap between Giovanni's Type-weaknesses, so there is a potential benefit to trying to go for overlap. However, trainers should not plan on using the same Pokémon in two different rounds in Pokémon GO, as it will faint.

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Pokemon GO

Released:

2016-07-06

Developer:

The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, Niantic

Genre:

Augmented Reality, RPG

Platform:

Android, iOS

Publisher:

Niantic, Nintendo

ESRB:

E

Franchise:

Pokemon