Pokemon GO: How to beat Giovanni (April 2023)
In order to defeat Giovanni in Pokemon Go in April 2023, you must first defeat his Pokemon lineup. Check out which Pokemon appears this month!
Trainers should be able to counter what Giovanni brings to the battle with the following lineup of possible counters. There are certainly loads of different Pokemon that can fill in for this suitable lineup, however, most should have no difficulties putting together the team suggested here!
Currently, he always uses Persian as the first Pokémon. You can battle with one of these Pokémon at random:
| FIRST POKEMON | ||
| Persian | ||
| SECOND POKEMON LINEUP | ||
| Nidoking | Kingler | Kingdra |
| THIRD POKEMON LINEUP | ||
| Regice | ||
Pokemon Go Giovanni ROUND 1: Persian
- What are Persian’s weaknesses? Fighting-type Moves
| POKEMON | MOVESET |
| Terrakion | Double Kick / Sacred Sword |
| Pheromosa | Low Kick / Focus Blast |
| Lucario | Counter / Aura Sphere |
| Urshifu (Single Strike) | Counter / Dynamic Punch |
| Keldeo (Ordinary) | Low Kick / Sacred Sword |
| Conkeldurr | Counter / Dynamic Punch |
Pokemon Go Giovanni ROUND 2: Nidoking, Kingler, or Kingdra
- What are Nidoking’s weaknesses? Ground, Water, Psychic, and Ice-type Moves
| POKEMON | MOVESET |
| Unbound Hoopa | Confusion / Psychic |
| Mewtwo | Confusion / Psystrike |
| Calyrex (Shadow Rider) | Confusion / Psychic |
| Attack Deoxys | Zen Headbutt / Psycho Boost |
| Azelf | Confusion / Future Sight |
- What are Kingler’s weaknesses? Grass and Electric-type Moves
| POKEMON | MOVESET |
| Kartana | Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade |
| Xurkitree | Thunder Shock / Discharge |
| Thundurus (Therian) | Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt |
| Zekrom | Charge Beam / Wild Charge |
| Deoxys (Attack) | Zen Headbutt / Zap Cannon |
- What are Kingdra’s weaknesses? Dragon and Fairy-type Moves
| POKEMON | MOVESET |
| Kyurem (Black) | Dragon Tail / Outrage |
| Palkia | Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor |
| Rayquaza | Dragon Tail / Outrage |
| Salamence | Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor |
| Zacian (Crowned Sword) | Snarl / Play Rough |
Pokemon Go Giovanni ROUND 3: Regice
- What are Regice’s weaknesses? Fighting, Rock, Steel, and Fire-type Moves
| POKEMON | MOVESET |
| Reshiram | Fire Fang / Fusion Flare |
| Terrakion | Double Kick / Sacred Sword |
| Zacian (Crowned Sword) | Metal Claw / Iron Head |
| Pheromosa | Low Kick / Focus Blast |
| Metagross | Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash |
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SOURCE: Pokemon Game Info, DB Pokemon Hub
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SHADOW LUGIA COUNTERS: Rock, Electric, Ice-type Pokemon / Moves
My line up worked the best. First, he had his Persian. I used my Rhyperior (Cp3420) with his smack down/stone edge. One shield will be used here. After my first attack I switch over to Machamp (Cp2703) with Counter/Dynamic punch where I took him out. They use Kingler for the 2nd one where my Machamp used it’s 2nd attack and a 3rd. I than waste him as I did not shield. Lugia comes up. I than used my Tyranitar (cp3477) iron tail/fire blast and used off one attack. I also used my 2nd shield. They will take you out before a 2nd attack can come off, and they send another attack anyway. Don’t sweet it. Once Tyranitar goes down, switch back to rhyperior. Their will be just enough to finish Lugia off.
I study this over two weeks finding him everyday, and losing every day, until I did everything above and won!
Hey there! Thanks so much for this strategy guide. It will surely help a lot of trainers! 😀
Anytime. I hope it works for others too.
great this finally worked! thx
This was so helpful thank you. I was finally able to beat him. I did Rhyperior and machamp like you said but then I used Zacian at the end against Latias. I never even needed to use a shield which is crazy because I tried so many times to beat him before. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks I try these combination and it did not work do the cp have to be higher than 2800 -3100?
I can’t get past his Persian. Right now his Persian is coming at me with over 14,000cp. And I don’t have a Rhyperior yet. My Machamp is not strong enough to take him on. I don’t have good matches over 3,000cp for any of his line-up. My Lucario is even less than 2,000cp. I’ve defeated Giovanni twice before but I do not know why the heck this time he’s so much freakin stronger. I’m level 40 and play every day…I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but clearly something very important.
To beat Persian I used scrafty 3 star cp 1534 counter 12 power-up-punch 50 twice and my hitmonchan once took him out. I also use hitmonchan cp 2122 counter 12 close-combat 100 on rhyperior then swithched back to scrafty. But dont have the right 3rd combination to take out latatis:(