Giovanni Pokemon Go (February 2023), New Shadow Pokemon and Best Counters

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Team Go Rocket Leaders Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra, and the Team Go Rocket Boss Giovanni started to appear more frequently at PokeStops and in balloons. They always cause terror and disturbance in the peace of the good Trainers that try to save all Pokemon.

Team Go Rocket captures Pokemon and turns them to the evil side, making them Shadow Pokemon. The Shadow Pokemon are different than their regular Pokemon by the dark aura that surrounds them. They even have dark and scary eyes. If you manage to capture them, you can purify them with the purification method, giving you a Purified Shadow Pokemon with an increased CP.

Each team has leaders and a boss. The leaders are named Arlo, Cliff, and Sierra, and their boss is called Giovanni. Giovanni is a story of its own, meaning he is the most difficult one to defeat in a battle. Like difficult. You will need a few times to battle him, but only the lucky ones defeat him on the first try. That happens only when you have a really strong Pokemon line-up that you trust will bring you victory.

We are always here to help you, so we will post the list of Shadow Pokemon used by Giovanni, including the best counterparts to defeat each Pokemon. Giovanni uses Shadow Persian as his first choice, and Shadow Registeel last.

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon and Counters

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon lineup #1

Shadow Persian (can be shiny)

Best Counters:

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon lineup #2

Shadow Garchomp

Best Counters:

Shadow Nidoking

Best Counters:

Shadow Cloyster

Best Counters

Giovanni Shadow Pokemon lineup #3

Shadow Registeel

Best Counters:

That’s all you need to know about Giovanni and how to defeat him. Make sure to use the counters from our guide, we promise it would make things a lot easier.

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