With May arriving,Pokemon GOfans have a new slate of limited time events coming to the popular mobile title. New quest lines have appeared, tasking players with performing a number of different actions within the game while alsoadding new Pokemon into the game like Larvesta and Volcarona. Naturally, players can also participate in LTM events like Community Day, which is placing the spotlight on the Fire Fox known as Fennekin.
In addition, players will also be able to challenge the ever present enemy squad known as Team GO Rocket. Occupying the sky in their hot air balloon, as well as various PokeStops, players can collect Rocket Radars to challenge group leadership, ultimately leading to the big prize: a battle withPokemonseries villain Giovanni. These battles are a great way for players to earn some powerful attacking Shadow Pokemon as well.
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As expected, Giovanni is once again invadingPokemon GOand players can take him on one they get their hands on a Super Rocket Radar. However, the Team Rocket leader can be a tough out as he typically has powerful Pokemon at his disposal including a legendary as his final one. Here is what players should expect as well as which Pokemon to bring to score a victory.
Giovanni’s First Pokemon
In typical fashion, Giovanni leads off the battle with his signature Pokemon, Persian.Persian is a normal type Pokemon, which typically means no strengths or weaknesses, but inside of Pokemon GO, Persian goes down especially quick to Fighting type Pokemon. Players should be prepared for Normal, Dark, Rock, and Fairy moves as well.
As such, players will want to take certain fighting type Pokemon into battle with them. The best options (though not the only possible ones) are as follows:
Giovanni’s Second Pokemon
The second Pokemon Giovanni uses is any one of three options. For May 2023, players could see either Kingler, Nidoking, or Kingdra. Here’s how to deal with all three.
Kingler
Compared to the other two options,Kingler is a pure Water type, which makes countering it a bit easier. Electric and Grass type moves and players should do well to avoid Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water types as well.
Nidoking
Another dual type isNidoking which is Poison and Ground. The best options to go with are Pokemon with Ground, Water, Psychic, and Ice-type moves while avoiding Fighting, Rock, Bug, Fairy, Poison, and Electric.
Kingdra
The final possibility in round 2 is Kingdra, the Dragon and Water dual type. As such, players will want to focus on Pokemon with Dragon and Fairy moves, while avoiding Pokemon with Steel, Fire, and Water typing.
Giovanni’s Third Pokemon
Unlike the other Team GO Rocket leaders, the final battle with Giovanni is against a Shadow Legendary.This month is Regice, a pure ice team which means Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel types are the player’s best bet. Here are some solid options:
If the player is able to get through this gauntlet of Pokemon, their reward will be to capture Shadow Regice. With a limited supply of Pokeballs to use, players should make sure to use their berries, particular Golden Razz Berries to improve the odds of catching this legendary Pokemon.
