Giovanni in Pokémon GO, and in all the games of the franchise, is presented as the leader of Team Go Rocket (in the case of the mobile game), he is one of the most iconic villains of all.
In Pokémon GO, facing it is one of the goals set by trainers who have achieved a high CP level.
And it is that, after the appearance of the leaders of Team Go Rocket Arlo, Cliff and Sierra, it was only a matter of time before the maximum boss appeared.
If you are strong enough to defeat him, you will get great rewards and even the possibility of capturing a legendary Dark Pokémon.
How to find Giovanni in Pokémon GO?
To face this legendary leader, you must first complete the following missions:
- First, the Special Investigation Task called A worrying situation to unlock Giovanni's latest Special Investigation Task.
- Then you must complete the fourth step Giovanni's Special Investigation Task Force, which will ask you to defeat the three Team Go Rocket Leaders.
- At the end of that step, you will receive the Super Rocket Radar.
Once you have the Super Radar Rocket, you can search for Giovanni and face him.
However, do not expect that finding him will be an easy task, even with the Radar, since you will meet several members of Team Go Rocket disguised as Giovanni and you will have to defeat them until you find the real one.
How to beat Giovanni?
Before facing against him, it is good that you prepare your pokémon for combat, make sure they have much higher CP than the leaders of Team Go Rocket because Giovanni is much stronger than them.
The Big Boss chooses a Legendary Dark Pokémon and a second different team member each month, making it difficult to prepare a specific team to face him.
Pokémon that Giovanni has used
In October 2020, Giovanni carried the following Pokémon:
- First pokémon: persian
- Second pokémon: Kangaskhan, Nidoking or Garchomp
- Third pokémon: Mewtwo.
Assuming you have the same team next time, against Persian it is best to have a fighting guy like Conkeldurr, Lucario or Machamp.
In turn, these three will help you defeat your Kangaskhan.
Against Nidoking or Garchomp, the ideal is to have an ice type pokémon. Weavile, Mamoswine, Lapras and even Ice cream.
If you have to face Zapdos or Articuno as the third pokémon, the ice type will be equally helpful. ´
For Moltres, any water-type pokémon such as Vaporeon, Swampert or Milotic will come in handy.
Against Mewtwo things are more complicated. We all know that this is one of the most powerful of all existing Pokémon, so it will be difficult to defeat it even with type advantage.
Still, we recommend using Scizor, Tryranitar, or Chandlelure. Weavile would also help you against Mewtwo.
All of Giovanni's Legendary Dark Pokémon:
- Dark Articuno - November 2019
- Dark Zapdos - December 2019
- Dark Moltres- January 2020
- Dark Raikou - February 2020
- Dark Entei - March 2020
- Dark Suicune - July 2020 (part of the Go Fest Battle celebrations)
- Dark Mewtwo - October 2020