Pokémon Go Giovanni counters for November 2024

So, you want to know how to beat Pokémon Go’s Giovanni this month? Well, you’re in the right place. The Team Go Rocket leader made his return in November 2021 with legendary Shadow Lugia by his side. He’s possibly the toughest Rocket member to beat, but with the right counters and the know-how on what his weaknesses are, you’ll defeat him in no time.

In this Giovanni counter guide, we outline the best Pokémon team to take into battle. We’ve also listed the rewards you receive for defeating him. Check out our Pokémon Go codes while you’re here if you need some freebies, then take a look at our Pokémon Go Sierra, Pokémon Go Cliff, and Pokémon Go Arlo guides for some pro gamer strats.

Here are the best counters for each of Pokémon Go’s Giovanni Pokémon:

Persian
Rhyperior
Nidoking
Kingdra
Shadow Heatran

What are the best counters for Persian?

Giovanni will always use Persian as his first Pokémon. Persian is a normal-type Pokémon meaning it’s weak to fighting moves.

Here are our recommended Persian counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Lucario	Counter and Power-up Punch or Aura Sphere
	Machamp	Counter and Cross Chop or Dynamic Punch
	Conkeldurr	Counter and Dynamic Punch or Focus Blast
	Rhyperior	Mud Slap and Stone Edge or Rock Wrecker
	Tyranitar	Smack Down and Brutal Swing or Stone Edge

What are the best counters for Rhyperior?

Rhyperior is one of Giovanni’s second Pokémon, it’s weak to grass-, water-, fighting-, ground-, ice-, and steel-types. To beat it, we recommend any of the following to take into battle.

Here are the best Rhyperior counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Swampert	Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon
	Kyogre	Waterfall and Origin Pulse
	Sceptile	Bullet Seed and Frenzy Plant

What are the best counters for Nidoking?

Nidoking is weak to ground-, ice-, psychic-, and water-type attacks, here are our recommended counters.

Here are the best Nidoking counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Swampert	Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon
	Kyogre	Waterfall and Origin Pulse
	Groudon	Mud Shot and Precipice Blades

What are the best counters for Kingdra?

Kingdra can be one of the second Pokémon that Giovanni uses. It’s weak to dragon- and fairy-type moves.

Here are the Kingdra counters we recommend:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Gardevoir	Charm and Dazzling Gleam
	Togekiss	Charm and Dazzling Gleam
	Dragonite	Dragon Tail and Dragon Claw

What are the best counters for Heatran?

Finally, you need to take on Shadow Heatran, this fire and steel Pokémon is weak against ground-, fighting-, and water-type attacks and resistant to bug-, fairy-, grass-, ice-, poison-, steel-, dragon-, flying-, normal-, and psychic-types.

Here are our recommended Cresselia counters:

Sprite	Pokémon	Moves
	Swampert	Mud Shot and Hydro Cannon
	Garchomp	Mud Shot and Earth Power or Earthquake
	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap and Earthquake

What rewards do I get for beating Pokémon Go’s Giovanni?

You get a whole bunch of rewards for defeating Pokémon Go’s Giovanni. For starters, you get 5,000 Stardust and an assortment of items, including max potions and max revives. A win also helps level up your Ultra Hero medal, which counts how many times you defeat the boss of Team Go Rocket.

As mentioned, you’ll level up your Ultra Hero medal every time you defeat Giovanni. When you defeat him enough times, you unlock more clothing which we’ve listed below. So, if you’re looking to kit yourself out and you’ve assembled the ultimate team to take him down, then it might be worth investing some time.

Defeat Giovanni five times + silver badge level – unlocks shoes
Defeat Giovanni five times + silver badge level – unlocks pants
Defeat Giovanni 20 times + gold badge level – unlocks shirt
Defeat Giovanni 20 times + gold badge level – unlocks gloves

And that’s everything you need to know about defeating Pokémon Go’s Giovanni. For more content like this, we recommend you head over to our P okémon Go event, Pokémon Go raid, Pokédex, and Pokémon Go best Pokémon guides.