How to beat Giovanni in April 2025

Giovanni is back in Pokemon Go With powerful shadow Pokemon in April 2025. Although his shadow Pokemon remains the same as the previous month, you must prepare carefully to defeat Giovanni. Since Giovanni is the team Go Rocket Main Boss, he has some of the most powerful shadows Pokemon in the game.

Defeat Giovanni in Pokemon Go comes after you successfully track him. You must First get a rocket radar By defeating several cruel and the leaders, Sierra, Arlo and Cliff. When you win against them you can construct a Rocket radar leading to giovanni. But winning against him requires extensive meta -knowledge and powerful counters. That said, this guide describes how to beat Giovanni in April 2025 with powerful shadow pokemon counter.

Pokemon Go – All Giovanni Shadow Pokemon (April 2025)

Giovanni has a total of 5 Shadow Pokémon for a 3-round battle. His Pokemon Go Shadow Pokemon-Line-up consists of an individual representative in the first and final rounds. It is the second round that is unpredictable; Giovanni can choose any representative among the 3 Shadow Pokemon selection he has. You have to study all Shadow Pokémon type to strategize the best Giovanni Counter team.

Pokemon Go: Best Giovanni Counter Team (April 2025)

The best Pokemon Go Giovanni Counter Team includes Machamp, Swampert and Xerneas/Togekiss. Since Giovanni always starts with Persian of normal type, you can use Machamp to utilize the monster's weakness of the combat type. You can use Machamp continuously if Giovanni chooses Machamp for the second round.

If the second round starts with Nidoking, you can choose Swampert to utilize its soil and water type weaknesses. Because Kingdra is weak toward sagotype moves in Pokemon GoYou can use Togakiss to defeat the monster. Togedkiss can also fight in the last round because Palkia's dragon type is weak for fairy tales. If you have an Xerneas, you can use it against Kingdra and Palkia.

While this Giovanni Counter team is powerful, you can also use other Pokemon to beat Giovannis April 2025 Shadow Pokemon-Line-up.

Pokemon Go Giovanni – All Shadow Pokemon Counters (April 2025)

Giovannis Shadow Pokemon list in Pokemon Go Consists of 5 Pokemon. Each has distinct writing with specific type tissue and resistance. Here are all Shadow Pokémon that Giovanni has and the best counters against them in April 2025.

Shadow Perser

• Type: Normal

• Weakness: Fighting type moves

• Resistance: Ghost type moves

Shade Persian counters

Shade Nidoking

• Type: married and ground

• Weakness: Mark, IS, Mental and Water Type

• Resistance: Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Rock, Electric and Poison type

Shadow Nidoking Calculator

Shade Kingdra

• Type: Water and Dragon

• Weakness: Dragon and Fairy type

• Resistance: steel, fire and water type

Shade Kingdra counters

Shade rhyperior

• Type: ground and stone

• Weakness: grass, water, battles, soil, ice and steel type

• Resistance: fire, flight, normal, stone, electrical and poison type

Shade rhyperior counters

Shade Palkia

• Type: Water and Dragon

• Weakness: Dragon and Fairy type

• Resistance: steel, fire and water type

Shade Palkia counter