Giovanni Is A Bastard Man In Pokemon Go

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I’ve come up against the Team Go Rocket Boss, AKA Giovanni, just a handful of times in my Pokemon Go career, but every encounter we’ve had has made me want to retire from Pokemon training and move to the country where the game is still unplayable. It’s downright irresponsible for Pokemon Go to make a boss fight this punishing. It’s one thing to rage quit Dark Souls by smashing a $60 controller, but if I throw my phone on the ground over an unkillable Shadow Latias I’m going to have a big problem.

If you haven’t had the displeasure of facing Giovanni, let me tell you a little about this son of bitch. Giovanni is basically a Team Go Rocket Leader from Hell. His Pokemon can block and use charged attacks, and for some reason they’re always way above your current max, making them incredibly difficult to defeat without taking every possible advantage. Giovanni’s team always scales with your level, So no matter how much you grind he’ll always be a major threat. If you’ve tried to beat Giovanni and failed, don’t take it too hard. You have to have a nearly perfect team to survive three rounds with that monster, and there’s no real way to build the perfect team if you don’t already have it.

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Giovanni has always been a tough customer, but this month’s fight may be his most difficult one yet. He shows up during the Silent Schemes Special Research Assignment with a team made up of Persian, Shadow Latias, and either Honchkrow, Gyrados, and Rhyperior. You need to have Pokemon with good IVs and high CP that can counter at least two, if not all three, of his. I’m level 34 with quite a few max CP Pokemon and a pretty big roster of legendary and high IV ‘mons to choose from,