Team Go Rocket made their entry to the game in July 2019, and their addition was well appreciated by all Pokemon Go fans. Team Go Rocket Grunts invaded Pokestops with Shadow Pokemon. Players were required to defeat Shadow Pokemon and save them with the process called Purification.
The process of Purification required a certain amount of Candy and Stardust. Well, last month, Team Go Rocket leaders made their entry to the game, along with Team Go Rocket Boss, Giovanni.
Players were required to defeat all Team Go Rocket leaders and complete four stages of Looming in the Shadows to encounter Giovanni.
Well, for this month, a new Special Research has been included in the game, and it is the part of Team Go Rocket’s research. Mentioned below are the first two stages of Pokemon Go, A Challenging development special research, along with their corresponding rewards.
Pokemon Go – A Challenging development (Stage 1)
Task
Spin 10 stops
Reward
500 XP & 500 Stardust
Task
Defeat 3 Grunts
Reward
500 XP & 10 Pokeball
Task
Catch 1 Shadow Pokemon
Reward
500 XP & 10 Razz Berry
Pokemon Go – A Challenging development (Stage 2)
Task
Spin a Pokestop 5 days in a row
Reward
750 XP & 1000 Stardust
Task
Purify 15 Shadow Pokemon
Reward
750 XP & 3 Hyper Potion
Task
Win 5 raids
Reward
750 XP & 3 Revive
The new special research, A Challenging development” has been divided into six-stages, and so far, we only have managed to know about two stages. We will update this post whenever we get to know about the remaining ones.
Being a Team Go Rocket Boss, Giovanni is not easy to defeat. Players need to have a strategy in order to encounter Giovanni Pokemon. Mentioned below are the Pokemon used by Giovanni and their best counters. Also, Giovanni will have Shadow Zapdos as its final Pokemon until December 31.
Pokemon 1 (Persian)
Persian Counters
Machamp, Breloom, Hariyama, Lucario
Pokemon 2 ( Nidoking, Dugtrio, Rhydon)
Nidoking Counters
Excadrill, Mamoswine, Groudon, Garchomp, Articuno, Mewtwo (w/ Ice Beam or Psychic/Psystrike)
Dugtrio Counters
Mewtwo (w/ Ice Beam), Mamoswine, Kyogre, Kingler (w/ Crabhammer), Gyarados, Roserade, Sceptile
Rhydon Counters
Kyogre, Kingler (w/ Crabhammer), Gyarados, Roserade, Sceptile, Venusaur, Machamp, Groudon, Metagross, Dialga, Lucario, Excadrill, Mamoswine, Mewtwo (w/ Ice Beam)
Pokemon 3 – Articuno/Moltres/Zapdos
Articuno Counters
Rampardos, Tyranitar, Metagross, Dialga, Lucario, Chandelure, Moltres, Heatran, Entei, Excadrill, Raikou, Electivire, Magnezone, Zapdos
Moltres Counters
Tyranitar, Regirock, Aggron, Typhlosion
Zapdos Counters
Rhyperior, Mamoswine, Tyranitar, Regice
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