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.

Pokemon-Team-Go-Rocket

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 Team Go Rocket
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Pokemon Go – A Challenging development (Stage 1)

Task

Spin 10 stops

Reward

500 XP & 500 Stardust

Pokemon Go Stardust Blast Event
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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

Pokemon Go Community Day
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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.

Pokemon Go Water Festival

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

Persian

Machamp, Breloom, Hariyama, Lucario

Pokemon 2 ( Nidoking, Dugtrio, Rhydon)

Nidoking Counters

Nidoking

Excadrill, Mamoswine, Groudon, Garchomp, Articuno, Mewtwo (w/ Ice Beam or Psychic/Psystrike)

Dugtrio Counters

Dugtrio

Mewtwo (w/ Ice Beam), Mamoswine, Kyogre, Kingler (w/ Crabhammer), Gyarados, Roserade, Sceptile

Rhydon Counters

Rhydon

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

Shadow Articuno

Rampardos, Tyranitar, Metagross, Dialga, Lucario, Chandelure, Moltres, Heatran, Entei, Excadrill, Raikou, Electivire, Magnezone, Zapdos

Moltres Counters

Mewtwo Raid Hour

Tyranitar, Regirock, Aggron, Typhlosion

Zapdos Counters

Rhyperior, Mamoswine, Tyranitar, Regice

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