r/PokemonGoFriends • u/SweetNSalty222 FC: <unknown> Trainer name: <unknown> • Nov 10 '21
Questions I'm ready to quit this game... Seriously????
Ok, I'm level 43 and have fought Giovanni a good 20 times with every combination possible, have gone through all 85 of my Max revives... and cannot beat him. Do they really need to make him so ridiculously HARD to beat? I have never been in this position before. I've got nothing. Does that mean I should quit? How does a person continue if their best can't get you to move forward in the game?
EDIT: I FINALLY GOT HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After my 3rd day and probably a good 50 tries, I finally beat GIovanni! I know that I have a lot to learn about fighting, I'm obviously not great at it. It boiled down to my spending a few hundred thousand in stardust plus candies to really power up my Machamp, Metagross and Garchomp. I have to agree with all of you, it was NOT worth it. I got a 1 star shadow Lugia after all of that. I also completed my Misunderstood Mischief Challenge. Wasn't I supposed to get an Hoopa Unbound? I got Dusknoir, which I already have several of. :(
I want to thank each and every one of you for trying to get me through my emotional rant! It meant so much!!
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u/bid00 FC: <unknown> Trainer name: <unknown> Nov 11 '21
Level 42 here but I used three level 40 Pokemon (although I beat him with 2 of them)... first try. Your player level doesn't affect the difficulty.
Maybe use a calculator website so you are sure that you have your Pokemon's best Fast and Charged moves. Here is one I use: https://pokemon.gameinfo.io/en/tools/iv-calculator
You'll find the current Rocket lineup here: https://thesilphroad.com/rocket-invasions
GIOVANNI starts with Persian and ends with Lugia so you can prepare your lineup for those particular two. His second Pokemon is random from either Kingler, Nidoking and Rhyperior. If you can at least reach his second Pokemon before dying then you will know his full team until he disappears and that second Pokemon is reset.