Players inPokemon GOhave been challenging members of Team GO Rocket this week forPokemon GO’s GO Fest Battle Challenges. One opportunity that’s offered to players in this event is the chance to fight and defeat Team GO Rocket’s Leader: Giovanni.
While some players may not expect much from Giovanni if they’ve only fought off Team GO Rocket’s grunts, he is absolutely no pushover. Other than other players inPokemon GO’s PVP scene, Giovanni may be the most difficult trainer that players have faced in the game.
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One of the Pokemon that can possibly appear inGiovanni’s partyis the Pokemon, Nidoking. This dual poison and ground-type Pokemon can catch some players off guard if they don’t know what to expect.
Nidoking is the third evolutionary stage of male Nidoran and the evolution of Nidorino. Normally in the mainline games a moonstone is required to evolve Nidorino into Nidoking, but this method is done away with inPokemon GO.
As Nidoking is a dual poison and ground-type, it can be tricky to figure out what its weaknesses are. However, Nidoking is weak to four different types, those being ground, water, psychic, and ice. However, it also resists fighting, poison, rock, bug, fairy, and electric moves.
While Nidoking will be difficult to deal with quickly, some fast moves that would prove to be helpful against it include:
After enough power has been built up, charge moves will prove to be extremely important during the battle. The following charge moves are recommended:
Due to Nidoking’s typing, players need to be careful about what kind of Pokemon they’d want to bring that holds a defensive chance against it. The following Pokemon should be well capable of holding the fort while whittling down Nidoking’s health:
While it will definitely prove to be a tough fight, defeating Giovanni is very worth it, as his defeat will reward players with the chance to rescueShadow Suicune, one of the three legendary dog Pokemon.
Pokemon GOis available now on the App Store and Google Play.
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