Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battle guide: Weaknesses and best counters

Having a Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battle guide will improve your chances of winning against this Power Spot boss. It makes its first appearance in the game at 10 am local time on October 31 and will be available till 8 pm local time on November 3, 2024. This coincides with the second half of Pokemon GO Halloween Part 2.

After a mostly negative response in the first round of Gigantamax battles, Niantic has introduced several changes to the mechanic. This Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battle guide will list out the creature's weaknesses and best counters to help you take down the creature.

Also, check out our other Max Battle guides for October 2024:

• Grookey
• Scorbunny
• Sobble
• Falinks
• Beldum

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Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battle

weaknesses

Gigantamax Gengar in the anime (Image via TPC)

What is super-effective against Gigantamax Gengar?

Gigantamax Gengar is a Ghost- and Poison-type Pocket Monster that takes super-effective damage from Ghost-, Dark-, Ground-, and Psychic-type attacks. You should deploy creatures that know both Fast and Charged Attacks of these types to take it down. The best counters are those that resist its attacks as well.

When building your team, you should prioritize creatures who know Ghost-, Dark-, Ground-, and Psychic-type Fast Attacks as these will turn into Max Moves that will deal the biggest chunk of damage. Given the difficulty of Gigantamax Max Battles, make sure that you have designated tanks, healers, and attackers.

Here are the Max Moves that are super-effective against Gigantamax Gengar in Pokemon GO:

• Max Phantasm
• Max Darkness
• Max Quake
• Max Mindstorm

Do Note that none of the Dynamax 'mons available right now can use STAB Max Darkness or Max Quake.

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Gengar's stat distribution and moveset in Pokemon GO

As a 6-star Max Battle boss in Pokemon GO, Gengar has the following stats:

• Attack: 261
• Defense: 149
• HP: 100,000 [approximate]
• Fast Attack: Sucker Punch, Shadow Claw, and Hex
• Charged Attack: Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, and Focus Blast

The entry cost for Gigantamax Gengar Max Battles is 800 MP. However, this will only be deducted if you manage to defeat it. The official recommendation from Niantic also suggests going in with 10-40 trainers. Yet, the number depends entirely on the power level of your attackers. With counters under level 40 and non-upgraded Max Moves, 30+ members are highly recommended.

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Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battle

best counters

Here are the best counters to Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battles, along with their recommended movesets:

Tank and healer

• Dynamax Greedent with Bite (Max Darkness) and Crunch [best if the Power Spot boss is using Ghost-type attacks]
• Dynamax Blastoise with Bite (Max Darkness) and Hydro Cannon

Attacker

• Dynamax Metagross with Zen Headbutt (Max Mindstorm) and Psychic
• Dynamax Gengar with Shadow Claw (Max Phantasm) and Shadow Ball
• Gigantamax Gengar with Shadow Claw (G-Max Terror) and Shadow Ball

There is no way of defeating Gigantamax Gengar on your own.

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Best strategy to defeat 6-star Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battles

The best way to defeat Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battles is as follows:

• Lead with Dynamax Greedent, preferably one that has Level 3 Max Spirit. It takes heavily resisted damage from Gengar's Ghost-type attacks and is extremely tanky. It also deals super-effective damage with Dark-type attacks. Use this to charge your Dynamax Energy meter.
• Dodge incoming Charged Attacks and collect Energy globules as they pop up to charge the meter fast.
• Once you are ready to Dynamax, bring out Metagross or Gengar and fire off two Max Mindstorms/Phantasms and one Max Spirit to heal Greedent. Continue to stay in with this Pokemon until you reach the yellow health level.
• Then, bring back Greedent, charge up the Dynamax Bar, and use 2 - 3 turns of Max Spirit to heal your attackers.
• Repeat this cycle until you take down Gigantamax Gengar.

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Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battle catch CP and shiny availability

Shiny Gigantamax Gengar (Image via TPC)

The Gigantamax Gengar that spawns after you beat the Power Spot boss will be within the following CP ranges based on the weather:

• No weather boost: 1,574 - 1,651 CP at level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
• Weather boosted (Sunny/Clear or Windy): 1,968 - 2,064 CP CP at level 25 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)

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What are the 100% IVs from Pokemon GO Gigantamax Gengar Max Battles?

Here are the 100% IVs from 6-star Gigantamax Gengar Max Battles:

• No weather boost: 1,644 CP
• Weather boosted (Foggy or Cloudy): 2,055 CP

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Can Dynamax Gigantamax Gengar be shiny in Pokemon GO?

Shiny Gigantamax Gengar can be encountered from Max Battles. The chances of finding this variant are approximately 1-in-128 or 0.78%.

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Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:

• Ditto disguises
• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters
• Team GO Rocket Grunts

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