Gigantamax Blastoise stands as a colossal Water-type titan in Pokémon GO’s Max Battles, challenging trainers to bring their best strategy and teamwork to the field. With its formidable defenses and powerful attacks, this tank-like turtle demands careful preparation, focusing on its key weaknesses to Electric and Grass-type moves. Whether you’re rallying a squad of 20 or more trainers or fine-tuning your lineup with top counters like Gigantamax Venusaur and Toxtricity, mastering the battle against Gigantamax Blastoise is essential for any serious Pokémon GO competitor aiming to conquer the Max Raid scene.
Gigantamax Blastoise will still be tough to take on, so you’ll want to be as prepared as possible to help out your fellow raiders.
Below we list Gigantamax Blastoise’s best counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Go, as well as general battle tips for the tanky turtle.
Gigantamax Blastoise weakness
Gigantamax Blastoise, being a pure Water-type Pokémon, has two primary weaknesses in Pokémon GO: Electric and Grass-type moves. These vulnerabilities make Pokémon with Electric or Grass attacks the most effective counters in Max Battles against it. Conversely, it resists Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water-type moves, so using those types is generally less effective. Trainers often rely on Dynamax Pokémon like Gigantamax Venusaur or Dynamax Rillaboom, which can exploit these weaknesses with powerful Grass-type Max Moves, or Electric-type attackers such as Dynamax Zapdos and Dynamax Toxtricity to maximize damage against Gigantamax Blastoise.
Being pure water-type, Blastoise has a two weaknesses: grass– and electric-type moves. Now that Max Battles have been around for a bit, there’s actually a pretty decent spread of attackers you can use to help take this thing down.
Blastoise will resist steel-, fire-, water-, and ice-type moves, so don’t use those, unless you’re tanking the turtle and are trying to build the max gauge.
Gigantamax Blastoise best counters
Gigantamax Blastoise, a Water-type Pokémon, is best countered by Pokémon with strong Electric and Grass-type moves due to its vulnerabilities. Top counters include Gigantamax Venusaur with Vine Whip and Frenzy Plant, Dynamax Rillaboom using Razor Leaf and Grass Knot, and Dynamax Zapdos or Raikou with Thunder Shock and Max Lightning moves. These counters exploit Blastoise’s weaknesses effectively, while its resistances to Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water moves make those types less effective in battle. For optimal success in Max Battles, it is recommended to use fully powered-up Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon with these moves and coordinate with a team of 15 to 40 trainers for a strategic approach involving shields and healing.
That all being said, try to bring at least one of these attackers to deal the most damage:
- Gigantamax Toxtricity with Spark
- Gigantamax Venusaur with Vine Whip
- Dynamax Zapdos with Thunder Shock
- Dynamax Rillaboom with Razor Leaf
- Dynamax Toxtricity with Spark
For your tanks, you’ll want to bring one or two of these with leveled up Max Guard to tank damage and build up your gauge:
- Gigantamax Blastoise with Bite (Yes, lol.)
- Dynamax Blastoise with Bite
- Gigantamax Venusaur with Vine Whip
- Dynamax Venusaur with Vine Whip
- Dynamax Rillaboom with Scratch
- Gigantamax Lapras with Water Gun
Yes, Rillaboom is listed in both sections with different moves. If you plan on using Rillaboom as a DPS, it will need Razor Leaf so it will be able to use Max Overgrowth. If you plan on using it as a tank, it will want Scratch, which builds up the max gauge faster.
Even if you don’t have these powered up, consider just bringing the strongest Dynamax Pokémon you have. If you have a maxed out Dynamax Gengar and your Dynamax Rillaboom isn’t leveled (and you don’t have the means to power it up), just bring your Gengar.
General Gigantamax Blastoise tips
To effectively battle Gigantamax Blastoise in Pokémon GO, coordination and preparation are key. It is recommended to form groups of four players, with roles divided into attackers, shielders, and healers to maximize survivability and damage output. Gigantamax Blastoise is a pure Water-type Pokémon, making it vulnerable to Grass and Electric-type moves, so bringing strong attackers like Gigantamax Venusaur with Vine Whip, Dynamax Zapdos with Thunder Shock, or Dynamax Rillaboom with Razor Leaf can significantly increase your chances of success. Avoid using Fire, Ice, Steel, or Water-type moves as they are resisted. Since the battle requires a large number of players-often between 15 and 40-teamwork and strategic use of shields and heals during the fight are essential to overcome this tanky opponent.
If you’ve been struggling in Max Battles, here’s some general tips to survive – and make sure you’re an asset to your team. Gigantamax battles involve way more strategy than the usual rampant tapping that you do in raids, so make sure to know what you’re doing before jumping in.
- Make sure you have enough players. High-efficiency groups with maxed out investments can take down the Blastoise with fewer people, but practically, if you don’t have hundreds of spare candy and even more Stardust laying around, this isn’t going to be an option for you. Make sure you have as many people as possible to ensure that you get your tank turtle.
- Don’t sleep on Max Spirit and Max Guard. Teams work best when there’s a variety of moves, not just maxed-out attacks. Each player should bring Pokémon with the defensive and healing moves unlocked as well. Max Guard will focus single-target damage towards you and reduce the damage taken; Max Spirit will heal the whole party. These moves are really important to make sure your damage-dealers can keep dishing.
- Remember to swap to super effective moves when it’s time to Dynamax. For Dynamax Pokémon, their max moves are determined by whatever type their fast move is. This means if you have a Darmanitan with Fire Fang, it will know Max Flare. A Gengar with Lick will know Max Phantasm. Take advantage of this and make sure to swap to a Pokémon that will deal super effective damage to your target before Dynamaxing, if you can.
- Focus on your fast moves. You want to spam your fast moves to build up that Dynamax meter and often times, using your charge move is actually a DPS loss when compared to the damage you could be doing with your max move will be. Spam those attacks!
- Level up a few ’mons, but you don’t have to go too hard. Depending on your group size, you absolutely do not need to max out all your Dynamax Pokémon to level 40-50. While this will make it easier on the rest of your group, if this isn’t an investment you can make, you don’t have to stress about it. Power things up as high as you can afford to, but don’t fret if you don’t have a maxed out Pokémon.
- That all being said, make sure to come as prepared as you can be. This is a team effort and there’s a chance that a full group of four can still fail. Do not just bring your unleveled Dynamax Wooloo expecting a free ride to a powerful Pokémon. (After all, if everyone does that, then you certainly won’t clear the battle.) Again, you don’t have to completely max out your Pokémon, but it will be better for everyone involved if you bring something helpful to the table.
- Keep your eye out for a shiny Blastoise! If you clear the raid, there is a chance that the Blastoise you catch will be shiny – which also means it’ll be a guaranteed catch. Use a Pinap Berry to score extra candy if you get lucky enough to find a sparkly Blastoise.
How can I effectively counter Gigantamax Blastoise in Pokémon Go
To effectively counter Gigantamax Blastoise in Pokémon GO, focus on exploiting its two main weaknesses: Electric and Grass-type attacks. The best counters include Gigantamax Venusaur with Vine Whip, Dynamax Zapdos using Thunder Shock, Dynamax Rillaboom with Razor Leaf, and Dynamax Toxtricity utilizing Spark, as these moves deal super-effective damage against Blastoise’s Water typing.
Avoid using Steel, Fire, Water, or Ice-type moves since Blastoise resists these types, making them inefficient unless you are tanking to build your Max Gauge. For team strategy, coordinate with 15 to 40 players, ideally splitting roles between attackers, tanks, and healers to maximize your chances in the Max Battle.
If you have Gigantamax Pokémon, prioritize using Gigantamax Venusaur and Gigantamax Toxtricity, as their Max Moves will deal more damage than their Dynamax counterparts. Otherwise, use the strongest available Dynamax Pokémon with the appropriate Grass or Electric movesets.
In summary:
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Use Grass and Electric-type attackers with moves like Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Spark, and Thunder Shock.
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Avoid resisted types (Steel, Fire, Water, Ice).
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Team up with a large group and coordinate roles.
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Prefer Gigantamax Venusaur and Toxtricity if available for higher damage output.
What are the most effective Electric and Grass moves to use against Blastoise
The most effective Electric and Grass moves to use against Blastoise in Pokémon GO are:
Electric Moves:
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Thunder Shock (Fast Move) paired with Wild Charge or Thunder (Charge Moves) – used by counters like Shadow Raikou, Mega Manectric, and Zapdos.
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Spark is also recommended on some Electric-type counters like Dynamax Toxtricity.
Grass Moves:
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Vine Whip (Fast Move) combined with Power Whip or Solar Beam (Charge Moves) – notably on Gigantamax Venusaur and other Grass-type Pokémon such as Ivysaur and Victreebel.
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Razor Leaf is another effective Grass fast move on Pokémon like Dynamax Rillaboom.
These moves exploit Blastoise’s Water typing, dealing super-effective damage and making battles significantly easier. Avoid using Steel, Fire, Water, or Ice moves, as Blastoise resists those types.
