How to Counter Gigantamax Blastoise: Weaknesses and Battle Strategies in Pokémon Go

Gigantamax Blastoise was one of the first Gigantamax Pokémon in Pokémon Go, alongside its fellow Kanto starters, Charizard and Venusaur. While pretty difficult to take on at first, its reappearance in Max Battles on March 8 and 9 should be accessible to more players — so long as you’ve been catching some Dynamax Pokémon here and there.

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

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

That all being said, try to bring at least one of these attackers to deal the most damage:

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:

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

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.