Gigantamax Inteleon counters, weakness, and battle tips in Pokémon Go

Gigantamax Inteleon is making its Gigantamax debut in Pokémon Go, and as usual with these types of Pokémon, it’ll be tough to take down.

Inteleon will specifically be around during the weekend portion of the “Phantom Ruins” event, from June 14 at 6 a.m. until June 15 at 9 p.m. in your local time.

Below, we list Gigantamax Inteleon’s best counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Go, as well as general battle tips for the big bunny.

Gigantamax Inteleon weaknesses

Inteleon is a pure water-type Pokémon, so you can only deal super effective damage against it using grass– and electric-type moves.

That said, it’ll be resistant against steel-, fire-, water-, and ice-type moves, so don’t use those unless they’re just fast moves to help charge the max meter.

Gigantamax Inteleon best counters

Try to bring at least one of these attackers:

• Gigantamax Rillaboom with Scratch (G-Max Drum Solo)
• Gigantamax Toxtricity with Spark (G-Max Stun Shock)
• Gigantamax/Dynamax Venusaur with Vine Whip (G-Max Vine Lash/Overgrowth)
• Dynamax Zapdos with Thunder Shock (Max Lightning)

For defenders/tanks, bring one or two of the following:

• Dynamax Blissey with Pound
• Gigantamax Lapras with Psywave
• Dynamax/Gigantamax Snorlax with Lick

These guys’ job is just to soak up the damage from Inteleon while generating as much energy as possible with their fast attacks.

Inteleon’s moveset isn’t anything super scary, so you shouldn’t have to worry about any particularly bizarre countering moves popping up.

Consider just bringing the strongest Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon you have. If you have a maxed out Gigantamax Gengar and your Dynamax Zapdos isn’t leveled (and you don’t have the means to power it up), just bring your Gengar.

General Gigantamax Inteleon tips

If you’ve been struggling in Max Battles, here are 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 Inteleon 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 sniper lizard.
• 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.
• All of that 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.
• There’s no shiny Inteleon this time around! Sobble’s shiny has not been added to the game yet (and it likely won’t be until it gets its own Community Day), so if you’re looking to shiny hunt Gigantamax Inteleon… you’ll have to wait until next time.