Like all the other Gigantamax Battles, Gengar will be tough, so players who aren’t ready for the spike in difficulty are going to have a tough time.
Below, we list out some general Gigantamax Max Battle tips and counters for Gigantamax Gengar in Pokémon Go.
General Gigantamax Gengar tips
If you’ve been struggling in Max Battles, here’s some general tips to help you out 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.
Gigantamax Gengar best counters
Unfortunately, as of writing this, there aren’t any explicit counters for Gigantamax Gengar the way there are with a regular Gengar. This is because there are only a handful of Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon eligible for Max Battles.
We’ll want to utilize Gigantamax Gengar’s weaknesses: ground-, ghost-, psychic-, and dark-type moves. There aren’t many Dynamax Pokémon that have these moves at the moment, so your best bet is to bring the following:
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 Charizard and your Dynamax Beldum isn’t leveled (and you don’t have the means to power it up), just bring your Charizard. We’re working with scraps here, people.
