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

A Pokemon GO Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battle guide can lead you to success when you challenge the Power Spot boss after it enters the game at 10 am local time on October 26, 2024. It will remain available until 8 pm local time on October 27, 2024. It might make appearances in the future, but that is uncertain for now.

Gigantamax Venusaur is part of the first wave of Gigantamax Battles in the game, alongside the two other Kanto starters—Charizard and Blastoise. This Pokemon GO Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battle guide covers the Power Spot boss' weaknesses and best counters.

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Pokemon GO Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battle weaknesses

Pokemon GO Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battles (Image via TPC)

What is super-effective against Gigantamax Venusaur?

Gigantamax Venusaur is a Grass- and Poison-type Pocket Monster that takes super-effective damage from Fire-, Psychic-, Flying-, and Ice-type attacks. Hence, it's best to use creatures that know STAB Fast and Charged Attacks of these types against it. That said, prioritize the ones that know Fast Attacks of the aforementioned types as those will deal the biggest chunk of damage in Max Battles.

The following Max Moves are super-effective against Gigantamax Venusaur in Pokemon GO:

Max Flare
Max Mindstorm
Max Airstream
Max Hailstorm

In Gigantamax Venusaur's first stint in the game, no creature can use Max Hailstorm. Therefore, this option is off-limits.

Also read: Pokemon GO Gigantamax Max Battles: Everything you need to know

Venusaur's stat distribution and moveset in Pokemon GO

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

Attack: 198
Defense: 189
Fast Attack: Vine Whip and Razor Leaf
Charged Attack: Petal Blizzard, Sludge Bomb, and Solar Beam

You must spend 800 MP to challenge Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battles although you will only be charged if you win. According to the official recommendation from Niantic, you need 10 - 40 trainers, depending on the power level of your counters, to take down Gigantamax bosses. Remote participation is not allowed, and all players must be within 80 meters of the Power Spot.

Also read: Pokemon GO Max Moves: Everything you need to know

Pokemon GO Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battle

best counters

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

Gigantamax Charizard with Fire Spin (G-Max Wildfire) and Blast Burn
Dynamax Charizard with Fire Spin (Max Flare) and Blast Burn
Dynamax Metagross with Zen Headbutt (Max MIndstorm) and Psychic

Gigantamax Venusaur cannot be taken down by a solo trainer.

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Best strategy to defeat 6-star Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battles

The best way to defeat 6-star Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battles is as follows:

Lead with Gigantamax or Dynamax Charizard (depending on which has been powered up more). This creature will double-resist most incoming attacks.
Keep hitting the Power Spot boss till you reach red health.
Switch into your second Charizard (if you had used the Gigantamax variant first) and repeat the same.
Send in Metagross and use Max Spirit to restore your team's health. Metagross is quite tanky and will resist all of Gigantamax Venusaur's attacks.
Once your best Charizard is back to sufficient HP, send it back in when your Dynamax Meter is full, to deal massive Fire-type damage again.
Repeat till the raid boss faints.

While using Gigantamax Charizard will give you a significant advantage, as long as you have a large enough group of players teamed up, you should be fine with regular Dynamax Charizard and Metagross.

Also read: Pokemon GO Power Spots: Everything you need to know

Pokemon GO Gigantamax Venusaur Max Battle catch CP and shiny availability

Shiny Gigantamax Venusaur (Image via TPC)

The Gigantamax Venusaur that appears after you win against the Power Spot boss will have the following CP ranges depending on the weather:

No weather boost: 1,480 - 1,554 CP at level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
Weather boosted (Sunny/Clear or Cloudy): 1,851 - 1,943 CP CP at level 25 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)