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:

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

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.