leader invasion
Giovanni
Lineup is weak to Fighting, Water, Ice, Flying.
Lineup
Counters
How invasions work
Beat the grunt's three slots, then catch the reward. Counter the lineup's types. Shadow Pokémon hit hard but fold to super-effective damage.
Shadow Pokémon
Rocket Pokémon are caught as Shadow: boosted attack, weaker defense, and the charged move Frustration until purified.
Purification
Purifying drops Frustration, lowers power-up cost, and bumps IVs, but removes the Shadow attack bonus, so keep raiders shadow.
Catchable slot
Only the marked reward position awards an encounter after the battle; the other slots are battle-only.
Leaders & Giovanni
Cliff, Arlo, and Sierra need a Rocket Radar; Giovanni needs a Super Rocket Radar from the monthly Special Research.