Get ready to face a living mountain of trash!
For its November Max Battle Day debut, players can now battle and add Gigantamax Garbodor to their Pokémon GO collections, and here’s a guide you can use to take advantage of its weaknesses.
Gigantamax Garbodor possesses a well-balanced stat spread, but when it comes to Max Battles, it certainly doesn’t scale well against the game’s best Poison types, like Gigantamax Gengar, Gigantamax Toxtricity, and Gigantamax Venusaur.
Still, players who want to capture a Gigantamax Garbodor for the Stardust rewards or Pokédex entry shouldn’t underestimate this Pokémon in Max Battles.
Unlike standard raids, 100 players usually fight in Gigantamax Battles, split into teams of four, so you’ll need to pull your weight if you want to bring down the Trash Heap Pokémon. And the only way to do that is by learning the best Pokémon to use against it.
How many Trainers do I need to beat Gigantamax Garbodor in Pokémon GO?

Before anything else, we’ll give you an idea of the right amount of help you’ll need to battle a Gigantamax Garbodor. This Pokémon is possible to beat with as few as 8 Trainers, given that everyone will use a strong tank like Zamazenta and the most powerful counters against a Poison type.
If you can start a Max Battle against Gigantamax Garbodor with more than 12 players, beating it should be a piece of cake.
What are Gigantamax Garbodor's weaknesses?
As a pure Poison type, Gigantamax Garbodor is only weak against Ground- and Psychic-type moves. Fortunately, there are a lot of strong Pokémon that can dish out those move types, so you’ll get many options if you already captured several Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon before.
On the other hand, since Gigantamax Garbodor isn’t a dual type, it is resistant to a handful of other move types, namely, Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, and Poison.
Best counters for Gigantamax Garbodor
The following Pokémon will surely hurt Gigantamax Garbodor a lot if you use them in Max Battles as attackers against it:
![]() Dynamax Alakazam Psycho Cut & Max Mindstorm | ![]() Dynamax Latios Zen Headbutt & Max Mindstorm | ![]() Dynamax Metagross Zen Headbutt & Max Mindstorm | ![]() Dynamax Excadrill Mud-Slap & Max Quake | ![]() Dynamax Hatterene Psycho Cut & Max Mindstorm | ![]() Dynamax Latias Zen Headbutt & Max Mindstorm | ![]() Eternatus Poison Jab & Dynamax Cannon |
As you see, the top counters for Gigantamax Garbodor are Dynamax Alakazam and Dynamax Latios, judging by their high damage output when it comes to using Psychic-type moves. Try to use any of them as your main attacker.
Dynamax Metagross and Dynamax Excadrill also make ideal choices, as they not only help reduce Gigantamax Garbodor’s HP but also serve as tanks when your other Pokémon get knocked out.
As for your main tanks, Steel-types like Crowned Shield Zamazenta will make this Max Battle much easier, as Gigantamax Garbodor’s moves consist of Poison, Normal, and Bug types, which all deal minimal damage to Steel-type Pokémon.
Other viable tanks against Gigantamax Garbodor are Crowned Sword Zacian, Dynamax Duraludon, Dynamax Corviknight, and Gigantamax Gengar.
Hundo CP
When catching a Garbodor from G-Max battles, the CP to watch out for is 1339, as it indicates that it’s a hundo (a Pokémon with 100% IVs). Hundos are good additions to your collection, as they are quite rare and can perform better in battles compared to their non-hundo variants.
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