G Max Inteleon Guide

Introduction 

G-max Inteleon will be the #1 DPS water type attacker and will be a top general DPS attacker with high neutral damage output. Because Inteleon is from a later generation and has only recently been added to the game, its move pool remains small. Two water moves and a giant ghost type move. Inteleon only has two weaknesses, grass and water. This guide will go over counters for the different categories, team building for your role, and overall strategy. It will also expand on mechanics and specific roles that apply when battling G-max Inteleon. 

Counters

—The letter next to the Pokémon’s name is a tier indicator (C to S). The higher the tier, the more useful the Pokemon is across the whole Max meta. The lower the tier, the less useful they are in the meta or they might be a one trick pony. A full tier list can be found here.

ATTACKERS

DPS

—DPS: Damage per Second- It’s a bit of misnomer for the Max meta. Max attacks don’t really have a duration. So when DPS is mentioned, it really is talking about the amount of damage each max attack dishes out and are ranked by the damage output

—Relevant factors that impact damage output: Max attack type (D/G), base attack stats, Attack IVs, Pokémon level, Max Attack level, STAB(Y/N), weakness / resistance, and weather boost(Y/N)

—Calculations are made assuming all Pokemon are the same level with the same IVs and max attack at level 3

Best DPS Attacker List

Gigantamax Rillaboom (S)

w/ Scratch

#1

Max Move

G-Max Drum Solo MAX

Damage

614

Percent to Best

100.00%

Gigantamax Toxtricity (A+)

w/ Spark

#2

Max Move

G-Max Stun Shock MAX

Damage

578

Percent to Best

94.14%

Gigantamax Venusaur (A+)

w/ Vine Whip

#3

Max Move

G-Max Vine Lash MAX

Damage

515

Percent to Best

83.88%

Dynamax Zapdos (A)

w/ Charge Beam

#4

Max Move

Max Lightning MAX

Damage

504

Percent to Best

82.08%

Dynamax Raikou (A)

w/ Thunder Shock

#5

Max Move

Max Lightning MAX

Damage

482

Percent to Best

78.50%

Dynamax Rillaboom (A)

w/ Razor Leaf

#6

Max Move

Max Overgrowth MAX

Damage

478

Percent to Best

77.85%

Honorable Mention

Dynamax Greedent (C)

w/ Bullet Seed

#25

Max Move

Max Overgrowth MAX

Damage

323

Percent to Best

44.67%

Expanded Attacker List in Neutral Weather

Select “Show All” under “Best Attackers”

—Greedent was mentioned as it is a beginner friendly Pokemon with access to a grass type Max attack. It’s very weak but if that’s all you have, it’s all you have. 

—Weather can severely alter these rankings. The most notable being rainy weather; a Max attack level 2 Gmax Toxtricity, will surpass a max attack level 3 Gmax Rillaboom given all other factors are the same. This is relevant because XL candy for Toxricity is hard to come by. Trainers may only be able to get it’s max attack to level 2.

Expanded Attacker List in Rainy Weather

—As well, Sunny weather would boost the grass type attackers and shake up the ranking list

Expanded Attacker List in Sunny Weather

— Remember that the list assumes the Pokemon are all at the same level. You may have a Pokemon from lower on the list but that is so leveled up, it’s your best DPS attacker. This tool can assist with comparing your Pokémon’s max attack damage output.

—Rainy weather does also increase Inteleon’s damage on its water moves, which would cause your tanks to take more damage. I would not recommend hunting for rainy weather for that reason. Aim for sunny ☀️

TDO

TDO:Total Damage Output- This is amount of damage a Pokémon does before it faints. A high TDO would indicate that the Pokémon is a good mix of DPS and bulk. It’s both a good attacker and a good tank. 

There is only one TDO Pokémon for this match up. That is…

Gigantamax Venusaur (A+) w/ Vine Whip (0.5s)

While it can work as a TDO tank, it really shines as a TDO Shielder. More on that to come. 

DEFENDERS

Tanks

—These Pokemon are ranked based on Survivability, which is found by looking at the percent of total HP lost when hit by a large or targeted move from the max boss. This shows how many hits it can take before it faints or requires a heal.

—The score used shows the average percent damage taken per hit across all possible move combinations for level 40, percent IV Pokémon

—Tanks need to have 0.5 second fast move. They will be on the field during the raid phase to take hits but also to generate max energy as quick as possible. Avoid using charged moves and fast moves more than 0.5 seconds.

—Large Tankiness is the tankiness of the Pokémon with their Large Move. This number represents the Damage taken from one Large Attack.

—Target Tankiness is the average tankiness of the Pokémon against the best attackers. This number represents the Damage taken from one Targeted Move when dodged, averaging between best (x0.4 reduction) and worst (x0.7 reduction) case scenario.

—Tank Score is the average of Large Tankiness and Target Tankiness.

Best Tanks in general 

Dynamax Blissey (S++)

w/ Pound (0.5s)

#1

Large Tankiness

13.45

Target Tankiness

7.84 / 16.26 (avg. 6.03)

Tank Score

12.75%

Dynamax Chansey (NA)

w/ Pound (0.5s)

#2

Large Tankiness

17.73

Target Tankiness

10.25 / 21.17 (avg. 7.86)

Tank Score

16.72%

Gigantamax Snorlax (A+)

w/ Lick (0.5s)

#3

Large Tankiness

19.93

Target Tankiness

11.61 / 24.08 (avg. 8.92)

Tank Score

18.89%

Gigantamax Lapras (A)

w/ Psywave (0.5s)

#4

Large Tankiness

23.54

Target Tankiness

13.72 / 28.31 (avg. 10.51)

Tank Score

22.28%

Dynamax Greedent (C)

w/ Tackle (0.5s)

#5

Large Tankiness

26.99

Target Tankiness

15.64 / 32.36 (avg. 12.00)

Tank Score

25.50%

Max Blastoise G(A+) D(B+)

w/ Bite (0.5s)

#6

Large Tankiness

28.88

Target Tankiness

17.04 / 34.70 (avg. 12.93)

Tank Score

27.37%

Expanded Best Tank in General List

Make sure that…

1. “Prioritise Fastest Attacks for Tanks” is toggled on
2. “Tank Ranking shown” is set to “ HP% taken from an Attack”

—This general list works best for your lead Tank as you can be hit with a large or targeted move in the first raid phase. After the first max phase, your shielder should protect you from targeted attacks, meaning you only need to deal with one attack for the rest of the battle. 

—Inteleon only has 3 moves and 2 move typing, which means we can easily look at a Tank list that only considers one attack typing. Make sure that…

 “Best Tank” is showing as a header instead of “ Best Tank in general”

Expanded Tank List Vs Large Water Type Move 

I set both moves to water pulse so that the list still retains order based on the large move. You only need to worry about the number under “Large Tankiness”(this applies to the next sections as well)

Notable changes

• Lapras is moved to #2, which moves Chansey to #3
• Blastoise is moved to #4
• Rillaboom & Venusaur enter the chat at #5 & #6
• Snorlax & Greedent drop to #7 & #12

Expanded Tank List Vs Large Ghost Type Move

I set both moves to shadow ball. Notable changes

• Blissey, Chansey, and Snorlax get giant boost to their tank scores
• Lapras & Blastoise dropped to #7 & #11
• Greedent becomes the new #4
• D-Dubwool (C) & D-Urahifu Single Strike (A) enter the chat at #5 & #6

So regardless of moves, Blissey is going to be the best Tank. This is going to be true for most max battles.

—Remember that the list assumes the Pokemon are all at the same level. You may have a Pokemon from lower on the list but that is so leveled up, it’s your best Tank. This tool can assist with comparing your Pokémon’s Tank Score

Healers

Explaining how Max Spirit works in Pokemon Go

—Above is a more in depth explanation of the healer. The key takeaway is that Max Spirit heals a percentage of the user’s HP to all Pokémon currently on the field. The amount of healing increases with the level of the move.

Level 1: 8% of user's HP per use 

Level 2: 12% of user's HP per use 

Level 3: 16% of user's HP per use

—Best way to rank healers is to sort all max Pokémon by HP. Which you can do for your collection in the official app. Here is a good database for all Pokemon. Search “Max” then sort by STA.

—Healers need a  0.5s fast move with little exception

—The Max boss does not impact healing. The rankings will always be the same. I tend to only look at healers that are also on the tank list. If it cannot survive, it cannot heal.

—Score is calculated on level 30 Pokemon with 10/10/10 IVs and level 3 heals.

Best Healer List

Dynamax Blissey (S++)

w/ Pound (0.5s)

#1

Heal Per Use

59HP

Dynamax Chansey (NA)

w/ Pound (0.5s)

#2

Heal Per Use

58HP

Gigantamax Snorlax (A+)

w/ Lick (0.5s)

#3

Heal Per Use

39HP

Gigantamax Lapras (A)

w/ Psywave (0.5s)

#4

Heal Per Use

33HP

Dynamax Greedent (C)

w/ Tackle (0.5s)

#5

Heal Per Use

31HP

Max Rillaboom G(S) D(A)

w/ Scratch (0.5s)

#6

Heal Per Use

27HP

—Blissey is the clear choice here. It is the Pokémon with the largest HP base stat, period. It will never be surpassed in the Max Healer meta. I highly recommend having at least 2 of these.

—If resources are tight, I would recommend building two Chaney at level 30

—Snorlax is just Blissey/Chansey but worse. It can function if you want less healing ability and more attack during the max phase when heals are not needed / when only a small heal is needed 

—Remember that the list assumes the Pokemon are all at the same level. You may have a Pokemon from lower on the list but that is so leveled up, it’s your best Healer. This tool can assist with comparing your Pokémon’s heal amount per use.

Shielders

—Max Guard adds additional HP in front of the user’s HP. The amount it adds increase with the level of the move

Level 1: 20 HP per use

Level 2: 40 HP per use

Level 3: 60 HP per use

—Attacks from the max boss will drain the guard HP first.

—A Pokemon can only hold 3 shields at a time. So if they are level 3, that would be 180 extra HP. That is more HP than most pokemon have.

—The max boss will only use the targeted attack to Pokemon with shields up. If no shields are up, anyone can get hit with the targeted attack.

—The role of the shielder is to have shields up at all times and keep the targeted attacks away from everyone else.

—Targeted attacks can be, and should be dodged as much as possible (I will link a video in later on dodging mechanics 

—Needs 0.5 sec fast move with little exception

—Does not need to be a good tank but most of the time it still will be 

—Ranking shield score shows the average raw damage taken per hit across all possible move combinations for level 40, perfect IV Pokemon.

Best Shielders in general

Max Blastoise G(A+) D(B+)

w/ Bite (0.5s)

#1

Large Tankiness

46.33

Target Tankiness

27.33 / 55.67 (avg. 20.75)

Tank Score

43.92

Dynamax Dubwool (C)

w/ Tackle (0.5s)

#2

Large Tankiness

47.00

Target Tankiness

27.33 / 56.33 (avg. 20.92)

Tank Score

44.42

Max Venusaur G(A+) D(B+)

w/ Vine Whip (0.5s)

#3

Large Tankiness

50.33

Target Tankiness

29.33 / 60.33 (avg. 22.42)

Tank Score

47.58

Expanded Best Shielder in General List

Make sure that…

1. “Prioritise Fastest Attacks for Tanks” is toggled on
2. “Tank Ranking shown” is set to “ HP taken from an Attack”

—Since Shielders will have to deal with both attacks, a dive into attack move types will not be needed.

—Any of these 3 will work, but I recommend making G-Venusaur your main shielder / your TDO shielder. 

—Remember that the list assumes the Pokemon are all at the same level. You may have a Pokemon from lower on the list but that is so leveled up, it’s your best Shielder. This tool can assist with comparing your Pokémon’s shielding ability. 

Roles & Strategy 

ROLES

Trainer are placed into groups of four. Energy generation, max boss attacks, Max Guard, and max spirt will only have impacts within the group.

Damage to the max boss will show for the whole lobby / all groups.

Instead of all trainers acting like attackers, healers and shielders, you break the roles down to be worked by one or two trainers

2 attack focused trainers,1 Shield focused trainer, and 1 heal focused trainer.

—————Attack Trainer————

Sample team

(Lead- tank) (Backline- tank) (special- Dps)

Two Blisseys and a G-Rillaboom

Modifications can be made. Most notable would be to adding some shields or heals to the lead.

—————Heal Trainer—————

Sample teams 

(Lead- tank healer) (backline- tank healer) (special-tank healer)

Three healing Blisseys++

Or change the special to a DPS attacker and use when heals are not needed. You would need to talk to your team right before the max phase to see if anyone needs heals and switch if possible.

——————Shield Trainer—————

Sample teams possibilities:

(Lead-tank/shielder) (backline- shielder)(special- shielder) pick from the list

(Lead-tank/shielder) (backline-shielder)(special-DPS) pick from the list

(Lead-TDOshielder)(backline-shielder)(special-tank) recommendation- lead with G-Venusaur as your TDO, and have a D-Greedent as a backup shielder. Use Blissey as the tank. Lead with Blissey if you don’t have a healer trainer on the team. More on this strategy in the next section.

STRATEGY

First Raid Phase

The battle opens with first raid phase and we have all 4 trainer/ Pokémon generating energy with only 0.5 sec fast moves.

First Max Phase

Shield trainer should switch in their TDO shielder if applicable and use all three shields.

Attack trainers should switch to their DPS if their tanks did not take damage / very little damage. If you keep the tank in for heals, let your heal trainer know, and use this max phase to hit weak max attack, or shield your tank up.

Heal Trainer- listen to your team. Most times, you will heal in the first max phase.

Additional Raid and Max Phases

Repeat raid phase. Attacker put their tanks back in, healers keep the same mon in, and shielders keep their shielders in.

From here….

Attack trainers should only really look to heal their first tank if the max boss still have way more than half their health. You want your tanks to last half the battle. You are an attack trainer, focusing on healing too much might let you get to the enraged phase after 5/ 6 minutes, but if you didn’t enough damage, you will be one shotted and the battle will be over.

Shielder- Your top priority is to keep shields up, attacking should come after that. Do not be afraid to get risky. If you are running a TDO team, switch to your back up shield if your TDO shielder is running low on HP. Once the backup shielder goes down, you can

1. Switch to your tank for raiding phase and your TDO during the max phase ( you are now an attack trainer) or

2. Switch make to your TDO shielder and focus more on shields than attack this time around

Healers! keep tanking and healing. Attack if possible.

Repeat repeat repeat….. win

Conclusion 

1. Review this guide and links to get an idea of the team you want to to build

2. Review your existing pokemon and see what you have.

3. Reach out to others and try to plan a team ahead of time

4. DO NOT USE anything more than a 0.5 sec fast move in the raid phase. This causes you to stay in the raids phase for double the amount of time if all trainer use 1+ sec fast moves. This means more damage done to your tanks per round with less chances to heal and shield.

5. Max mushrooms should only be used by trainers in the attack role or those running a TDO shielder team.

6. Sunny weather is the preferred condition.

7. Using level 30 or higher Pokémon with at relevant moves unlocked and leveled up.

8. Start building your set up about 5-6 days before the event. You only get so many free particles a day.

9. Build two level 30 Blisseys. From there, level up their max spirit to level 3. From there level the max attack and max guard to level 2