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Giratina (Altered Forme)

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Giratina Altered Forme Raid Counter Guide
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Giratina Altered Forme Duo Raid Guide

Table of Contents

How Shiny is Acquired
Raids
  • Original
  • Shiny

Pokemon Ratings

PvE Attacker Rating 2 / 5
Great League PVP Rating See all 0 / 5
Ultra League PVP Rating See all 5 / 5
Master League PVP Rating See all 4.5 / 5

Pokemon Stats

Type
750.00 kg Weight
4.50 m Height
Pokemon Max CP
Level 50: 3,820
Level 40: 3,379
ATK 187
DEF 225
STA 284

Pokemon Family

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK DEF
Dragon Breath
Dragon Claw
B
Shadow Claw
Dragon Claw
A
Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

  • Shadow Claw is Giratina’s best fast move for neutral damage.

  • Dragon Breath is only useful when fighting against Dragon, Normal, or Dark-type Pokemon.

  • Dragon Claw is essentially Giratina’s only charged move.

  • Ancient Power and Shadow Sneak are so weak that they’re inferior even when effective.

PVE Overview

Oh Giratina, why don't you go back to the Distortion World where you have decent stats and a good moveset? Giratina-A's moveset and stats are not designed for PVE play. It can make an efficient gym cleaner thanks to Shadow Claw and Dragon Breath both being easy to dodge with and sporting fantastic neutral coverage combined with a set of 3-bar moves, but even then its low attack stat and weak charged moves mean that it's a bit slow in that regard. Tough luck.

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK
Shadow Claw
Dragon Claw
Shadow Sneak
A
Dragon Breath
Dragon Claw
Shadow Sneak
A-

PvP Moveset Explanation

Shadow Claw or Dragon Breath + Dragon Claw and Shadow Sneak

Shadow Claw (3 DPT/4 EPT) has good damage with great energy gain. Dragon Breath can also be viable for its superior damage output, but results in less usage of Giratina's charge moves. 

Dragon Claw costs the least amount of energy, gets STAB, and can be used very frequently. Shadow Sneak is now recommended due to its STAB damage and lesser energy cost outperforming Ancient Power, following the latter's nerf from the April 2020 rebalance. 

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: N/A / 5

Until Giratina gets released as a Research Breakthrough, there’s no way to get it into Great League. Fingers crossed.

Ultra League: 5 / 5

Ultra League’s top threat, Giratina-A is all but a must-have if you want to compete. With its incredible bulk, relatively neutral coverage across most of the meta, and easy access to STAB charge moves, its dominance shapes the meta and challenges specific counters to keep it in check. The nerf to its coverage move, Ancient Power, following the April 2020 rebalance decreases its overall ability to fight back against its counters like Togekiss and Articuno, but overall its bulk and STAB moveset still makes it viable. 

Master League: 4.5 / 5

Giratina-Altered remains an absolutely massive threat in Master. Relatively neutral STAB damage lets it threaten most opponents without worrying about being resisted, however its overall damage output is based on accumulated sustain damage, thanks to its considerable bulk. 

Fast Moves

6
Dragon Breath
More Info

Dragon

1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
0.50
0.20
8.00
12.00
15.00
9
Shadow Claw
More Info

Ghost

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
0.70
0.25
8.57
12.86
16.07

Charge Moves

50
Dragon Claw
More Info

Dragon

1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
1.70
0.20
0.00
 1.52
29.41
36.76
 44.56
70
Ancient Power
More Info

Rock

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.50
0.25
0.00
 2.12
20.00
25.00
 42.42
50
Shadow Sneak
More Info

Ghost

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
2.90
0.50
0.00
 1.52
17.24
21.55
 26.12

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Candy 100
Stardust 100,000

Other

Buddy Distance 20 km
Capture Rate2.0 %

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

160% damage
160% damage
160% damage
160% damage
160% damage

Resistant

62.5% damage
62.5% damage
39.1% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
39.1% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate

Dragon Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold

Ghost Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Normal Nice! Great! Excellent!
No Berry -
Curve
Razz Berry -
Curve
Golden Razz Berry -
Curve

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Pokemon Min/Max CP Values

How to use: You need to know your Pokemon's exact level. To find exactly what level your Pokémon is, power up your Pokémon following this chart until you're certain of your level from Stardust cost changes.

A Pokémon's minimum level is 1.

Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

StardustLevelMin CPMax CP
20014147
2001.58698
2002130149
2002.5175200
4003220251
4003.5264302
4004309353
4004.5353404
6005398455
6005.5442506
6006487557
6006.5531608
8007576659
8007.5621710
8008665761
8008.5710812
10009754863
10009.5799914
100010843965
100010.58851014
1300119281062
130011.59701110
13001210121158
130012.510541207
16001310961255
160013.511381303
16001411811352
160014.512231400
19001512651448
190015.513071496
19001613491545
190016.513911593
22001714341641
220017.514761689
22001815181738
220018.515601786
25001916021834
250019.516441882
25002016871931
250020.517291979
30002117712027
300021.518132076
30002218552124
300022.518972172
35002319402220
350023.519822269
35002420242317
350024.520662365
40002521082414
400025.521512462
40002621932510
400026.522352559
45002722772607
450027.523192655
45002823622703
450028.524042752
50002924462800
500029.524882848
50003025302897
500030.525512921
60003125722945
600031.525942969
60003226152993
600032.526363017
70003326573041
700033.526783065
70003426993090
700034.527203114
80003527413138
800035.527623162
80003627833186
800036.528043210
90003728253234
900037.528473259
90003828683283
900038.528893307
100003929103331
1000039.529313355
100004029523379
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