Competitive Information for Giratina (origin) [Black/White]
Ghost / Dragon
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Giratina-origin? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Giratina is a remarkable Ghost and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's a usual sight to see Giratina out in the 5th generation battlefield. Giratina is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Giratina is weak to Dark, Dragon, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Shadow Claw / Shadow Force
- Iron Head / Frustration
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Giratina-Origin (Levitate)
Giratina is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Giratina's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Giratina is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Force is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Earth Power
Special Sweeper Giratina-Origin (Levitate)
Giratina is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Giratina's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Draco Meteor). Life Orb boosts the power of Giratina's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Giratina is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Giratina-origin? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Shadow Claw / Shadow Force
- Iron Head / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Giratina-Origin (Levitate)
Giratina is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Giratina's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Giratina is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Force is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Hyper Voice
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Air Cutter
Doubles Special Sweeper Giratina-Origin (Levitate)
Giratina is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Giratina's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Draco Meteor). Life Orb boosts the power of Giratina's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Giratina is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Air Cutter is a special 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Giratina-origin learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Giratina-origin can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Giratina-origin
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Thunder Wave, Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Giratina-origin's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Hone Claws
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Giratina-origin
- Destiny Bond
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Giratina-origin in Black and White
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