Competitive Information for Giratina [Sword/Shield]
Ghost / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Giratina? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Giratina is an extraordinary Ghost and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Giratina is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Giratina is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Giratina is weak to Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Brutal Swing / Slash
Physical Sweeper Giratina (Pressure)
Giratina is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Giratina's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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 Pressure, if Giratina is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Brutal Swing was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Giratina (Pressure)
Giratina is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Giratina's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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 Pressure, if Giratina is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
◆ Dragon Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Giratina? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 236 Hp / 252 SpA / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor
- Shadow Ball
- Thunder
- Protect
Doubles Special Tank Giratina (Popular VGC)
Giratina is a legendary Special Tank for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Giratina is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Pressure, if Giratina is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
◆ Thunder is a special 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Giratina this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Breaking Swipe / Outrage
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Brutal Swing / Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Giratina (Pressure)
Giratina is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Giratina's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. 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 Pressure, if Giratina is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Brutal Swing was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Giratina afterwards).
◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Giratina (Pressure)
Giratina is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and raises Giratina's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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 Pressure, if Giratina is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Dragon Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Giratina learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Giratina can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Giratina
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Giratina's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Giratina
- Destiny Bond
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Giratina in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Giratina's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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