Giratina Raid Guide (Altered Forme)

Altered Form Giratina is a T5 Raid boss in Pokémon GO. Best Altered Forme Giratina counters are mostly strong Dragon, Dark, Ghost and Ice types such as Rayquaza, Palkia, Salamence, Garchomp, Dialga, Darkrai and mega evolutions such as Mega Gengar, Mega Gyarados and Mega Houndoom.

Giratina (Altered) is a Ghost Dragon and can be caught with the following Combat Power values:

• 1848 – 1931 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2310 – 2414 CP at Level 25 with Fog or Windy weather boost

In this guide, we’ll cover the strongest Giratina counters, the best strategy on how to defeat it, and what CPs you can get when catching a strong Giratina. The best case scenario for Giratina (Altered Forme) is 4-8 high-level players, or 6-10 lower levelled players when fighting this raid boss.

Best Giratina Altered Forme Counters in Pokémon GO

Giratina (Altered) GhostDragon

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	390.11s	13.67
2.	Houndoom (Mega)	Snarl	Foul Play	509.19s	13.67
3.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite	Crunch	560.68s	8.67
4.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	509.40s	17.33
5.	Charizard (Mega X)	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	570.60s	18.00
6.	Altaria (Mega)	Dragon Breath	Dazzling Gleam	649.74s	13.50
7.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	633.90s	17.17
8.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch	Dragon Pulse	649.86s	17.17
9.	Palkia	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	651.40s	17.67
10.	Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	689.16s	15.33
11.	Dialga	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	706.69s	13.50
12.	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	694.76s	16.50
13.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	649.62s	22.00
14.	Zacian	Snarl	Play Rough	755.52s	9.67
15.	Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	656.23s	22.67
16.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	679.10s	20.20
17.	Zekrom	Dragon Breath	Outrage	699.65s	18.33
18.	Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	687.51s	21.17
19.	Zacian (Hero)	Snarl	Play Rough	760.17s	12.67
20.	Reshiram	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	707.09s	20.33
21.	Haxorus	Dragon Tail	Dragon Claw	691.48s	23.50
22.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	737.89s	18.17
23.	Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball	681.60s	28.20
24.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang	Avalanche	696.25s	25.00
25.	Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	726.34s	21.50

When picking Giratina counters, you want to be sure how big your group is and what moves Giratina has.

For us, even in larger groups, we’re actually more inclined to using niche Dragon types to counter it, as they simply didn’t have enough matchups recently.

Beyond that, you will find success with good Dark, Ice and Fairy types like Darkrai, Galarian Darmanitan and Gardevoir and mega evolutions like Mega Gengar, Mega Houndoom and Mega Gyarados.

Best Giratina Counters (Non-Mega Pokémon)

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Palkia	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	651.40s	17.67
2.	Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	689.16s	15.33
3.	Dialga	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	706.69s	13.50
4.	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	694.76s	16.50
5.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	649.62s	22.00
6.	Zacian	Snarl	Play Rough	755.52s	9.67
7.	Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	656.23s	22.67
8.	Zekrom	Dragon Breath	Outrage	699.65s	18.33
9.	Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	687.51s	21.17
10.	Zacian (Hero)	Snarl	Play Rough	760.17s	12.67
11.	Reshiram	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	707.09s	20.33
12.	Haxorus	Dragon Tail	Dragon Claw	691.48s	23.50
13.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	737.89s	18.17
14.	Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball	681.60s	28.20
15.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang	Avalanche	696.25s	25.00
16.	Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	726.34s	21.50
17.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	734.50s	24.00
18.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	756.07s	19.00
19.	Hoopa	Astonish	Shadow Ball	735.93s	24.00
20.	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	686.35s	27.33
21.	Hydreigon	Dragon Breath	Dark Pulse	790.99s	17.20
22.	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	738.14s	22.17
23.	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	811.68s	13.50
24.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	758.60s	20.83
25.	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	790.02s	16.83
26.	Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	802.71s	17.25
27.	Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	753.00s	23.33
28.	Tyranitar	Bite	Crunch	827.94s	15.00
29.	Latias	Dragon Breath	Outrage	835.66s	18.00
30.	Togekiss	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	826.82s	16.83
31.	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	808.57s	22.00
32.	Goodra	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	850.81s	15.75
33.	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	783.75s	24.00
34.	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	829.23s	17.00
35.	Zamazenta	Snarl	Moonblast	937.25s	9.50

Giratina Moveset Analysis

Giratina (Altered Form) can have the following moves in a raid battle and when captured:

None of these moves is particularly dangerous on their own, with Dragon Claw being the scariest option for our Dragon typed counters. Ancient Power is a solid move and Shadow Sneak is the easiest move you can encounter, making it perfect for high DPS teams using Rayquaza for Giratina trios. All of the charge moves are three bar moves.

Speaking of Giratina trio, our simulator shows 671 seconds of TTW for Rayquaza with no weather boost and no friendship boost, which means a trio is more than possible with two friends, and a duo could be a thing when you factor everything in.

Shiny Giratina Altered Forme

Shiny Altered Forme Giratina is available from raid encounters: