Is Giratina Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Transfer only. Ghost/Dragon with AbilityPressure. If imported, 680 BST with three immunities. Most players won't have one.
Giratina resists most of Viola's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina resists most of Grant's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina resists most of Korrina's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina resists most of Ramos's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina has the type edge here and should clean up Clemont's team.
Giratina has the type edge here and should clean up Valerie's team.
Giratina resists most of Olympia's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina has the type edge here and should clean up Wulfric's team.
Giratina has the type edge here and should clean up Malva's team.
Giratina has the type edge here and should clean up Wikstrom's team.
Giratina resists most of Drasna's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina resists most of Siebold's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina resists most of Diantha's coverage and hits back hard.
Giratina cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Giratina in X & Y
No wild encounters for Giratina in X & Y. It's available in Diamond & Pearl, Platinum, or Legends: Arceus and can be transferred over. The details below show where to find it.
Giratina is not available as a wild encounter in this game.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
Giratina Weakness
Giratina's Ghost/Dragon typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, and Fairy. It shrugs off Normal and Fighting-type attacks completely. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Giratina's overall bulk (150/100/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
What is Giratina Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Giratina
 Flabébé Fairy | D | |
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Absol builds →Bite 2x42-50% Shadow Claw 2x33-40% | ||
 Honedge SteelGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Honedge builds →Shadow Claw 2x34-41% Pursuit 2x14-17% | ||
 Amaura RockIce | C | |
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift | ||
 Mawile SteelFairy | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Mawile builds →Bite 2x21-25% Fairy Wind 2x18-22% Astonish 2x11-15% | ||
 Inkay DarkPsychic | C | |
 Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x38-45% Shadow Claw 2x29-34% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Absol builds →Bite 2x39-47% Shadow Claw 2x30-35% | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x59-69% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Glaceon builds →Icy Wind 2x36-43% Bite 2x15-18% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodAzure Bay Surfing | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x38-45% Shadow Claw 2x29-34% | ||
Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
 Florges Fairy | B | |
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x59-69% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodAzure Bay Surfing | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x38-45% Shadow Claw 2x29-34% | ||
Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
Florges Fairy | B | |
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x59-69% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Honchkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x50-59% Astonish 2x13-16% | ||
 Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Aegislash builds →Shadow Claw 2x22-26% Night Slash 2x14-17% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x59-69% Thief 2x16-18% | ||
Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodAzure Bay Surfing | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x38-45% Shadow Claw 2x29-35% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x60-71% Thief 2x15-19% | ||
Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Aegislash builds →Shadow Claw 2x22-26% Night Slash 2x15-18% | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Honchkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x50-59% Astonish 2x14-16% | ||
 Beartic Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Beartic builds →Icicle Crash 2x56-66% Shadow Claw 2x31-36% | ||
 Avalugg Ice | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Avalugg builds →Ice Fang 2x39-46% Bite 2x24-29% | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Honchkrow builds →Foul Play 2x59-69% Astonish 2x12-15% | ||
 Haxorus Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Haxorus builds →Dragon Claw 2x56-67% Shadow Claw 2x33-39% Assurance 2x28-34% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 2x59-69% Thief 2x15-18% | ||
 Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Krookodile builds →Foul Play 2x55-65% Shadow Claw 2x28-33% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x52-61% Shadow Claw 2x30-36% Ice Beam 2x25-29% | ||
Haxorus Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Haxorus builds →Outrage 2x84-98% Shadow Claw 2x33-39% Assurance 2x28-33% | ||
 Druddigon Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Druddigon builds →Outrage 2x70-83% Crunch 2x32-37% Shadow Claw 2x28-33% | ||
 Wigglytuff NormalFairy | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Wigglytuff builds →Dazzling Gleam 2x35-41% Ice Beam 2x27-32% Shadow Ball 2x23-28% | ||
 Hydreigon DarkDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Hydreigon builds →Outrage 2x63-74% Dark Pulse 2x49-58% | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Honchkrow builds →Foul Play 2x58-68% Shadow Ball 2x28-33% | ||
In X & Y, Weavile's Knock Off hits Giratina for 60-71%. Chandelure deals 57-67% with Shadow Ball.
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemRocky Helmet NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Garchomp builds →Earthquake33-38% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Weavile builds →Knock Off 2x60-71% Ice Shard 2x37-44% Pursuit 2x37-44% | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlashfire ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Chandelure builds →Shadow Ball 2x57-67% Energy Ball11-13% Fire Blast19-23% Flamethrower16-19% | ||
 Togekiss Fairy | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySerenegrace ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Giratina View Togekiss builds →Air Slash23-27% Dazzling Gleam 2x49-58% | ||
Giratina Evolutions
You can't breed Giratina or evolve it into anything else. This Ghost/Dragon legendary packs 680 stats and doesn't need a chain to be relevant. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
XY Giratina Best Moveset
Ghost/Dragon at 150 HP and 120/120 defenses. Dragon gained Fairy weakness, but Ghost TermStab hits Steel neutrally now. The moveset gained and lost through simultaneous type changes. AbilityPressure doubles PP. Banned from standard play. Origin Forme adds offensive stats.
Best Build
Giratina best EVs are HP and Speed
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Rest
- Will O Wisp
- Dragon Tail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Giratina won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Draco Meteor and Shadow Force anchor the STAB core.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This Pokémon is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours, where common knowledge is distorted and strange.
It was banished for its violence. It silently gazed upon the old world from the Distortion World.
Giratina X & Y Guide
For the X & Y meta, At 680 BST, Giratina is built different. We rank it S-Tier. As a Legendary Pokemon, the raw stats back up the reputation. Best used as a wall. Toxic with Leftovers is the standard set.
In X & Y, watch for Weavile (Ice), Dusknoir (Ghost), and Kingdra (Dragon) when using Giratina. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Dark and Fairy-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter. Giratina has enough bulk to absorb a hit, but don't push the matchup. Pivot to a teammate that resists.
Levitate is what you want on Giratina. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. On wall sets, Levitate pairs with Giratina's base 100 Defense to absorb physical hits on the switch.
Base 90 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Giratina is a mixed attacker with base 120 Attack and 120 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Tanky enough to absorb a few hits. Best used as a wall.
For X & Y, Giratina has answers, but so do you. Status moves (Toxic, Will-O-Wisp) wear it down. Setup sweepers can use it as a boost opportunity. Physical attackers can break through.
Game Availability
First obtainable in Diamond & Pearl, Giratina has been featured in 13 titles across 7 generations. Legendary status means a single encounter per playthrough in most games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves