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Giratina (Origin) counters

ghostdragonTier 5Next in raids Wed 28 Oct, 06:00 (starts in 23 days)
Lobby CP
41,776
HP
15,000
Timer
5:00
Attack
189
Defense
159
Difficulty
1.51
Pokebattler scale

Beating Giratina (Origin) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,018-2,105.

Weak toghost1.6xice1.6xdragon1.6xdark1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others
Try a Dragon Mega — most top counters attack with Dragon

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Giratina (Origin) counters are Eternatus, Mega Rayquaza, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Haxorus, Shadow Garchomp & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. Eternatus
  2. M. Rayquaza
  3. Kyurem (Black)
  4. S. Haxorus
  5. S. Garchomp
  6. Kyurem (White)

3 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

  1. 1EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.436:34
  2. 2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.456:40
  3. 3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.526:59
  4. 4Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.526:59
  5. 5Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.587:15
  6. 6Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.597:18
  7. 7Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.697:45
  8. 8Shadow GarchompShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.707:50
  9. 9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyDragon Breath / Ice Burn1.727:55
  10. 10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.748:00

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Giratina (Origin) counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo
#AttackerMoveset
1Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pickdragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon4,4296:341.436.077.1%
2Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pickdragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe5,7136:401.456.076.1%
3Mega DragonitedragonflyingdragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+4,8236:591.526.072.6%
4Mega HoundoomdarkfiredarkSnarldarkDark Pulse+3,8426:591.526.072.5%
5Kyurem (Black)dragonicedragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock4,6057:151.586.069.9%
6Mega GarchompdragongrounddragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe5,4247:181.596.069.5%
7Shadow HaxorusdragondragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe3,5937:451.696.065.3%
8Shadow GarchompdragongrounddragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe3,9627:501.706.064.7%
9Kyurem (White)dragonicedragonDragon BreathiceIce Burn4,6057:551.726.064.0%
10Mega Mewtwo YpsychicpsychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+6,4288:001.746.063.3%
11Shadow DarkraidarkdarkSnarldarkFoul Play3,7398:171.806.061.2%
12Mega TyranitarrockdarkdarkBitedarkBrutal Swing5,3478:181.805.461.0%
13Shadow PalkiawaterdragondragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor3,9918:211.826.060.6%
14Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam4,0998:231.826.060.5%
15Mega GengarghostpoisonghostLickghostShadow Ball4,3368:231.826.060.5%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Giratina (Origin).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Giratina (Origin)'s HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Giratina (Origin) weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

  • Weak (5)
  • Neutral (5)
  • Resists (8)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Giratina (Origin) throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
dragonDragon TailSTAB14+81.0s0.75s
ghostShadow ClawSTAB6+40.5s0.05s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB100-503.0s2.40s
dragonDragon PulseSTAB90-503.5s2.05s
ghostOminous WindSTAB55-332.5s2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor2,0182,523
11/11/112,0352,544
12/12/122,0522,566
13/13/132,0702,587
14/14/142,0872,609
15/15/15hundo2,1052,631

Caught CP range 2,018 - 2,105, or 2,523 - 2,631 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

  • comingGiratina (Origin)Tier 5shiny availableWed 28 Oct, 06:00 – Tue 3 Nov, 22:00 · starts in 23 days

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 189 / Defense 159 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Attackers allowed
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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Eternatus
top pickpoisondragon
Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon
1.436:3413.8
2
Mega Rayquaza
top pickdragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe
1.456:4015.4
3
Mega Dragonite
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Outrage+
1.526:5913.9
4
Mega Houndoom
darkfiremega
Snarl / Dark Pulse+
1.526:5913.1
5
Kyurem (Black)
dragonice
Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock
1.587:1518.0
6
Mega Garchomp
dragongroundmega
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe
1.597:1814.8
7
Shadow Haxorus
dragonshadow
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe
1.697:4526.8
8
Shadow Garchomp
dragongroundshadow
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe
1.707:5020.9
9
Kyurem (White)
dragonice
Dragon Breath / Ice Burn
1.727:5519.9
10
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Future Sight+
1.748:0019.1
11
Shadow Darkrai
darkshadow
Snarl / Foul Play
1.808:1720.0
12
Mega Tyranitar
rockdarkmega
Bite / Brutal Swing
1.808:1810.0
13
Shadow Palkia
waterdragonshadow
Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor
1.828:2124.5
14
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
psychicghost
Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam
1.828:2329.0
15
Mega Gengar
ghostpoisonmega
Lick / Shadow Ball
1.828:2327.6
16
Shadow Tyranitar
rockdarkshadow
Bite / Brutal Swing
1.848:2715.2
17
Mega Absol
darkmega
Snarl / Brutal Swing
1.848:2824.2
18
Shadow Hydreigon
darkdragonshadow
Bite / Brutal Swing
1.858:3121.6
19
Shadow Salamence
dragonflyingshadow
Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor
1.868:3327.1
20
Palkia (Origin)
waterdragon
Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend
1.888:3822.1
21
Baxcalibur
dragonice
Ice Fang / Glaive Rush
1.898:4023.3
22
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
1.898:4121.6
23
Mega Salamence
dragonflyingmega
Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor
1.908:4418.0
24
Dialga (Origin)
steeldragon
Dragon Breath / Roar of Time
1.918:4717.5
25
Shadow Dragonite
dragonflyingshadow
Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor
1.928:5025.5
26
Shadow Giratina (Origin)
ghostdragonshadow
Dragon Tail / Shadow Force
1.958:5827.9
27
Rayquaza
dragonflying
Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe
1.958:5924.8
28
Shadow Dialga
steeldragonshadow
Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor
1.979:0421.8
29
Shadow Absol
darkshadow
Snarl / Brutal Swing
1.979:0530.7
30
Mega Gardevoir
psychicfairymega
Charm / Dazzling Gleam
2.009:1222.1

PB # is pokebattler.com's own rank for the same attacker at these settings (snapshot 2026-09-10). 18 of our 30 rows are on its 30-row list, 6 in both top tens. Sort by Pokebattler's own rank

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.
  • Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
  • Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
  • Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
  • Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked ahead of time for these settings (seed 1, 50 Monte Carlo runs each) and served instantly. Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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