Giratina (Altered) counters

#0487

ghost dragonTier 5

Lobby CP

38,326

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

159

Defense

189

Difficulty

1.76

Pokebattler scale

Beating Giratina (Altered) should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,848-1,931.

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

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy ★Snow ★Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

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

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

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 (Altered) counters are Eternatus, Mega Rayquaza, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Haxorus, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Eternatus
M. Rayquaza
Kyurem (Black)
S. Haxorus
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (White)

5 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 %

1EternatusLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon1.677:40
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.717:53
3Mega DragoniteMegaDragon Tail / Outrage+1.758:04
4Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.778:10
5Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.798:15
6Mega GarchompMegaDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.888:40
7Shadow HaxorusShadowpartyDragon Tail / Breaking Swipe1.908:45
8Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam1.969:01
9Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.989:06
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball1.999:10
11Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn2.009:11

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

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Top 15 Giratina (Altered) 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

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Eternatuspoisondragonjoint top pick	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	7:40	1.67	5.7	66.1%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,713	7:53	1.71	5.9	64.3%
3	Mega Dragonitedragonflying	dragonDragon TaildragonOutrage+	4,823	8:04	1.75	5.7	62.8%
4	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	8:10	1.77	6.0	62.1%
5	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	8:15	1.79	5.6	61.4%
6	Mega Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	5,424	8:40	1.88	5.0	58.4%
7	Shadow Haxorusdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,593	8:45	1.90	6.0	58.0%
8	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	9:01	1.96	6.0	56.2%
9	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	9:06	1.98	6.0	55.7%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	9:10	1.99	5.9	55.3%
11	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	9:11	2.00	6.0	55.2%
12	Shadow Garchompdragonground	dragonDragon TaildragonBreaking Swipe	3,962	9:13	2.00	5.7	55.0%
13	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	9:26	2.05	5.3	53.8%
14	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	9:28	2.06	6.0	53.6%
15	Shadow Palkiawaterdragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDraco Meteor	3,991	9:35	2.08	6.0	52.9%

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 (Altered).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Giratina (Altered)'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.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	99%	95%	60.0%	8:27	5.9	1.84
Shadow Claw / Shadow Sneak	99%	117%	59.6%	8:30	5.8	1.85
Shadow Claw / Dragon Claw	100%	84%	60.0%	8:27	6.0	1.84
Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	100%	84%	60.0%	8:27	6.0	1.83
Shadow Claw / Ancient Power	100%	101%	60.0%	8:27	5.9	1.83
Dragon Breath / Ancient Power	100%	100%	60.1%	8:26	6.0	1.83
Dragon Breath / Shadow Sneak	100%	114%	60.2%	8:26	5.9	1.83

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Giratina (Altered) 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.

ghost1.6x ice1.6x dragon1.6x dark1.6x fairy1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x psychic1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

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 (Altered) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon BreathSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
dragonDragon ClawSTAB	45	-33	1.5s	0.90s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
ghostShadow SneakSTAB	50	-33	3.0s	2.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,848	2,310
11/11/11	1,864	2,330
12/12/12	1,881	2,351
13/13/13	1,897	2,372
14/14/14	1,914	2,393
15/15/15hundo	1,931	2,414

Caught CP range 1,848 - 1,931, or 2,310 - 2,414 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.

Giratina (Altered) is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

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

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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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.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	100%	66.1%	1.67	7:40	10.2	100%	4,429	33.5	1368
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	95%	64.3%	1.71	7:53	12.6	100%	5,713	32.7	1118
3	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	94%	62.8%	1.75	8:04	11.5	100%	4,823	32.1	1214
4	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	91%	62.1%	1.77	8:10	13.4	100%	4,605	31.7	1051
5	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	90%	61.4%	1.79	8:15	13.4	100%	3,842	31.5	1144
6	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	88%	58.4%	1.88	8:40	10.2	100%	5,424	29.5	1424
7	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+9 more movesets	81%	58.0%	1.90	8:45	20.3	100%	3,593	30.1	711
8	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	81%	56.2%	1.96	9:01	16.1	98%	4,099	28.9	920
9	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	79%	55.7%	1.98	9:06	18.6	100%	4,336	28.8	756
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	82%	55.3%	1.99	9:10	11.8	100%	6,428	28.0	1151
11	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	80%	55.2%	2.00	9:11	15.2	100%	4,605	28.2	930
12	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+13 more movesets	80%	55.0%	2.00	9:13	14.4	100%	3,962	28.0	1036
13	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	81%	53.8%	2.05	9:26	11.2	100%	6,112	27.2	1273
14	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	77%	53.6%	2.06	9:28	15.6	100%	3,739	27.4	909
15	Shadow Palkia waterdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+7 more movesets	75%	52.9%	2.08	9:35	18.3	70%	3,991	27.2	803
16	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	52.2%	2.11	9:42	20.3	98%	3,301	27.0	708
17	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+5 more movesets	76%	51.9%	2.12	9:46	13.3	88%	4,038	26.3	1055
18	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	72%	51.9%	2.12	9:46	23.1	66%	3,749	27.0	641
19	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+20 more movesets	75%	51.5%	2.14	9:51	14.3	80%	5,031	26.2	998
20	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Dragon Tail / Shadow Force	Dragon Tail / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	73%	50.9%	2.16	9:57	17.3	58%	3,683	26.1	821
21	Palkia (Origin) waterdragon Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend	Dragon Tail / Spacial Rend+9 more movesets	73%	50.6%	2.18	10:01	15.9	66%	4,142	25.9	907
22	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	50.5%	2.18	10:03	8.5	32%	5,347	25.3	1592
23	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	74%	50.2%	2.19	10:05	12.7	0%	3,834	25.4	1102
24	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Glaive Rush	Ice Fang / Glaive Rush+11 more movesets	71%	50.1%	2.20	10:07	19.9	28%	3,550	25.8	732
25	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	71%	50.1%	2.20	10:07	17.5	6%	3,625	25.6	867
26	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor	Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor+9 more movesets	69%	49.5%	2.22	10:14	21.4	42%	4,038	25.6	685
27	Shadow Dragonite dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor	Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor+23 more movesets	69%	49.4%	2.23	10:15	21.9	34%	3,792	25.6	667
28	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	72%	49.4%	2.23	10:16	13.9	12%	4,512	25.1	1130
29	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw	Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw+9 more movesets	70%	48.9%	2.25	10:22	17.6	0%	5,007	25.0	803
30	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	66%	48.5%	2.27	10:27	27.2	0%	2,526	25.4	540

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 30 attackers in 1.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.