Its strongest point is HP — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. In base stat total it is among the strongest — higher than 99% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. In defense it has 5 weaknesses, 6 resistances and 2 full immunities at its disposal. Normal and Fighting-type moves do nothing to it at all. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: HP.
Defense and Sp. Def share first place here, so any nature that raises one of them will do. The list of natures shows what each one does.
Which nature to choose
Attack (100) and Sp. Atk (100) are nearly equal, so neither of these two stats can be lowered for free. The price has to be paid in defense — in the weaker one, because Defense does not stop anything here anyway.
- Hasty +Spe · −Def A mixed set that does not intend to take any hits: all that matters is striking first.
- Lonely +Atk · −Def The same price, but the boost goes into the stronger of the two offensive stats.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 2
The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.
| Sinnoh | #210 | Platinum |
|---|---|---|
| Hisui | #237 | Legends: Arceus |
Abilities
- Pressure Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
- Telepathy Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.
Pokédex entry
A Pokémon that is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours. It appears in an ancient cemetery.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Giratina takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
How it was drawn
2006–2019The sprites come straight from the games in which Giratina appeared — one from each release.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
TCG cards (15)
All Giratina cards →Giratina has 15 cards in 9 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Giratina does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Where to catch it (7)
All locations →The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.
Alola
Galar
Hoenn
Johto
Sinnoh
Moves (95)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (81 via TM/TR, 28 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defog | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| 1 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 6 | Ominous Wind | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 |
| 7 | Dragon Breath | Dragon | Special | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| 14 | Ancient Power | Rock | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 |
| 21 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100% | 10 |
| 28 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 |
| 35 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 42 | Shadow Claw | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| 49 | Pain Split | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 50 | Heal Block | Psychic | Status | — | 100% | 15 |
| 56 | Aura Sphere | Fighting | Special | 80 | — | 20 |
| 63 | Dragon Claw | Dragon | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 70 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 |
| 77 | Shadow Force | Ghost | Physical | 120 | 100% | 5 |
| 84 | Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |