The way to make sure your Pokémon are optimized in Pokémon Go is to make sure they use the best moves they can learn. Each Pokémon in the mobile game has a limited pool of attacks that it can learn. Some attacks are much better than others, but it comes down to team stats and placement. In this guide, we will analyze the best moveset for Giratina in altered form, a Pokémon that you can catch by defeating it in five-star raids.
Altered Form Giratina is a Ghost and Dragon type Pokémon. It will be weak against Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice-type moves, but is resistant to Bug, Electric, Fighting, Fire Grass, Normal, Poison, and Water-type moves. It is one of the favorite Pokémon that many players use in the Master League and is considered to be one of the best Pokémon you can use in these competitions.
These are all the moves that Altered Form Giratina can learn.
Quick moves
- Dragon Breath (Dragon type) - 4 damage and 3 energy per turn (4 damage per turn) - 1 turn
- Shadow Claw (Ghost type) - 6 damage and 4 energy per turn (3 damage per turn) - 2 turns
Moves loaded
- Ancient Power (Rock-type) - 45 damage and 45 energy (10% chance to increase user's attack and defense by two degrees)
- Dragon Claw (Dragon-type) - 50 damage and 35 energy
- Shadow Sneak (Ghost type) - 50 damage and 45 energy
When it comes to choosing the quick move, you need to focus on selecting the shadow claw. It may not deal as much damage as Dragon's Breath each turn, but the overall energy produced by the Shadow Claw is perfect for Giratina's charged moves, making it a much more useful attack than Dragon's Breath.
You don't have many options for charged moves and they are all low energy attacks. While the ancient power has a decent debuff, it has a low chance of hitting that debuff against an opponent. On the other hand, both Dragon's Claw and Shadow creep in at five more points of damage and cost as much as Ancient Power, making these choices much more tempting.
The best moveset for Giratina in altered form is the fast moving shadow claw and the dragon claw and shadow stealth charged moves.
