When it comes to encountering the most powerful creatures in Pokemon GO, players really need to embrace the Battle Raid grind for the best opportunities. Many of the game's top tier Pokemon are only available to players who successfully defeat them in Legendary Battle Raids first, which means it's crucial to prepare for those big fights and do as much as possible to ensure victory.
Part of successfully completing a Pokemon GO Battle Raid has to do with entering the fight with enough allies, but there is a lot of strategy beyond that, as well. Players who take the time to form an ideal counter roster will do more damage during the fight, do their part to help ensure victory for the group, and even earn some additional premier balls for the encounter reward and increase their chance of a successful catch.
When it comes to facing off against Giratina (Altered Forme) in Legendary Battle Raids, trainers have a lot of great options to explore for their counter roster. Giratina's unique Ghost/Dragon-type pairing opens it up to weaknesses against a handful of move types. That means players can get pretty creative as they form their counter rosters for this fight...
Giratina (Altered Forme) Weaknesses
This Legendary Battle Raid boss is a Ghost/Dragon-type, which means that Giratina (Altered Forme) is weak to Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice moves.
Best Giratina (Altered Forme) Counters
Gengar (Mega) - Lick/Shadow Ball
Latios - Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw
Palkia - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
Houndoom (Mega) -Snarl/Foul Play
Gyarados (Mega) - Bite/Outrage
Garchomp - Dragon Tail/Outrage
Hydreigon - Bite/Brutal Swing
Dialga - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
Rayquaza - Dragon Tail/Outrage
Darkrai - Snarl/Shadow Ball
Salamence - Dragon Tail/Draco Meteor
Zekrom - Dragon Breath/Outrage
Dragonite -Dragon Tail/Draco Meteor
Reshiram - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
That should be just about everything trainers need to know to prepare for this Legendary Battle Raid. There should be enough variety in that list of weaknesses for most players to assemble an appropriate counter team. As always, take some time while building out a counter roster to consider spending TMs, Stardust, and, Candy to level up the counter roster to a respectable tier and to get some ideal move sets locked in. Spending those precious resources can feel hard to do, but most of these counters and move sets will be useful again in the future, so it's worth the investment.
Be sure to check back soon for more Pokemon GO news, updates, and strategy guides. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.