Giratina counters

Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Giratina
#0487 Giratina
GhostDragon
USAGE 15.7% #10
ABILITYPrankster
BASE STATS
HP 150
ATK 100
DEF 120
SPA 100
SPD 120
SPE 90
BST680
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
IceGhostDragonDarkFairy
½×
FireWaterElectricGrassPoisonBug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Haze 68.3% Strength Sap 68.1% Infernal Parade 62.4% Parting Shot 55.1% Mortal Spin 22.8% Knock Off 10.7% U-turn 9.9% Wish 7.9%
Items
Leftovers 59.5% Covert Cloak 18.2% Assault Vest 6.7% Heavy-Duty Boots 4.7% Sticky Barb 2.4% Griseous Core 2.2% Eject Button 2.1% Griseous Orb 0.9%
Abilities
Prankster72.3%Regenerator8.8%Unaware5.8%Magic Guard4.4%Magic Bounce2.0%Levitate1.9%Fur Coat1.7%Shield Dust0.8%
Common Teammates
Groudon-Primal74.5%Eternatus48.7%Alakazam-Mega45.7%Zacian42.0%Blissey38.9%Chansey31.2%Celesteela17.0%Ting-Lu16.7%
Browse Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons teams using Giratina →
Teams using Arceus-Ghost 59% Teams using Chansey 33%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Arceus-Ghost
Arceus-Ghost
Ghost DEFENSIVE COUNTER
26.18
59
58.6% dies 9.63%
02
Groudon-Primal
Groudon-Primal
GroundFire SOFT CHECK
110.857
37
36.8% dies 7.81%
03
Chansey
Chansey
Normal SOFT CHECK
48.936
33
33.0% dies 9.39%

Ranked #10 with 15.68% usage. Sorted by reliability score.