Giratina #0487 Shadow

GhostDragon

Max CP	L403379L503820L51 · Best Buddy3866
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Released	Aug 11, 2025Aug 5, 2026
Purification	20,000 Stardust · 20 Candy

Type Effectiveness

Giratina takes 160% from Ice, Ghost, Dragon, Dark and Fairy moves.

Weak ×1.6

IceGhostDragonDarkFairy

Resists ×0.6

FireWaterGrassElectricPoisonBug

Resists ×0.4

NormalFighting

Shadow Giratina is a Ghost/Dragon-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Ice, Ghost, Dragon, Dark and Fairy.

It reaches 3820 CP at level 50, or 3866 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Dragon Breath with Shadow Force, which needs an Elite TM.

Base Stats

Attack187

Defense225

Stamina284

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	DragonDragon Breath	GhostShadow Force	13.7	380
	GhostShadow Claw	GhostShadow Force	13.7	380
3	DragonDragon Breath	DragonDragon Claw	11.9	330
4	GhostShadow Claw	DragonDragon Claw	11.9	330
5	DragonDragon Breath	RockAncient Power	9.7	269
6	GhostShadow Claw	RockAncient Power	9.7	269
7	DragonDragon Breath	GhostShadow Sneak	9.4	263
8	GhostShadow Claw	GhostShadow Sneak	9.4	263

2 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	DragonDragon Breath	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	8.0	223
10	GhostShadow Claw	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	8.0	223

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Don’t Use means repeating the fast move does at least as much damage as using this charged move, either because the move is weak or because this Pokémon faints before it pays off.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Dragon Breath	Dragon	6	4	0.5s	12.0	8.0
Shadow Claw	Ghost	6	4	0.5s	12.0	8.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Shadow ForceE	Ghost	140	100	2.0s	70.0	1.40
Dragon Claw	Dragon	45	33	1.5s	30.0	1.36
Ancient Power	Rock	70	33	3.5s	20.0	2.12
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	50	33	3.0s	16.7	1.52
Frustration	Normal	10	33	2.0s	5.0	0.30

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Dragon Breath	Dragon	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
Shadow Claw	Ghost	6	8	2	3.0	4.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Shadow ForceE	Ghost	120	65	1.85
Ancient Power	Rock	60	45	1.33
Dragon Claw	Dragon	80	50	1.60
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	75	50	1.50
Frustration	Normal	10	70	0.14

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1EternatusDragonDragon TailDragonDynamax CannonE33.3 eDPS
2Mega RayquazaDragonDragon TailDragonBreaking SwipeE31.9 eDPS
3Black KyuremDragonDragon TailIceFreeze Shock31.3 eDPS
4Mega DragoniteDragonDragon TailDragonOutrage+29.7 eDPS
5Dawn Wings NecrozmaPsychicPsycho CutGhostMoongeist Beam29.4 eDPS
6Shadow HaxorusDragonDragon TailDragonBreaking SwipeE29.0 eDPS

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Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 4 of 134 Tier 5 and Mega bosses.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

Mega GengarMega RaidGhostShadow ClawGhostShadow ForceE+0.2% Gainover Dragapult
Mega AlakazamMega RaidGhostShadow ClawGhostShadow ForceE+0.2% Gainover Tyranitar
Defense Forme DeoxysTier 5 RaidGhostShadow ClawGhostShadow ForceE+0.1% Gainover Tyranitar
Mega Mewtwo XSuper Mega RaidGhostShadow ClawGhostShadow ForceE+0.1% Gainover Dragapult

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	138610/10/10	144815/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	184810/10/10	193115/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	231010/10/10	241415/15/15
L40	40	29520/0/0	337915/15/15
L50	50	33370/0/0	382015/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	33770/0/0	386615/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1448	1265
Level 20	1931	1687
Level 25	2414	2108
Level 30	2897	2530
Level 35	3138	2741
Level 40	3379	2952
Level 45	3596	3142
Level 50	3820	3337
Level 51	3866	3377

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	100 Candy · 100,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	4.5 m · 750 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Giratina in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/11/121499 CP at level 17

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/11/12	1499	17	100.00%
#2	0/15/7	1499	17	99.82%
#3	0/12/11	1500	17	99.80%
#4	0/9/14	1498	17	99.76%
#5	0/9/15	1500	17	99.76%
#6	3/15/15	1498	16.5	99.67%
#7	0/13/9	1498	17	99.61%
#8	0/13/10	1500	17	99.61%
#9	0/10/12	1496	17	99.57%
#10	0/10/13	1498	17	99.57%

A 15/15/15 ranks #918 of 4,096, with 96.47% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/152497 CP at level 28

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/15	2497	28	100.00%
#2	0/15/14	2498	28	99.94%
#3	1/12/15	2500	28	99.69%
#4	1/14/12	2498	28	99.58%
#5	0/13/15	2492	28	99.58%
#6	0/14/14	2493	28	99.52%
#7	1/15/11	2499	28	99.52%
#8	0/15/12	2490	28	99.46%
#9	0/15/13	2494	28	99.46%
#10	0/14/5	2499	28.5	99.37%

A 15/15/15 ranks #3349 of 4,096, with 94.10% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Giratina #0487 Shadow

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League