Can you solo defeat Altered Forme Giratina in Pokemon GO 5-star raids?

Players wishing to solo defeat Altered Forme Giratina in Pokemon GO 5-star raids are out of luck. The Ghost- and Dragon-type creature is too bulky and cannot be taken down by a single trainer. It will return as a 5-star raid boss from December 26, 2024, to January 4, 2025, and during this time, you can challenge it either in person or via Remote Raids.

This article talks about the reasons why it is impossible to solo defeat Altered Forme Giratina in Pokemon GO 5-star raids. It also recommends the minimum number of players it will take you to take down the raid boss.

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Why it is impossible to solo defeat Altered Forme Giratina in Pokemon GO 5-star raids

It is impossible to solo Altered Forme Giratina in 5-star Pokemon GO raids for the following reasons:

• Giratina's typing doesn't give it a double weakness to any of the 18 elemental types — usually considered a necessary condition for a 5-star raid to be soloable.
• Altered Forme Giratina has bulk that is comparable to Lugia. With 225 Defense and 15,000 HP to its name, it takes negligible damage even from super-effective attacks.
• Despite not being known for its offensive prowess, the raid boss will hit hard, meaning your attackers will faint multiple times. This will take away time.

Altered Giratina in the anime (Image via TPC)

Therefore, even with counters like Mega Rayquaza with Dragon Ascent or Dawn Wings Necrozma with Moongeist Beam, you cannot hope to solo defeat Altered Forme Giratina in Pokemon GO.

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Minimum number of trainers needed to take down 5-star Giratina Altered raids in Pokemon GO

With maxed-out counters without weather boost, you need at least two trainers to overcome Altered Forme Giratina raids. The task will be a lot easier if you have favorable weather by your side. Having high levels of Friendship with the fellow raider and being in the same Party as them also adds damage multipliers that make overcoming these battles simpler.

Use only the top meta options when trying to low-man Giratina Altered raids as going in with sub-optimal counters might lead to wasted raid passes.

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