GameFreak’s latest Pokémon title, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, holds a variety of legends for the player to discover and solve. One of those legends include that of the Renegade Pokémon Giratina. The process of catching Giratina can be very challenging for casual players, since it calls for dedication.
If you’re interested in completing your collection of the Creation Trio, this guide will help you out. There will be main-game and post-game spoilers ahead, so continue at your own discretion.
The first thing you’ll need to do before catching Giratina (and most of the Legendary Pokémon in the game) is complete the main story. This is done by catching both Dialga and Palkia, then beginning the end credits. After you’re done with that, you’ll start the game back in Jubilife Village. From here:
You and Volo meet with Cogita at her Ancient Retreat. She tells you of more “tremendous Pokémon” and mysteries in Hisui. These Pokémon are the previously mentioned Lake Trio (Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf), Heatran, Cresselia, and Regigigas.
After you’ve completed all of the quests, you’ll get one more plate from Cogita (that she was hilariously using as a cutting board) after helping her out.
Upon arriving at the Temple of Sinnoh, Volo reveals his true motive. He is obsessed with meeting Arceus himself. In an effort to make this happen, he sought out Giratina and had it open up the rift that was in the sky (the very rift that you fell out of at the beginning of the game). When this failed, he used you to gather the plates that were said to be the deity’s fragments. It’s after he tells you all this that he reveals two things: he has the final plate you need, and he plans on using them all himself, even if it has to be by force.
Volo uses an oddly familiar team of Pokémon: Spiritomb, Togekiss, Lucario, Garchomp, Roserade, and Arcanine. It’s a very strong team that demands a strong team in return, with great type coverage and strategic use of the Strong Style and Agile Style mechanic.
If you keep these tips in mind, you should be able to make it past Volo’s team. However, defeating him is only half the battle.
After you defeat Volo, Giratina will appear to stand against you and your team at Lv. 70. It’ll be powered up by its “terrible might,” which will increase all of its stats and make it more resistant to status conditions and move effects. To make matters worse, your team will be in the same state that it was in at the end of the battle against Volo; their HP, status and PP will not be fully restored.
When you defeat Giratina, it’ll fly off to an unknown location, forcing Volo to surrender the last plate to you. This will put you in possession of all the plates, which will transform your flute and allow you to meet Arceus (after you seek out all Pokémon).
When you get to Cobalt Coastlands, travel to Turnback Cave. It’ll be the cave located at the top left region of the map, right above where Spring Path is marked. When you enter the cave, Giratina will menacingly stand before you in its Origin Forme. When you walk up to it, a Pokémon battle will begin. You can catch it like you would any other Pokémon at this point. When you succeed, you will obtain the Griseous Core, which allows Giratina to change between its Origin Forme and Altered Forme.
When you finish, all that’s left to do is report to Laventon at a base camp. He’ll tell you that he and Volo talked a bit more and that Giratina chose to protect the region when it lost to you. With that, the mission will officially be complete. Now you’re free to catch any remaining Pokémon and complete the Pokédex in any order you wish!
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