I tried with Palkia on Pearl. Poor thing got its ass handed by Dragon Rush. Not even a single hit. Even though Giratina has more defenses I doubt it would survive either.
Luckily Quick Claw worked and Empoleon's Ice Beam made short work of Garchomp.
Git gud.
It is a game made for kids.
>>31369522
Jesus Christ. I totally forgot there's a move called dragon rush.
I brought Giratina along for some fun during one of my Plat playthroughs, got it got one shot by dragon rush
>>31369633
Its a shame its only 75% accurate.
>>31369643
This. They are slower than Garchomp, so your only chance is that Garchomp misses Dragon Rush. Not even Giratina's defenses are good for that
>Losing with Palkia vs Cynthia's Garchomp
>Not using X Defend
>Not having a high level Palkia
>Palkia with 150 base Sp.Atk and with a STAB Spacial Rend + Lustrous Orb with high crit ratio can OHK Garchomp
>Not using Ice Beam against a Garchomp that has a weak Sp.Def and is x4 weak to Ice
You're just bad
Dialga and Palkia used to look so stupid when they were first revealed but now they're two of my favorite legendaries. Funny, somehow.
>>31369758
>Using x items
Wtf? Never met someone who actually went out of their way to buy x items
>>31369758
Remember Garchomp is level 65 in DP and it will be faster than Palkia unless it were on 68. Natures affect the outcome too. You really must be bored to level it up to that
>>31369804
You can literally pick up 2 of every single X item in the games without having to buy them, buying them is definitely rare, I started buying them in ORAS just so I could sweep with one Pokemon, there's too many money boosts nowadays
>>31369872
I soft resetted Pearl a bunch of times just so I could get a Modest Palkia, at the time I think I had Palkia at level 60 while Infernape at level 63
and as soon as i had to deal with Garchomp I instantly popped an X Defend and used several Full Restores until Garchomp missed or used another move all the boosts + high crit ratio let me 2HKO him after Cynthia used the Full Restore
I just used an X Speed and an X Accuracy i had in my bag and swept with the Serene Grace Air Slash Togekiss she gave me
>>31369522
Her Garchomp on Perfect Platinum or whatever its called is so hard