Never really considered specially defensive Giratina, but does it really take Spacial Rend from Palkia? I'm getting 252 SpA Timid Palkia Spacial Rend vs. 252/252+ Calm Giratina: 46.4% - 54.8%, enough to 2HKO with SR. It does wall Kyogre though.
He was talking about Giratina-A, not Giratina-O.
Speaking of Giratina-O, is there any good, underrated set for it? It seems like it can't really do that much without being out-classed.
Mixed? MixQuaza might be better. CM? Kyogre and Mewtwo are better IMO.
Another pokemon I have trouble finding a niche for is...Rayquaza.
Yes, DD is good, but I feel like I'm just using such a generic dragon set.
I'm not saying you shouldn't use it or that it's bad, it just doesn't feel like "Rayquaza". The Mixed set is good too, but it can't sweep, so I'm not using it for him.
The SD set on the other hand does feel a bit more unique to him, but it's so out-classed by Extreme Killer. The only thing it has over EK is the ability to easily kill Giratina, otherwise, it requires SR and 2 layers of Spikes to have a chance at a sweep, while EK can sweep an entire team with just SR.
I really want a sweeping set, but nothing really screams "Rayquaza" for me without being out-classed, or feeling like a glorified Salamence.
Ideas?