Discussion Greninja Break Combatting? Giratina worth it?

[MadDanX]

Ive recently seen greninja break have quite a bit of play and ive had a few problems with it against my decks. Is there any suggestions on preventing them? Is it worth playing one giratina as a tech?

 

[swaginator5000]

Giratina can be a great way to help fight the frogs as you will be limiting their damage output but it really just depends on what deck you are playing.

 

[MadDanX]

yeah probably a good idea then, I'm running toxapex main at the moment and having success against most decks including gardevoir except for the god damn frogs!!!

 

[CrownAxe]

Yeah Giratina pretty much single handily shuts down frogs as it caps their damage to just Greninja's attacks. Their only instant out to it is to Guzma and Tapu Storm GX it off the board but you can just get it back. Anything else would require 3 hitting it

 

[woahaustin]

If you can consistently knock out frogs as they evolve (froakie turn 1, frogadier turn 2, greninja turn 3) without being too energy reliant, than no giratina is needed.

 

[Professor_jplap]

This question depends on the format. If your playing expanded, then Giratina is a must especially due to the frequent use of Trevenant BREAK now (since it shuts down the item lock) but if your playing standard, it depends on what deck you use. Hope this helps.