Does Giratina-O need to hold Griseous Orb in Hackmons?

Mar. 9, 2013

And do the Arceus forms need to hold the Plates?

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I’m answering this because the other answer is partly wrong.

Arceus needs itsPlateand signature ability inMultitypeto be able to change its type.The ability legalities make it not possible to get any Arceus except for Arceus-Normal without the Plates and the ability. Even having only a Plate wouldn’t help; that’d just change the type of Arceus' Judgment.Only Multitype without any Plate is Arceus-Normal. In BDSP, though, Arceus can have all of its types without the need of holding a Plate or having Multitype as its ability.

I just tested it on Showdown.I selected Giratina-O and gave it Leftovers. It came out as regular form Giratina.

I selected Arceus-Bug and gave it Leftovers. It came out as Normal type.