Pokemon Legends: Arceus - How to Beat Volo & Giratina

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As any longtime Pokemon fan will already know, a game doesn't always have to end when the credits begin to roll. This is certainly the case with Pokemon Legends: Arceus, anyway, with the developers packing in an impressive amount of post-game content for players to work on after they've completed the game's main story and closed the space-time rift.

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Initially, Pokemon Legends: Arceus players will be tasked with collecting the remaining Arceus plates, which is accomplished by tracking down and catching numerous Legendary Pokemon throughout the Hisui region. Once all but one of the plates have been collected, players will then need to return to the top of Mt Coronet, where their former-friend Volo will finally reveal his true colors.

Unlike earlier Pokemon games, Pokemon Legends: Arceus doesn't place too much emphasis on trainer battles, which can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it makes the whole experience a lot less stressful for players and allows them to focus almost entirely on adhering to the series' iconic «Gotta catch 'em all» motto. Unfortunately, however, it does have its fair share of downsides as well.

Perhaps the biggest of these is that players aren't really required to train up their Pokemon as much as they would be in a traditional gym-centric Pokemon game. This means that a lot of players won't have assembled a well-balanced team by the time they reach the battle with Volo, nor will they have necessarily leveled up the right Pokemon. As such, they'll need to do a little bit of prep work in order to defeat the deranged Ginkgo Guild merchant.

The fight with Volo is difficult for a few different reasons,