Competitive Information for Gigalith [Black/White]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gigalith? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Gigalith is popular Rock-typed Pokemon. Gigalith are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Gigalith is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Iron Head / Heavy Slam
Physical Sweeper Gigalith (Sand Force)
Gigalith is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Gigalith's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Gigalith from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gigalith's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Gigalith's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Gigalith's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Gigalith than the target).
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Item: Lum Berry
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 104 Hp / 104 Atk / 104 Def / 196 SpD
Moveset:
- Heavy Slam
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Earthquake
Gigalith Double Wall (Whatchaa Happy For?)
Gigalith is a marvelous Double Wall. It's purpose is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. With Sturdy, if Gigalith is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Gigalith takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gigalith? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Iron Head / Heavy Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gigalith (Sand Force)
Gigalith is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Gigalith's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Gigalith from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gigalith's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Gigalith's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Gigalith's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Gigalith than the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gigalith learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gigalith can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Gigalith
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Gigalith's stats
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Gigalith
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gigalith in Black and White
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