Competitive Information for Regigigas [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Regigigas? 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.
Regigigas is a stupendous Normal-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Regigigas when battling in the 5th generation meta. Regigigas's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Frustration / Return
- Superpower / Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Regigigas
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Regigigas's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Regigigas's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Slow Start, on switch-in Regigigas's attack and speed are halved for 5 turns.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regigigas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Regigigas recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Drain Punch
- Substitute
- Confuse Ray
- Fire Punch
Regigigas Physical Tank (The Royal Giant)
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Tank. It is designed to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Regigigas last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Slow Start, on switch-in Regigigas's attack and speed are halved for 5 turns.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Regigigas takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Confuse Ray is a status move (confuses the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Regigigas? 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Frustration
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Regigigas
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Regigigas's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Regigigas's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Slow Start, on switch-in Regigigas's attack and speed are halved for 5 turns.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ 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).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regigigas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Regigigas 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Regigigas 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 Regigigas
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Regigigas's stats
- Ancient Power
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Regigigas
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Regigigas in Black and White
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