Competitive Information for Regigigas [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Regigigas? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Regigigas is popular Normal-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Regigigas show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Regigigas's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Leftovers / Eject Button
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Drain Punch / Power-Up Punch
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Wave
Physical Tank Regigigas (Popular/Trending)
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Tank. It's goal is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Regigigas last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Slow Start, on switch-in Regigigas's attack and speed are halved for 5 turns.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Regigigas recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Power-Up Punch is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to raise your Regigigas's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Strength
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Knock Off
Physical Sweeper Regigigas
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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.
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Regigigas's last move failed).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
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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. This moveset is designed to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Regigigas last longer regaining it's healthiness 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 Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Strength
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Regigigas
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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.
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ 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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM 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
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Regigigas
- Confuse Ray
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Gravity
- Ice Punch
- Knock Off
- Power-Up Punch
- Return
- Substitute
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Regigigas in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/0/0/0/4/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 192/252/0/0/0/64/ )
- Optimize Regigigas's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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