Competitive Information for Regigigas [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Regigigas? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Regigigas is a spectacular Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Regigigas out in the 8th generation battlefield. Regigigas's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Giga Impact
- High Horsepower / Earthquake
- Ice Punch
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Regigigas (Popular/Trending)
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose 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.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Regigigas this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Retaliate
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
Physical Sweeper Regigigas (Slow Start)
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Regigigas's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Slow Start, on switch-in Regigigas's attack and speed are halved for 5 turns. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Regigigas's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Retaliate is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regigigas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regigigas's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ 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).
◆ Darkest Lariat is a physical 85-base power Dark-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
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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 for single battles. It's purpose is to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Regigigas last longer regaining it's HP 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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Giga Impact
- High Horsepower
- Ice Punch
- Wide Guard
Doubles Physical Sweeper Regigigas (Popular VGC)
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It is meant 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.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Wide Guard is a status move (protects allies from multi-target moves this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Slow Start
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Body Slam / Retaliate
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Regigigas (Slow Start)
Regigigas is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Regigigas's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Slow Start, on switch-in Regigigas's attack and speed are halved for 5 turns. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Regigigas's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Retaliate is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regigigas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regigigas's speed by 1 stage).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Regigigas
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Most notable and possible best moves for Regigigas
- Darkest Lariat
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Giga Impact
- Heavy Slam
- High Horsepower
- Ice Punch
- Iron Head
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Superpower
- Thunder Punch
Common Effort Values for Regigigas in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Regigigas's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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