I was thinking...

Monco

Sorry if this has been thought of already but in an attempt to make Regigigas usable (I really like him cause he reminds me of Unicron from Transformers for some reason lol), what if you took Mean Look/Baton Pass/Yawn Umbreon with hella defense or special defense EVs, trapped a physical or special attacker, and BP to Regigigas, also with EVs in defense or special defense, and wait out the 5 turns that way?

I was thinking Charm on Umbreon, then just trap a physical attacker, Yawn, and Charm a few times so even if they wake up on Regigigas they won't be able to scratch him. Then again Regigigas is already somewhat sturdy so it might just waste time.

The only problem I see is that it requires a bit of set up but once you trap who you want it could work...
 
This stall strategy is easy to counter (PHaze, CH, the opponent wakes up early) and if you can spend to 5 turns to setup anything, it certainly won't be regigigas.
 
The only thing I can think off of the top of my head that would foil your plan is that alot of physical sweepers this gen actually have Close Combat, which will tear your umbreon apart.
 
Well see, if you did the whole Mean Look+Yawn thing, you can easily baton pass to a Taunt Dragon Dance Gyarados/Tyranitar and easily win, or even switch to like a Substitute Swords Dance Heracross, or a Substitute Calm Mind and so on. If you can pull the work off, then obviously you can go better.

Also, if you fear Close Combat, slap Focus Sash onto Umbreon. You Mean Look on their switch, Yawn as you take a hit, Protect, and then BP outta there. Simple enough.

And if you want Regigigas to work, sadly it'd work best as an annoyer or some shit, after it does get Knock Off and Thunder Wave. It still works as a tank without having to worry about Slow Start you know..
 
how about swagger/psych up on Regigigas?

anyway yeah, I thought that too, that you could just as easily switch to someone who would take less time to set up and be just as good.
 
Swagger/Psych Up is really gimmicky and unreliable. Don't gamble your life trying to power up something that is inferior when many other things can use the same strategy, only many times better.
 
and wait out the 5 turns that way?
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The problem is, it's not like he's getting a Belly Drum and a speed boost when the 5 turns end. Since you're running "hella defence and special defence EV's" I assume it'll be something like Max HP, 126 Def, 126 Sp Def. If that's correct, when Slow Start ends, you'll have a grand total of *356 Attack* and *236 speed.* To put that in perspective, that's the same speed as a Jolly Rampardos, but nearly 100 less attack power. And no Head Smash.

You've just spent 8+ turns setting up, and you're left...that? He'll be countered effortlessly by any physical wall in existence. Why not have Umbreon BP to Dragonite, and Dragon Dance for 5 turns? -_-
 
You've just spent 8+ turns setting up, and you're left...that? He'll be countered effortlessly by any physical wall in existence. Why not have Umbreon BP to Dragonite, and Dragon Dance for 5 turns? -_-
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More like pass to Sub/Spore/Belly drum / BP Salac Smeargle. Or Ingrain/BP Smeargle so that your chain can't be phazed.

There are more efficient means of this :-)
 
actually, I was just gonna have umbreon run 252 HP and 252 on whatever defense you want and then have Regigigas run EVs in the same defense along with HP and attack.

but you're right, it's too much work for something that isn't even that good.

fun for novelty I guess?
 
I've tried Regigigas before and the above posters are right. He was just screwed too badly by Slow Start. But at least you're trying to do something new! In fact that's actually how I came up with Cradily+Slaking for my doubles team.
 
I was thinking about a Psych Up set on Regigigas, using his Slow Start as bait for stat-uppers. Sub on the switch, Psych Up, kill whatever you're facing (Ice/Thunderpunch kills Gyarados/Garchomp, something for Azelf), Sub to stall again, and five turns will be up.
 
That doesnt exactly work. Gyarados normally carries taunt, preventing u from Psych Upping or subbing. Also, the opponent will suspect something when your regigigas subs. I doubt a slow started thunderpunch can ko gyarados. And theres no point psych upping azelf. Probably the only pokemon that would work well on is Garchomp, and only the swords dance version of it.
 
Sorry, I don't have access to serebii's move dex at the moment (damn school blocks), but Psych Up copies the beneficial effects of a stat up move, correct? Wouldn't Regigigas then be able to copy a Nasty Plot? And I think Regigigas would be able to OHKO after Psych Upping a Dragon Dance.
 
I was thinking about a Psych Up set on Regigigas, using his Slow Start as bait for stat-uppers. Sub on the switch, Psych Up, kill whatever you're facing (Ice/Thunderpunch kills Gyarados/Garchomp, something for Azelf), Sub to stall again, and five turns will be up.
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TBolt might be a good idea for Gyarados and Azelf.

Does anyone think Giga-Impact could work on Regigas?
 
Giga Impact is always a horrible move. Why would you suggest it on Regigigas? First you have to wait 5 turns until you can do respectable damage (or unleash a weak attack earlier and become even more setup bait), and then you end up with... that? Return does more damage over two turns anyways.
 
i think i might have found a way to use regigigas... maybe...
first off you need to baton pass ingrain to him via smeargle. then proceed to use substitute until slow start wears off. i think you world have enough hp to keep up the subs with the hp from ingrain and leftovers.
 
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