My 16th post and already an article on none other than Regigigas.

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:justin2: Yeah, this isn't a joke topic. I've actually used this in succession.




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Regigigas @ Leftovers/Chople Berry
Nature: Whatever you feel works (I prefer a +Def or +Sp. Def)
252 HP/76 Defense/110 Special Defense
OR
252 HP/252 in any defense.
Slow Start
- Confuse Ray
- Thunder Wave/Substitute
- ThunderPunch/Drain Punch/Knock Off/Substitute
- Ice Punch

What can I say? This thing can be a beast at times....and at other times, it's just there to shield you from two Heracross CC's....To start it off, it should ONLY be used late game, the chances of your opponent switching to something that walls Regigigas is very high early game, make sure you've taken out their physical wall and anything with a strong fighting attack before bringing Regigigas out.

The nature and EV spread is completely up to you, this is just the EV spread I have been using since day one with this guy. With a base 110 HP, 110, Defense, 110 Sp. Defense, this thing can take hits well. With no EV's and neutral nature, Regigigas has 356 Attack and 236 Speed after slow start wears off.

As for the item, once again, it's all up to you. Leftovers helps to tank, while Chople Berry let's you survive an adamant, 252, CB Heracross's Close Combat, but only by a little bit, helps if you want to stop it's rampage with a Confuse Ray or Thunder Wave.

As for the attacks....In my experience, Confuse Ray and Thunder Wave are mandatory. It helps stall out without taking so much hits. The last two attacks are completely up to you, later in this post, I will list Regigigas's usable attacks so you can freely build your own moveset. Knock Off is if you want it to tank, Drain Punch is for recovering HP because you WILL get hit for being out so long, Substitute is for major tankage if you love relying on hax, and Ice Punch is for Dragons and such, Thunderpunch is for physical BoltBeam. Ice Punch won't OHKO a dragon, but after Slow Start wears off, it will. Drain Punch does roughly 75% to a Weavile(Heals you half of that).

Regigigas's movepool:
Aerial Ace
Avalanche
Brick Break
Confuse Ray
Drain Punch
Earthquake
Facade
Fire Punch
Thunder Punch
Ice Punch
Knock Off
Return
Rock Slide
Stone Edge
Substitute
Superpower
Toxic
Zen Headbutt

As you can see, Regigigas's phyiscal movepool is pretty impressive. You COULD use Sp. Attacks, but that would be a waste of the base 160 attack, wouldn't it?

After reading this, I hope that users will give Regigigas the respect that he deserves. This thing completely owns the UU metagame and should at least be considered a BL. As for the people interested in using, go out there, catch your future Regiwin, EV train it to your liking and start to RegiWIN. Okay, it's 6:43 AM here and I havn't gotten any sleep at all. My mind can't take anymore of this. Later.
 
I haven't actually tried this, but I've raised my Regigigas. It knows Return, Earthquake, Ice Punch and Substitute. The idea is to hopefully pass some speed to it, stall for 5 turns with Sub and Leftovers, and then sweep. Only problem is Roar's gonna ruin your parade. You can't really get this going until the late game when your opponent's phazers are optimistically taken out.
I have no idea if it'll work; I haven't tried it. Maybe once I get a bit better at competitive battling and predicting opponents, I'll try it.
 
This topic has made me wonder just how much a paralyzed, confused CB Heracross would do to itself in confusion. I could imagine it nearly killing itself in such a situation, but to be honest I'd never dare try it as the strategy seems potentially far more deadly to the user than the recipient.
 
Meh, any opponent worth his salt has at least ONE pokemon with a fighting attack, which ruins Regigigas. I have no doubt that Regigigas can survive some of them, but when against an Electivire or worse yet, Choice Scarf Heracross, he falls dead. Even with those, he outspeeds you and hits you in the arse, and then Regigigas thunder Waves him... and then what? Regigigas at that point becomes a one trick pony. You just can't get a subsitute in when you have less than 25%. Granted, you can actually DO something when Hera gets thunder waved on the switch... but Regigigas' base speed equals approximately 25 under slow start, meaning Hera probably STILL outspeeds it. I don't see the point in running Regigigas.
 
Only use Regigigas against a Heracross if you need a meat shield. It is NOT meant to take SE hits. It survives them, but it isn't meant to take them.

The average amount of fighting attacks on a team is 2-3 unless you LOVE fighting attacks >_> and Slow Start only halves it's attack and speed.
 
The problem is that the opponent is GOING to switch in one of those two, knowing you can't do a danm thing to it other than hope it kills itself with confusion. Seriously, they still outspeed you, leading to your demise, and you don't have ANYTHING to damage Heracross. Maybe Electivire, but I doubt it.
 
Twave on the switch, buddy. If your that afraid of somebody outspeeding you, then pack a supporting Twaver. Like a Miltank or Bliss.
 
Dude, In slow start by your calculations, Regigigas with no speed EVs like you suggest leads you to have 118, which 99% of the pokemon in the game out speed even when paralyzed. And what happens if you TWave and they switch to Electivire?
 
Electivilug said:
Dude, In slow start by your calculations, Regigigas with no speed EVs like you suggest leads you to have 118, which 99% of the pokemon in the game out speed even when paralyzed. And what happens if you TWave and they switch to Electivire?
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You do realize your Speed gets cut to 1/4th when paralyzed, right?

I think Zen Heatbutt deserves a little mention on Regiwin. Not only does it hurt the Heracross that most likely came in to take your Thunder Wave, but it also adds some chance that said Heracross won't be able to move. Just as good an option as Confuse Ray, imo.
 
Danm. Thought it was 1/2. But still, if your answer to a switch is to just TWave without even thinking about Electivire, I think you may have a problem. Plus, this is basically a tank. Why not use Blissey instead? She can survive most physical attacks if she's Bold (Which she should) and has 252 EVs in defense, allowing her to do something USEFUL, not to mention that she can be an offensive threat somewhat with Ice Beam. And that's just one example. In my opinion, if you're going to use a tank, Regigigas can be good, but often, different tanks can be just as good, if not better, than Regigigas.
 
Zen Headbutt is on the list of viable attacks. To the Blissey thing, not everybody wants to use that as a tank. I use her as a sweeper/takn. *is not going to reveal secrets* NOT CALM MIND >_>
 
Electivilug said:
Danm. Thought it was 1/2. But still, if your answer to a switch is to just TWave without even thinking about Electivire, I think you may have a problem. Plus, this is basically a tank. Why not use Blissey instead? She can survive most physical attacks if she's Bold (Which she should) and has 252 EVs in defense, allowing her to do something USEFUL, not to mention that she can be an offensive threat somewhat with Ice Beam. And that's just one example. In my opinion, if you're going to use a tank, Regigigas can be good, but often, different tanks can be just as good, if not better, than Regigigas.
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If you Thunder Wave an Electivire.... Switch to your Electivire counter?Serously, it's not as if Motor Drive gives it an attack boost. Anything that counters Electivire without a Motor Drive boost should be able to counter it even if it has a Motor Drive under it's belt.

Regigigas is a weird Pokemon imo. It's a tank for 5 turns, then it gains enough attack to smash things that get's in it's way. Regigigas is in no way better then Blissey, but in all honesty I wouldn't call her a tank. I've always viewed Blissey as more of a wall, because to anything that can Recover SToss is simply no worry at all. Same with Cresselia without Charge Beam. Regigigas however can sweep once it get's it's attack back from Slow Start.
 
I like the T-wave AND confuse ray. They have about a 25% of attacking you because paralyse is 50% of attacking ( i THINK ) And then i have no idea what confuse ray's percentage is, but it must be 50-50 i assume.
 
It's roughly high 30's percent of attacking for Parafusion. Seriously though. Blissey is the BEST Sp. Wall and the world knows. If everybody wanted to use Bliss just because it was the best, then everybody would be running Bliss, wouldn't they?
 
Paired with Magnezone, a weather changer (think sunny day houndoom or w/e), a (fast) sleeper, and a hefty sub passer (vaporeon) as well as saving it till very late game, this potentially could survive the 5 turns needed... though imo the support it needs isnt worth it.
 
Magikoopa-Back it up.
Death-I have no idea, I didn't even consider Sp. Attacks.
Ak47-All you usually want to have is another Para-support team member, maybe WoW and Sleep too. I use all three.
 
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