Pokémon: Palkia
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Dragon/Water
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Spacerip
G-Max Move Type: Dragon
G-Max Move Description: The opponent's pokemon's HP is set to the HP of lowest amount of remaining hp on the team. (Not including KOed mons) before the attack hits.
Competitive Overview: For when you just wanna finish of a mon but it switched out.
Pokémon: Dialga
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Dragon/Steel
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Rewind
G-Max Move Type: Dragon
G-Max Move Description: The opponent's HP is set to the lowest it has been in the game.
Competitive Overview: For when you just wanna finish of a mon but it has recovery.
Pokemon: Regigigas
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Normal
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Regi-lution
G-Max Move Type: Normal
G-Max Move Description: Has a different effect if the target is Rock, Ice, Steel, Dragon, or Electric-type
- If the target is Rock-type, lowers the opponent(s)'s Defense by 1
- If the target is Ice-type, lowers the opponent(s)'s Special Defense by 1
- If the target is Steel-type, lowers the opponent(s)'s Attack by 1
- If the target is Dragon-type, lowers the opponent(s)'s Special Attack by 1
- If the target is Electric-type, lowers the opponent(s)'s Speed by 1
- If the target is none of the above types, applies the Heal Block effect on the target(s)
Competitive Overview: Regigigas is already extremely good as is, so it shouldn't get anything crazy, so a little flavorful justification for different typings shouldn't hurt.
Pokemon: Sudowoodo
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Rock/Ghost
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Petrify
G-Max Move Type: Rock
G-Max Move Description: Paralyzes the opponent(s) and changes their typing to Rock (a la Soak and Magic Powder)
Competitive Overview: Sudowoodo has mastered the art of not moving so well that it can make the opponent not move either, making it pretty annoying and letting it get the jump on slower Pokemon in order to try to paraflinch them with Rock Slide or hit them for big damage with Wood Hammer or Stomping Tantrum. You may be wondering why it's a Rock/Ghost-type despite the fact that Sudowoodo doesn't learn any offensive Ghost-type moves. This is because the Ghost-typing makes the Sudowoodo the only Pokémon with the ability Rattled that's weak to Dark, meaning that after a turn 1 Beat Up from a teammate to a Weakness Policy GMax Sudowoodo, it would have +2 Atk & SpA with +4 Speed, which is pretty cool.
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Pokémon: Cryogonal
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Ice
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Sudden Light
G-Max Move Type: Ice
G-Max Move Description: If the target have positive stat changes, remove them and the target becomes inflicted with a whole new status effect, called Agitation.
Agitation: Non-volatile status, thus does not wears off if switching away. The victim's Special moves deals half damage, and their Ability, excluding RKS System and Multitype, become deactivated. If Agitated, the victim cannot be inflicted by Burn, Sleep, Poison + Toxic, Paralysis or Freeze, while it cannot be Agitated if it is already inflicted by any of those statuses. Agitation can be healed by a Lum Berry, Heal Bell, Aromatherapy and other methods that remove non-volatile statuses.
Competitive Overview: We never have any new negative non-volatile status since the very first Generation, so why not making a new one? Keep in mind that, while Cryogonal is pretty fast and can take advantage of its Special bulk even further if things goes right, also have to deal with limited movepool.
Fun Fact: "Sudden Light" comes from Cryogonal being able to learn multiple light-based moves not only Flash Cannon through TM/TR, but also Solar Beam, Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Beam naturally, so I decided to base it on this oddity.
Pokémon: Sirfetch'd
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Fighting / Flying
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Bravery
G-Max Move Type: Fighting
G-Max Move Description: Hardcoded to 140 BP. Raise user's and ally's Attack by 1 stage.
Flavor Description: A Fighting-type attack that Gigantamax Sirfetch'd use. Although it raise Attack like Max Knuckle, this G-Max Fighting move is significantly stronger.
Competitive Overview: Not the most exciting effect, but being hardcoded to 140 BP that Max Knuckle and Fighting-type G-Max cannot reach is what gives it a massive edge over other Max Fighting moves. Helps that Sirfetch'd base Attack is already grand. Flying is for Max Airstream STAB.
Pokemon: Gourgeist
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Grass/Ghost
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Jack-O-Bomb
G-Max Move Type: Grass
G-Max Move Description: This Pokémon throws piles of jack-o-lanturns at the opponent, which burns them and causes them to turn into a Grass/Ghost type (even if it was already part grass or part ghost)
Competitive Overview: its here to turn Pokémon into the same type as it, and causing a great deal of pain and suffering
Pokémon: Flareon
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Fire
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Evo-Flare
G-Max Move Type: Fire
G-Max Move Description: Guaranteed burn on opponent. If user have Guts, it will also burn itself even if the user is a Fire-type.
Competitive Overview: Allows Flareon to finally make full use of Guts without having to utilize the harmful Toxic effect of Toxic Orb, while also attempting to compensate its low physical Bulk with a guaranteed burn, something other Guts user are not capable off consistently. Flareon have to contend with limited coverage and slow Speed though.
Pokémon: Wigglytuff
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Normal / Fairy
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Power Hug
G-Max Move Type: Normal
G-Max Move Description: Raise the user's Special Attack by 1 stage. User's Ability is replaced by Fur Coat until it switches out or faints.
Competitive Overview: Patching Wigglytuff's awful Defense to make it a super physically bulky titan once it managed to mark a hit, but it is recommended to use it in semiroom teams due to its very slow Speed. I originally intend for Fluffy but I decided that Wigglytuff is such a weak Moon Stone evolution (second to the unavailable Delcatty) that Fur Coat is more worth it while still making sense lore-wise.
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Pokemon: Drampa
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Normal/Dragon
G-Max Move Name: G-Max War Story
G-Max Move Type: Normal
G-Max Move Description: Raises the user's Special Attack by 1 and prevents the opponent(s) from using sound moves for 2 turns (Throat Chop effect). Sound move
Competitive Overview: A tale so horrifying that it'll leave you speechless. Pretty standard strong Trick Room attacking option, which is lacking on the special side in terms of Dynamaxers, with the only ones right now being GMax Beheeyem, GMax Slowbro-G, and sometimes Torkoal
Pokemon: Turtonator
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Fire/Dragon
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Minefield
G-Max Move Type: Fire
G-Max Move Description: Sets Fire-type Stealth Rocks on the opponent(s)'s side of the field and lowers the opponent(s) Speed by 1
Competitive Overview: You Shell Smash, then you set Fire-type Stealth Rock to prevent Focus Sashes from derailing a sweep, and you lower the opponent's Speed to make up for Turtonator's abysmal Speed, then you sweep. Add Sunny Day support and stuff that benefits from Speed control for even better results.
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Pokemon: Runerigus
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Ground/Ghost
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Ravaging Rune
G-Max Move Type: Ghost
G-Max Move Description: Raises the user's Defense by 1 and changes the opponent(s)'s ability to Wandering Spirit
Competitive Overview: Runerigus is one of the better offensive Trick Room setters in VGC since it can be a terrifying attacker with help from a Brutal Swing from Diggersby activating Weakness Policy and giving it Huge Power from Wandering Spirit. Just too bad Trick Room setters are almost always better off being fully support mons then, huh? With G-Max Ravaging Rune, Runerigus can hopefully make its extremely tiny niche a little bigger, being able to boost both of its Defenses with Max Quake and G-Max Ravaging Rune, Runerigus can become nigh unkillable while also boosting the damage of Body Press. Also, ability suppression is always powerful, plus Runerigus' STABs both don't make contact, so as long as you don't use Body Press, you get to keep your powerful ability while the opponent is stuck with Wandering Spirit
Pokemon: Exploud
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Normal
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Battle Cry
G-Max Move Type: Normal
G-Max Move Description: Hits all adjacent opponents. Sound move
Competitive Overview: Exploud just nukes things. Slap a Life Orb on it, put it on a Trick Room team or give it Tailwind support, and click this 3 teams and the opposing may-or-may-not just evaporate.
Pokemon: Frosmoth
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Ice/Bug
G-Max Move Name: G-Max Frozen Wind
G-Max Move Type: Ice
G-Max Move Description: Raises user's Def one stage while decresing the opponent's Spe by one stage. Also summons hail.
Competitive Overview: Frosmoth has always had the problem of being too physically frail and too slow, even after a Quiver Dance. The (admittedly wonderful) typing doesn't do it any favors defensively either. However, after a Quiver Dance and a couple of Def boosts, Frosmoth becomes surprisingly bulky (Ice Scales raises Frosmoth's special bulk), and the speed drops inflicted on the opponent, along with the QD boost, allows Frosmoth to take on more balanced teams more easily due to the amount of moderately fast, moderately bulky Pokemon that Frosmoth can break through. Also, as a guardian of the frozen peaks, summoning Hail is so obvious I wonder why they didn't give this thing Snow Warning.
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Pokemon: Vileplume
Type of the Gigantamax Form: Grass/Fairy
G-Max Move Name: Stench Extinction
G-Max Move Type: Poison
G-Max Move Description: This Pokémon releases very veil odor, that causes the opponent to be flinched easier. (It basically gives this Pokémon’s attacks a higher chance to flinch)
Competitive Overview:
