Gigalith Pokémon

Gigalith is a Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V, that evolves from Boldore when traded and it is the final form of Roggenrola. The first appearance of Gigalith was in Ash Versus the Champion! where it was rampaging across a village. Alder was able to stop it with his bare hands, and he later discovered that Gigalith's rampage was caused by a nail trapped in the bottom of one of its feet.

About

First appearance in anime	Pokémon the Series: Black & White (Ash Versus the Champion!)
First appearance in a game	Black and White
Region	Unova
Evolution	From Boldore
Pokedex Entry	526

Base stats

HP	85
ATTACK	135
DEFENCE	130
SP. ATTACK	60
SP. DEFENCE	80
SPEED	25
TOTAL	515

Appearance

Gigalith is a four-legged blue Pokémon with a variety of spiky, crystal-like red characteristics protruding from its body. It has gray joints and red crystalline characteristics on its limbs, with two claws on each leg that have similar traits. Each of its ears has a red eye while on its face, there are three crystalline characteristics below its eyes and the central one looks like a crest and other crystals on the sides of its head.

Behavior

Gigalith compresses energy in its center, allowing it to unleash assaults capable of sweeping mountains away. The sheer intensity of the blast causes many cracks on its body when it fires these strikes at full strength. It can also store sunlight in its orange crystals, magnify it within its body and blast massive energy balls from its mouth that can demolish dump trucks, however, this ability is lost at night or when it rains.

It dwells underground in caves and tunnels. Gigalith is a tough Pokémon with a lot of power who is popular among construction and mining workers. It collaborates with Copperajah on construction projects and mines in Galar.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Since Gigalith is a Rock-type Pokemon, it is strong against Normal, Flying, Poison, and Fire-type moves and takes only half the normal damage from them. In contrast, it is weak against Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water and Grass-type moves.

Best Moveset

Gigalith is a plausible choice as a Rock Type attacker but it does lag behind many of its contemporaries; especially the Rampardos. It can be a good budget option if you happen to get a good one as it doesn't need event moves, isn't a Legendary, doesn't need a special evolution item and can be evolved for free if traded. On defense it's bulky, but a bit too easy to exploit due to Rock's plethora of weaknesses.

Mud-Slap is generally the better choice for defense because it hits so many types for Super Effective damage. Rock Slide is the move of choice next to Mud-Slap as Rock and Ground are fairly synergetic together. Heavy Slam and Super Power can fit with either Fast Move, though they may tend to be a bit less effective.

Mud-Slap	Rock Slide
Heavy Slam	Super Power

How to catch Gigalith in Pokémon Go?

To catch Gigalith, players need to find Roggenrola. Roggenrola can be found in the wild in partly cloudy weather conditions which will boost its spawn rate due to being a rock type. They can be found in 5km eggs, Research Encounters and Raids too. It evolves into Boldore when fed 50 candies and its final evolution is Gigalith.

Explainer Video

Trivia

1. Gigalith was first seen in a Triple Battle with teammates Reuniclus and Gothitelle against Blitzle, Darmanitan, and Drilbur, during an Oha Suta episode that aired on June 27, 2010. It was not revealed in earnest until August 7, 2010.
2. Gigalith is the only pure Rock-type third-stage Pokémon.

FAQs

Is Gigalith a good Pokemon?

Gigalith has good stats but bad typing and its movepool is worse. It can be a plausible good budget option.

Is Gigalith a boy or girl?

Gigalith can be either a boy or girl with a 50% chance of it being either.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You now know everything about this crystal formed Rock Type Pokemon that evolves from Roggenrola. Gigalith debuted in Ash Versus the Champion! where it was rampaging around a town and Alder managed to stop it with his bare hands