Pokemon GO Gigalith: Best moveset, counters, and is it good in PvP and Raids?

If you have a Pokemon GO Gigalith in your collection, you may be curious to find out its best moveset and counters and know if it is any good in PvP and Raids. For that, we have prepared a detailed guide to analyze the utility of the monster. Here, you will learn Gigalith’s moves and why you have to choose the proper ones over improper ones. Moreover, the Rock-type entity is tackled by various PvP and PvE counters. So, what can you do about that?

It is worth noting that Pokemon GO Gigalith must have the right set of attacks for PvP and PvE battle formats, respectively. Only when you have managed this will you have any chance of surviving against the counters in PvP and Raids. Otherwise, you will lose to them. This article explores more.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the writer's opinions.

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Pokemon GO Gigalith: Best PvP and Raids movesets

An image of Gigaltih from the anime (Image via TPC)

Your Pokemon GO Gigalith or Shiny Gigalith has two movesets for two different battle formats. While using the monster in PvP (GO Battle League) play, you need to provide it with the correct attacks. Similarly, the Raid moveset for Gigalith must be distinct.

Best PvP moveset for Gigalith

• Fast Move: Smack Down
• Charged Moves: Superpower and Meteor Beam

Best Raid moveset for Gigalith

• Fast Move: Smack Down
• Charged Moves: Meteor Beam

In the above movesets, Smack Down and Meteor Beam are Rock-type attacks, whereas Superpower is a Fighting-type move. Aside from the Fighting type, Gigalith can activate the Same Type of Attack Bonus (STAB) effect for maximum damage output.

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Raid and PvP counters for Pokemon GO Gigalith

Many powerful Raid and PvP counters can easily beat Pokemon GO Gigalith. That said, here’s what you should be cautious of in the game.

Great League counters

• Whiscash
• Swampert
• Registeel
• Medicham
• Poliwrath

Ultra League counters

• Cobalion
• Virizion
• Annihilape
• Steelix
• Toxicroak

Master League counters

• Excadrill
• Melmetal
• Rhyperior
• Ursaluna
• Metagross
• Dialga

Raid counters (including Mega and Shadow Pokemon)

• Terrakion
• Kartana
• Keldeo
• Lucario
• Primal Groudon
• Mega Garchomp
• Shadow Kyogre

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Is Gigalith good in Pokemon GO PvP and Raids?

Gigalith in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

Gigalith’s max Combat Power (CP) can reach up to 3,650 in Pokemon GO. Its best Raid moveset can deal 15.28 damage per second to opponents. Meanwhile, the total damage output (TDO) of the moveset is 487.93, meaning Gigalith does 487.93 damage with its moves before fainting.

You can further improve the monster’s statistics by enabling the STAB effect, where the effect boosts the TDO by 1.2*.

From the above analysis, we can conclude that Gigalith is a decent pick in Raid Battles and Gym defense fights. However, it is not worthy in PvP mode, which is the GO Battle League (GBL). Honestly, the Compressed Pokemon has no utility in GBL, making it the worst addition to have in this format.