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Will they need to even nerf Regigigas?

Even with full stats (Not 9% nerfed) it doesn’t best the Fighting department (Because Rock Smash and Focus Blast are just that bad) and while it does with Normal, (With Porygon-Z just behind it as runner up with Normal type moves) that type isn’t really needed as it doesn’t hit anything for SE damage, and it isn’t any better than the big dragons (Rayquaza, Palkia, Dialga, Garchomp) except for in partly cloudy weather.

Asked by DatLocalKatcher6 years 8 months ago

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They really didn't need to nerf Slaking after giving it a 0 damage fast move and they still did. Regigigas will likely get a damaging fast move with its gargantuan stats, a nerf is inevitable regardless of if it needs it or not.

No,

They could even do a community day event and give Slaking Pound. Not going to break the Meta.

perhaps that's the next step up in the constant power creep. File this one under the "Normal" type power creep. Get everyone a good Snorlax, then make Snorlax irrelevant (if it isn't already) by making Slaking finally good.

Some would debate that most bulky normal types are already irrelevant, including slaking, due to how consistent people are with having high level machamp

I tend to agree with those people. I've never seen a Snorlax in a gym that can't be dismembered in under 35 seconds.

No they couldn't, Slaking doesn't get Pound in the main series. Of the available normal-type fast moves it would need to be either Cut or Scratch. Given Slaking's whole gimmick is based around Yawn I don't see them replacing it any time soon.

Like TheBiggestLeaf said, Slaking can't get Pound. It couldn't break the meta with any existing fast move, but with a good one like Scratch it might become meta relevant as a good fairy-type attacker and a great neutral generalist.

Given it's terrible movepool, Niantic didn't need to nerf Ho-Oh either, seeing as how it still wouldn't be able to compete for top fire DPS even without the 9% stat nerf.

So far, they've done the 9% stat squish for every Mon that would have a CP of over 4000, so I don't imagine Regigigas would be excempt from that.

I want to see how Giratina is handled. Giratina-O goes over that limit but Giratina-A doesn't.

IT would be interesting to see, but Deoxys will likely be the best example for determining how giratina will be handled, given its 4 forms, they may only include the base form. as giratina needs to hold an item to be in origin forme/be in the distortion world, they may just have it be only one form

I don't think they would have bothered adding all 4 of Deoxys's forms to the game master if only one was to be made available.

Also, none of Deoxys's forms break 4k CP so none of them will face the nerf. I brought up Giratina specifically since the forms (in the main series anyway) are interchangeable. With one form being above their nerf threshold and the other being below it it'll be interesting to see how it's handled. I'll be a little disappointed if they play it safe by nerfing both forms.

We dont know that its move set will be, I actually think the rocksmash/blast set is because you will need the three lesser regi's to fight Gigas, it has a signature move, Crush grip, and they could give it a good normal fast move, assumptions as to what one of the most ambiguous pokemon will be wont really get anywhere

I highly doubt Niantic is going to require us to use the other 3 Regis to fight Regigigas. That would be foolish on their part (given that people typically haven't been raiding Regice/Registeel hard, and thus don't have good candidates to power up), and would result in fewer people being able to do Regigigas and extensively long raid battles for those who could. This would be a very harsh requirement that would not at all be friendly to the playerbase.

Also, since none of the legendaries have been released with their signature moves, I imagine Regigigas won't either.

The asshurt would be immeasurable if fighting Regigigas required you to have all three of the other Regis. If they pulled this they would need to make the Regis available at the same time as Gigas, ideally by having them as bosses in lower tiers so not to overlap.

I could see Regirock as a tier 4 boss, Regice as tier 3, and Registeel as a tier 2. That's what sad about the Regis. Great defensive pokemon that can't go in gyms.

Considering you need relicanth to access the lesser Regi we can safely assume that will not be the case.

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