Is Gigalith Good in Black & White Playthrough?
Trade evolution from Boldore. Rock with AbilitySturdy surviving any hit at full HP. If you can trade, Gigalith is one of the best physical walls in the story. Handles Elesa and Skyla through Rock. If you can't trade, Boldore with Eviolite works nearly as well in Gen 5.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Cilan's team.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Chili's team.
Cress's team hits Roggenrola's weaknesses hard.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Lenora's team.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Burgh's team.
Boldore trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Clay's Pokemon outpace and outclass Boldore here.
Boldore has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Gigalith has the type edge here and should clean up Brycen's team.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Grimsley's team hits Gigalith's weaknesses hard.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Marshal's Pokemon outpace and outclass Gigalith here.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Alder's team.
Catch Roggenrola on Wellspring Cave (walking, Lv 10-13, common).
Your Roggenrola should hit Level 25 before you reach Elesa, at typical leveling pace.
Most players are ready to trade before reaching Brycen.
How to Get Gigalith in Black & White
The chain to Gigalith requires a trade evolution through a trade. Catch Roggenrola at solid rates and level through the stages, but line up the trade first. The rest of the chain runs on levels alone.
How to Obtain Gigalith in BW
To get Gigalith, start by catching Roggenrola through walking encounters at Lv. 10-59. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Catch RoggenrolaWellspring Cave - 1FLv.10-13CaveRate 50%AnyWellspring Cave - B1FLv.10-13CaveRate 50%Any
Step 2Catch or Evolve BoldoreMistralton Cave - 1FLv.28-31CaveRate 50%AnyMistralton Cave - 2FLv.28-31CaveRate 50%AnyMistralton Cave - 3FLv.28-31CaveRate 50%AnyTwist Mountain - 1FLv.28-31CaveRate 49%Spring/summer/autumnTwist Mountain - 2FLv.28-31CaveRate 49%Spring/summer/autumnTwist Mountain - 3FLv.28-31CaveRate 49%Spring/summer/autumnTwist Mountain - 1FLv.29-30CaveRate 30%WinterTwist Mountain - 2FLv.29-30CaveRate 30%WinterTwist Mountain - 3FLv.29-30CaveRate 30%WinterChargestone Cave - 1FLv.24CaveRate 10%AnyChargestone Cave - B1FLv.24CaveRate 10%AnyChargestone Cave - B2FLv.24CaveRate 10%AnyVictory Road - 2FLv.37-39CaveRate 30%AnyVictory Road - 4FLv.37-39CaveRate 30%AnyVictory Road - 1FLv.39CaveRate 30%AnyVictory Road - 3FLv.39CaveRate 30%AnyVictory Road - 5FLv.39-41CaveRate 30%AnyVictory Road - 6FLv.39-41CaveRate 30%AnyVictory Road - 7FLv.39-41CaveRate 30%AnyChallenger's Cave - 1FLv.48CaveRate 20%AnyChallenger's Cave - B1FLv.48CaveRate 20%AnyChallenger's Cave - B2FLv.48CaveRate 20%AnyGiant Chasm - CaveLv.49CaveRate 5%AnyGiant Chasm - Inner CaveLv.59CaveRate 5%Anyor evolve from Roggenrola (Step 1)
Step 3Gigalith ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gigalith egg.
Gigalith Weakness
Type-wise, Gigalith takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Gigalith's physical bulk (base 130 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Gigalith Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Gigalith
 Simisage Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansage (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simisage builds →Seed Bomb 2x50-60% Focus Blast 2x77-91% | ||
 Simipour Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Panpour (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simipour builds →Scald 2x80-94% Focus Blast 2x77-91% | ||
 Drilbur Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Drilbur builds →Dig 2x47-56% Metal Claw 2x21-26% | ||
 Pignite FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Nuvema Town Gift) | ||
 Dewott Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Oshawott (Nuvema Town Gift) | ||
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
Throh Fighting | C | |
Simisage Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansage (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simisage builds →Solar Beam 2x115-137%KO Focus Blast 2x77-91% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Simipour Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Panpour (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simipour builds →Scald 2x77-91% Focus Blast 2x77-91% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Throh Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Throh builds →Vital Throw 2x42-49% Earthquake 2x38-46% | ||
Simisage Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansage (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simisage builds →Solar Beam 2x109-129%KO Focus Blast 2x73-86% Dig 2x31-37% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Sawk builds →Earthquake 2x46-55% Low Sweep 2x42-49% | ||
 Maractus Grass | C | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x74-87% Metal Claw 2x39-47% Rock Smash 2x21-25% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Simisage Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansage (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simisage builds →Solar Beam 2x111-131%KO Focus Blast 2x74-87% Dig 2x31-37% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Sawk builds →Brick Break 2x54-64% Earthquake 2x48-56% | ||
Throh Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Throh builds →Vital Throw 2x42-50% Earthquake 2x39-47% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x77-91% Metal Claw 2x39-47% Rock Smash 2x22-26% | ||
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x66-78% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Simisage Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansage (Dreamyard Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Simisage builds →Solar Beam 2x115-136%KO Focus Blast 2x77-90% Dig 2x32-38% | ||
Sawk Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Sawk builds →Brick Break 2x55-65% Earthquake 2x49-57% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x74-87% Brick Break 2x37-44% Metal Claw 2x38-45% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x62-73% Rock Smash 2x17-20% | ||
Scrafty DarkFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Scrafty builds →High Jump Kick 2x68-80% Dig 2x29-35% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x75-88% Brick Break 2x37-45% Metal Claw 2x38-45% | ||
Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Cobalion SteelFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodMistralton Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Cobalion builds →Sacred Sword 2x47-56% Iron Head 2x44-52% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Krookodile builds →Earthquake 2x65-78% Brick Break 2x32-39% | ||
Cobalion SteelFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodMistralton Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Cobalion builds →Close Combat 2x63-74% Iron Head 2x42-50% | ||
 Terrakion RockFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Terrakion builds →Close Combat 2x84-100%KO Earthquake 2x47-55% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x48-56% Brick Break 2x24-28% | ||
 Gurdurr Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Gurdurr builds →Focus Punch 2x88-103%KO Dig 2x31-37% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x74-87% Brick Break 2x37-43% Metal Claw 2x38-45% | ||
In Black & White, Starmie can KO Gigalith with Hydro Pump (112-132%). Conkeldurr's Drain Punch hits Gigalith for 64-75%. Excadrill deals 75-88% with Earthquake.
 Starmie WaterPsychic | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityAnalytic ItemAir Balloon NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Starmie builds →Rapid Spin3-3% Ice Beam31-36% Hydro Pump 2x112-132%KO Thunderbolt31-36% | ||
 Conkeldurr Fighting | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Conkeldurr builds →Drain Punch 2x64-75% Mach Punch 2x34-41% | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandforce ItemChoice Scarf NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x75-88% Rapid Spin6-8% Rock Slide19-22% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityClearbody ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Gigalith View Metagross builds →Earthquake 2x55-64% Bullet Punch 2x33-39% | ||
Gigalith Evolutions
Getting Gigalith requires a trade, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Roggenrola. Breed this form to get Roggenrola eggs (quick to hatch). Attack grew the most through evolution (+60 over Roggenrola), and Gigalith peaks at 505 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gigalith to get Roggenrola eggs easily using 49 partners from the Mineral egg group. Notable egg moves include Autotomize, Curse, Gravity and 5 more.
BW Gigalith Best Moveset
135 Attack and 130 Defense behind Rock typing with AbilitySturdy surviving one hit from full HP. AbilitySand Force as a hidden ability boosts Rock/Ground/Steel moves by 30%% in sandstorm. The moveset fires devastating physical Rock TermStab in sand teams. 25 Speed goes last against everything.
Best Build
Gigalith best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Explosion
- Rock Blast
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Autotomize and Curse give Gigalith options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ground coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Stone Edge and Power Gem. The egg moves push it further.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Compressing the energy from its internal core lets it fire off an attack capable of blowing away a mountain.
The solar energy absorbed by its body’s orange crystals is magnified internally and fired from its mouth.
Gigalith Black & White Guide
In Black & White, Sand Stream changes the entire equation for Gigalith. The 505 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked B-Tier as a wallbreaker. Earthquake with Custapberry is the standard set.
In Black & White, Gigalith's biggest threats include Swampert (Water), Roserade (Grass), and Lucario (Fighting), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Ground and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter. At base 25 Speed, Gigalith won't outrun any of these threats so switching to a resist is usually the safer play.
Gigalith is obtained by trade-evolving Boldore. Catch or evolve a Boldore first, then trade. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Boldore to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required.
Sand Stream is what you want on Gigalith. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Sturdy, Sand Force) work on paper but Sand Stream is what makes Gigalith worth using. On wall sets, Sand Stream pairs with Gigalith's base 130 Defense to absorb physical hits on the switch.
Base 25 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. On offense, Gigalith is a physical attacker with base 135 Attack. Defensively? Tanky enough to absorb a few hits. Best used as a wallbreaker.
Game Availability
Gigalith joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 7 titles so far. With 6 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves