Giga Impact (move)
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| Giga Impact ギガインパクト Giga Impact | ||||||||||||
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Giga Impact (Japanese: ギガインパクト Giga Impact) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV. It is identical to Hyper Beam, except that it is a Physical move rather than a Special one.
Almost every Pokémon that can learn Hyper Beam through TM15 can learn Giga Impact through TM68, and vice versa.
Effect
Giga Impact deals a large amount of damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.
Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||
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| IV | V | VI | ||||||||
| 128 | 
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Tauros | Normal | 55 | 63 | '''' | ||||
| 142 | 
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Aerodactyl | Rock | Flying | 73 | 81 | ' | |||
| 143 | 
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Snorlax | Normal | 49 | 57 | '''' | ||||
| 232 | 
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Donphan | Ground | 54 | 54 | ' | ||||
| 466 | 
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Electivire | Electric | 67 | 68 | ' | ||||
| 486 | 
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Regigigas | Normal | 100 | 100 | '''' | ||||
| 506 | 
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Lillipup | Normal | 40 | '''' | |||||
| 507 | 
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Herdier | Normal | 47 | '''' | |||||
| 508 | 
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Stoutland | Normal | 59 | '''' | |||||
| 589 | 
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Escavalier | Bug | Steel | 56 | ' | ||||
| 610 | 
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Axew | Dragon | 61 | ' | |||||
| 611 | 
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Fraxure | Dragon | 66 | ' | |||||
| 612 | 
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Haxorus | Dragon | 74 | ' | |||||
| 626 | 
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Bouffalant | Normal | 61 | '''' | |||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||||||
By TM
In the anime
 Herdier | |||
| A yellow-orange energy covers its body. Then, a purple energy sphere surrounds the user and the energy swirls around it to hit the foe. | |||
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Aerodactyl flies into the sky and its body becomes surrounded by orange streaks. A purple energy then appears from the top of the streaks and envelops Aerodactyl's body. Aerodactyl then flies into the opponent. | ||
| A wild Aerodactyl | Wild in the Streets! | Debut | |
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Garchomp flies into the air and its body becomes surrounded by spiraling orange streaks. Then, a purple energy sphere surrounds Garchomp's body and it flies into the opponent with great force. | ||
| Cynthia's Garchomp | Top-Down Training! | None | |
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Spiritomb floats into the air and purple sparkles start to gather around it as it gathers energy. Then, orange streaks surround its body and it becomes surrounded by a purple orb. It then slams into the opponent with great force. As it's attacking, it spins its body around. | ||
| A wild Spiritomb | The Keystone Pops! | None | |
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Munchlax's body becomes surrounded by orange energy and it bursts into a purple orb that becomes surrounded by swirling orange streaks. It then slams into the opponent. | ||
| Kylie's Munchlax | A Full Course Tag Battle! | Munchlax cannot legally learn Giga Impact | |
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Gliscor flies at the opponent and its body becomes surrounded by yellow-orange streaks. Then, Gliscor's body becomes surrounded by a purple aura and it slams into the opponent with full force. | ||
| Ash's Gliscor | Mastering Current Events! | None | |
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Electivire slams its fists together in front of it and a purple orb with orange-yellow streaks spiraling around it appear around its body. It then puts one of its fists out and it slams into the opponent. | ||
| Paul's Electivire | Casting a Paul on Barry! | None | |
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Latios's body becomes surrounded by an orange sphere of energy. Then, the orange color fades and turns purple, with orange streaks of energy that spiral around the orb. Latios then flies into the opponent. | ||
| Tobias's Latios | The Semi-Final Frontier! | None | |
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Herdier jumps high into the air while facing towards the sky. As it does, its body becomes surrounded in an invisible energy. A bright flash of yellow light appears in front of its face and it faces towards the opponent. It then shoots itself at the opponent and a orb of light purple energy with spiraling light yellow streaks around it appear around Herdier's body and it slams into the opponent with great force. | ||
| Lenora's Herdier | Rematch at the Nacrene Gym! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
| The user deals powerful body blow to the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Gyarados crashes into the opponent with a powerful headbutt. | ||
| Cyrus's Gyarados | VS. Spiritomb | Debut | |
In other generations
Trivia
- Giga Impact was likely introduced because Hyper Beam was changed, due to its nature as a beam of pure energy, from a physical move to a special move.
- Aerodactyl and Tyranitar are the only Pokémon that learn both Hyper Beam and Giga Impact by leveling up.
- Despite being among the lightest Pokémon (only surpassed by Gastly and Haunter), all three of the lake guardians can learn this move.
- Klink, Klang, Axew, Fraxure, Lillipup, and Herdier are the only Pokémon that are not fully evolved that can learn Giga Impact by leveling up.
- Normally, only fully-evolved Pokémon can learn this move. However, some Pokémon that are not fully evolved but were in a previous generation (such as Porygon, Porygon2, Seadra, or Lickitung) may also learn this move, despite the fact it was introduced during Generation IV.
- Also, some Pokémon that are currently fully evolved cannot learn either variation.
- No Generation III Pokémon can learn Giga Impact via level up.
In other languages
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| Variations of the move Hyper Beam | ||||
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| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 | |
| Generation V TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
| Generation V HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 | |
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