Giga Drain

Type

Grass

Category

special

Power

75

Accuracy

100

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

• Floette Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Sceptile Mega
• Scovillain Mega
• Eelektross Mega
• Florges
• Gengar Mega
• Hydrapple
• Venusaur Mega
• Leafeon
• Whimsicott
• Abomasnow Mega
• Meganium Mega
• Volcarona
• Torterra
• Decidueye Hisui
• Venusaur Gmax
• Gengar Gmax
• Gengar
• Floette Eternal
• Hatterene Gmax
• Alcremie
• Meowscarada
• Tsareena
• Victreebel Mega
• Alcremie Gmax
• Sinistcha
• Sceptile
• Meganium
• Roserade
• Simisage
• Venusaur
• Appletun
• Flapple
• Hatterene
• Chesnaught
• Abomasnow
• Gourgeist Average
• Garbodor
• Eelektross
• Beedrill Mega
• Polteageist
• Appletun Gmax
• Mimikyu Totem Busted
• Decidueye
• Flapple Gmax
• Mimikyu Totem Disguised
• Mimikyu Busted
• Sableye Mega
• Serperior
• Trevenant
• Gourgeist Super
• Gourgeist Large
• Gourgeist Small
• Scovillain
• Mimikyu Disguised
• Forretress
• Victreebel
• Garbodor Gmax
• Vileplume
• Araquanid
• Arbok
• Araquanid Totem
• Vivillon
• Ariados
• Beedrill
• Floette
• Sableye

Giga Drain is a Grass-type special attack. It has 75 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target. Giga Drain is a Grass-type special attack. It has 75 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target.

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

Consider Giga Drain when its type and power cover targets your team otherwise struggles with. Single-target attacks are reliable and do not risk your own partner, but they can be redirected by Follow Me or Rage Powder. Evaluate the move alongside your team's speed tiers and overall coverage.

In team building, Giga Drain is usually a coverage or primary STAB option. It shines when your team already has speed control or when it patches a matchup hole. Compare it with alternative moves of the same type and category to decide whether the extra power, accuracy or side effect justifies the slot over a more defensive option.

Common mistakes with Giga Drain include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Spamming it predictably and letting the opponent switch into a resist. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Giga Drain in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).