Giga Impact (move)

Giga Impact (Japanese: ギガインパクト Giga Impact) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation IV. It has been TM68 since Generation IV. It can be upgraded to the special Z-Move by  holding Snorlium Z.

Effect
Giga Impact deals damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.

If the user has, the recharge and "loafing around" take place on the same turn.

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In the anime

 * In Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!, Oluolu's was confirmed to know Giga Impact through its use of . However, it has never been seen using it.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * Cynthia's Garchomp was revealed to know Giga Impact on the official web site, but it was never shown using the move.
 * told to use Giga Impact in Omega Alpha Adventure 21, but the move was executed off-panel.

Trivia

 * Most Pokémon that can learn Hyper Beam through TM15 can learn Giga Impact through TM68, and vice versa.
 * It and Hyper Beam can be learned via TM by many fully evolved Pokémon that can learn TMs, including Pokémon that were fully evolved at one point but later received one or more evolved forms, such as or.

In other languages
Gigastoß Giga impacto Giga Impact Gigaimpatto ギガインパクト 终极冲击（招式）