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All Gigantamax Pokemon in Sword and Shield, forms

Pokemon Sword & Shield: All Gigantamax Pokemon

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Pokemon Sword and Shield are two new mainline games for the Nintendo Switch that come from Game Freak. While the premise of the adventure is pretty similar to recent entries, there are some changes here and there that make it stand out from the rest, such as the ability to use Gigantamax forms of existing Pokemon. Here’s a list on all Gigantamax Pokemon forms in Pokemon Sword and Shield.

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By catching specific Pokemon during Max Raid battles, these Pokemon have the ability to Dynamax themselves, which makes the Pokemon large in size and increases its stats. Only specific Pokemon have Gigantamax forms and these give the Pokemon different looks and a special G-Max move.

All Gigantamax Pokemon in Pokemon Sword & Shield

  • Pikachu
  • Charizard
  • Butterfree
  • Lapras
  • Kingler
  • Eevee
  • Gengar
  • Machamp
  • Garbodor
  • Snorlax
  • Melmetal
  • Corviknight
  • Orbeetle
  • Drednaw
  • Flapple
  • Appletun
  • Coalossal
  • Hatterene
  • Grimmsnarl
  • Sandaconda
  • Toxtricity
  • Centiskorch
  • Alcremie
  • Copperajah
  • Duraludon

How to Get Gigantamax Pokemon

Gigantamax Pokemon can only be caught after defeating them in Max Raid battles out in the Wild Area or by special events or mystery gifts. You can’t simply catch them out in the wild grass or anything like that.

And that’s the list of all Gigantamax Pokemon in Sword & Shield. If you’re looking for more guides, tips, or tricks, be sure to check out our extensive Guide Wiki on Sword and Shield right here.

Here are a couple of our guides that you might be interested in to get you started:

And as always, if you have any questions about this guide or Gigantamax Pokemon in general, feel free to drop a comment down below and we will try to get back to you as soon as we can with an answer.


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