G-Max Move

A G-Max Move (Japanese: キョダイマックスわざ Kyodaimax Move) is a special type of move introduced in Generation VIII. G-Max Moves are special Max Moves that are exclusive to Gigantamax Pokémon.

Effects

For Gigantamax Pokémon, damaging moves of a certain type become its exclusive G-Max Move instead of the normal corresponding Max Move. Each species of Gigantamax Pokémon has its own unique G-Max Move and vice versa. Like Max Moves, the damage category and base power of most G-Max Moves are taken from that of the compatible base move (G-Max Drum Solo, G-Max Fireball, and G-Max Hydrosnipe being exceptions, with a 160 fixed base power whatever the base move is), and cannot be fully protected against by protection moves (such as Protect and Detect), except by the Max Move Max Guard. Most G-Max Moves use the same power as their Max Move counterparts (except the aforementioned three); thus, the only difference between most G-Max Moves and Max Moves of the same type is their secondary effects.

See more: Max Move → Power

List of G-Max Moves

Max Move Gigantamax Pokémon Type Additional effect Image
G-Max Vine Lash Venusaur Grass Inflicts damage for four turns on non-Grass-type opponents  
G-Max Wildfire Charizard Fire Inflicts damage for four turns on non-Fire-type opponents  
G-Max Cannonade Blastoise Water Inflicts damage for four turns on non-Water-type opponents  
G-Max Befuddle Butterfree Bug Inflicts poison, paralysis, or sleep on all opponents
Similar effect to Dire Claw when the additional effect occurs
 
G-Max Volt Crash Pikachu Electric Paralyzes all opponents  
G-Max Gold Rush Meowth Normal Scatters coins on the ground that are picked up afterwards and confuses all opponents
Value is equal to 100 × the user's level (200 × user's level with an Amulet Coin)
 
G-Max Chi Strike Machamp Fighting Pumps up the user and its allies, raising the chance of critical hits by one stage.
Stacks with itself and moves like Focus Energy, unlike other critical hit sources
 
G-Max Terror Gengar Ghost Prevents the opponent from being recalled
Same effect as Mean Look
 
G-Max Foam Burst Kingler Water Lowers the Speed of all opponents by two stages  
G-Max Resonance Lapras Ice Lowers damage from both Physical and Special moves for five turns
Same effect as Aurora Veil, though it does not require hail.
 
G-Max Cuddle Eevee Normal Opponents of the opposite gender of the user become infatuated  
G-Max Replenish Snorlax Normal 50% chance of restoring user or ally's used Berries
Similar effect to Recycle when it works
 
G-Max Malodor Garbodor Poison Poisons all opponents  
G-Max Meltdown Melmetal Steel Makes opponents incapable of using the same move twice in a row
Same effect as Torment
 
G-Max Drum Solo Rillaboom Grass Moves can be used regardless of abilities. Power is always 160, regardless of base move.
Works like Mold Breaker
 
G-Max Fireball Cinderace Fire Moves can be used regardless of abilities. Power is always 160, regardless of base move.
Works like Mold Breaker
 
G-Max Hydrosnipe Inteleon Water Moves can be used regardless of abilities. Power is always 160, regardless of base move.
Works like Mold Breaker
 
G-Max Wind Rage Corviknight Flying Removes the effects of moves like Reflect, Light Screen, Spikes, and terrain from the opponents' side of the field.
Works like Defog, but does not lower evasiveness.
 
G-Max Gravitas Orbeetle Psychic Intensifies gravity for five turns
Same effect as Gravity
 
G-Max Stonesurge Drednaw Water Creates Stealth Rock on the opponents' side of the field  
G-Max Volcalith Coalossal Rock Inflicts damage for four turns on non-Rock-type opponents  
G-Max Tartness Flapple Grass Lowers the evasiveness of all opponents by one stage  
G-Max Sweetness Appletun Grass Cures the user and its allies of their status conditions
Only affects allies on the field
 
G-Max Sandblast Sandaconda Ground Traps the target in Sand Tomb for four to five turns  
G-Max Stun Shock Toxtricity Electric Inflicts poison or paralysis on all opponents  
G-Max Centiferno Centiskorch Fire Traps the target in Fire Spin for four to five turns  
G-Max Smite Hatterene Fairy Inflicts confusion on all opponents  
G-Max Snooze Grimmsnarl Dark 50% chance of making the target drowsy, causing it to fall asleep at the end of the next turn
Same effect as Yawn when it works.
 
G-Max Finale Alcremie Fairy Heals the user and its allies by 1/6 their maximum HP  
G-Max Steelsurge Copperajah Steel Scatters sharp spikes around the field
Works like Stealth Rock, though it checks the effectiveness of Steel against the target instead of Rock
 
G-Max Depletion Duraludon Dragon Takes 2 PP away from the last move the target used
Less potent version of Spite's effect.
 
G-Max One Blow Urshifu (Single Strike) Dark Hits the target even if it is protected by a protection move, including Max Guard
Works like Feint
 
G-Max Rapid Flow Urshifu (Rapid Strike) Water Hits the target even if it is protected by a protection move, including Max Guard.
Works like Feint
 

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Certain sync pairs are capable of Gigantamaxing their partner Pokémon, including some Trainers that do not have Dynamax Bands in the core series. G-Max Moves have either 400 or 450 base power, which can be increased up to a maximum power of 480 and 540, respectively.

G-Max Moves otherwise function identically to max moves. A sync pair can only use a max move once per battle, but it can be used at any time. If all three sync pairs on the player's team are capable of using max moves, the player can use up to three max moves in that battle - one for each sync pair. Similar to sync moves, using a max move does not advance the user's sync move countdown, but it always hits and ignores the target's Enduring effect, if applicable.

Although Eternabeam is a standard move in the core series games, in Pokémon Masters EX, it is treated as a max move that is exclusive to Eternatus. Because this is the same way G-Max Moves work, Eternabeam is included in the following list.

List of G-Max Moves

Max Move Gigantamax Pokémon Type Base power Max power Additional effect Image
Eternabeam   Leon's Eternatus Dragon 400 480 Charges the user’s move gauge by three for each allied sync pair on the field.
When used in a co-op battle, charges the move gauges of all allied players by three instead.
 
G-Max Replenish   Red's Snorlax
Anabel's Snorlax
Normal 400 480 Restores one MP of the user's moves.  
G-Max Terror   Allister's Gengar Ghost 400 480 Applies the Restrain effect to all opposing sync pairs.  
G-Max Smite   Bede's Hatterene Fairy 400 480 Leaves all opposing sync pairs confused.  
G-Max Rapid Flow   Gloria's Urshifu Water 400 480 Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits.
Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack.
Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit.
Ignores the target's Damage Guard Next effect.
 
G-Max Volt Crash   Red's Pikachu Electric 400 480 Leaves all opposing sync pairs paralyzed  
G-Max Volcalith   Gordie's Coalossal Rock 400 480 Applies the Rock Damage Field effect to the opponents’ field of play.
Rock Damage Field: The sync pairs will take Rock-type damage whenever they take an action.
 
G-Max Resonance   Melony's Lapras Ice 400 480 Applies the Physical Damage Reduction effect to the allied field of play.
Applies the Special Damage Reduction effect to the allied field of play.
 
G-Max Drum Solo   Victor's Rillaboom Grass 450 540 Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack.
Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit.
 
G-Max Wildfire   Leon's Charizard Fire 400 480 Applies the Fire Damage Field effect to the opponents’ field of play.
Fire Damage Field: The sync pairs will take Fire-type damage whenever they take an action.
 
G-Max Steelsurge   Rose's Copperajah Steel 400 480 Applies the Steel Damage Field effect to the opponents' field of play.
Steel Damage Field: The sync pairs will take Steel-type damage whenever they take an action.
 
G-Max Malodor   Oleana's Garbodor Poison 400 480 Leaves all opposing sync pairs poisoned.  
G-Max Fireball   Gloria's Cinderace Fire 450 540 Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack.
Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit.
 
G-Max Stun Shock   Roxie's Toxtricity Electric 400 480 Leaves all opposing sync pairs poisoned or paralyzed.  

In the anime

Main series

G-Max Moves were introduced in Flash of the Titans!. In The Climb to Be the Very Best!, Leon further explained how Gigantamax Pokémon have their own signature G-Max Moves, as opposed to just regular Max Moves.

List of G-Max Moves used

Pokémon G-Max Move Image Debut
  Leon's Charizard G-Max Wildfire  
 
Flash of the Titans!
  Drednaw G-Max Stonesurge  
 
The Climb to Be the Very Best!
  Ash's Pikachu G-Max Volt Crash  
 
The Climb to Be the Very Best!
  Doug's Centy G-Max Centiferno   Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!
  Coalossal G-Max Volcalith   Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!
  Subordinate's Garbodor G-Max Malodor   Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!
  Meowth of Team Rocket G-Max Gold Rush   Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!
  Opal's Alcremie G-Max Finale   The Sweet Taste of Battle!
  Bea's Machamp G-Max Chi Strike   A Battle of Mega Versus Max!
  Marnie's Grimmsnarl G-Max Snooze   Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
  Ash's Gengar G-Max Terror   Battling Turned Up to Eleven!
  Raihan's Duraludon G-Max Depletion   Aim For The Eight!
  Leon's Rillaboom G-Max Drum Solo   Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!
  Leon's Cinderace G-Max Fireball   Partners in Time!

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

List of G-Max Moves used

Pokémon G-Max Move Image Debut
  Leon's Charizard G-Max Wildfire   Sky

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

List of G-Max Moves used

Pokémon Max Move Image Debut
  Nessa's Drednaw G-Max Stonesurge  
 
Splish Splash!! Gigantamax Battle
  Allister's Gengar G-Max Terror   Glittering!! The Tapestry in the Vault
  Opal's Alcremie G-Max Finale   Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea
  Casey's Tera G-Max Stun Shock   Chomp!! It's Dracovish
  Corviknight G-Max Wind Rage   PASS40
  Pikachu G-Max Volt Crash   PASS41
  Meowth G-Max Gold Rush   PASS41
  Bede's Hatterene G-Max Smite   PASS42
  Casey's Bit G-Max Fireball   PASS42
  Marvin's Sniffler G-Max Hydrosnipe   PASS42

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 超極巨招式 Chīu Gihkgeuih Jīusīk
Mandarin 超極巨招式 / 超极巨招式 Chāo Jíjù Zhāoshì
  French Capacité Gigamax
  German Gigadynamax-Attacke
  Italian Mossa Gigamax
  Korean 거다이맥스기술 Geodai Max Gisul
  Russian Приём G-Макс Priyom G-Maks
  Spanish Movimiento Gigamax

See also


Max Moves
Max StrikeMax KnuckleMax AirstreamMax OozeMax Quake
Max RockfallMax FlutterbyMax PhantasmMax Steelspike
Max FlareMax GeyserMax OvergrowthMax LightningMax Mindstorm
Max HailstormMax WyrmwindMax DarknessMax StarfallMax Guard
G-Max Moves
G-Max Vine LashG-Max WildfireG-Max CannonadeG-Max Befuddle
G-Max Volt CrashG-Max Gold RushG-Max Chi StrikeG-Max Terror
G-Max Foam BurstG-Max ResonanceG-Max CuddleG-Max Replenish
G-Max MalodorG-Max MeltdownG-Max Drum SoloG-Max Fireball
G-Max HydrosnipeG-Max Wind RageG-Max GravitasG-Max Stonesurge
G-Max VolcalithG-Max TartnessG-Max SweetnessG-Max Sandblast
G-Max Stun ShockG-Max CentifernoG-Max SmiteG-Max SnoozeG-Max Finale
G-Max SteelsurgeG-Max DepletionG-Max One BlowG-Max Rapid Flow


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