Regieleki (Pokémon)

Regieleki opening its arms

Regieleki is an electric golem-like Pokémon made mostly of electric energy generated by a single organ. It has a round yellow body with three spikes on top of its head, and a pattern of seven pink dots on its face that resembles the letter "X". Regieleki's arms are shaped like lightning and usually appear bunched together, while its legs are tiny and resemble both lightning bolts and an electrical plug. Its body can glow bright yellow when attacking. Regieleki has five blue rings on its body, with two on the base of its arms acting as its shoulders, and the other three located at the bottom connecting to its legs.

According to legend, Regieleki was created by the Legendary Pokémon Regigigas using pure electric energy. It used to be worshipped by humans, however, at some point, ancient people started fearing its power and sealed it away in the Split-Decision Ruins. The blue rings are insulated and cannot conduct electricity, they've been put on it by ancient people who were tormented by it, in order to restrain its powers.^[1]. It is said that if the rings on its body were to be removed, Regieleki would be able to unleash its latent powers. Regieleki absorbs electrons in order to stay alive and is said to have the greatest power of any Electric-type Pokémon,^[1] being powerful enough to generate all of Galar's electricity. It can trap its foes inside a cage of sparking electricity that inflicts damage overtime.

Regieleki is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Thunder Cage. It is also the only known Pokémon that can have Transistor as an Ability.

NPC appearances

Pokémon UNITE: Regieleki appears as a wild Pokémon on Theia Sky Ruins. Defeating it will make it advance towards one of the opposing team's goal zones while attacking opposing Pokémon on the way, scoring some points depending on its current HP and making said goal zone defenseless for a while upon reaching it.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM014 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM048 TM048 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM072 TM072 Electro Ball Electric Special 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM096 TM096 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM210 TM210 Supercell Slam Electric Physical 100100 095}}95% 15 TM211 TM211 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Regieleki Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Regieleki

By breeding

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 190 Base Attack: 250 Base Defense: 125 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Thunder Shock, Lock-On, Volt Switch* Charged Attacks: Thunder, Zap Cannon, Hyper Beam

Evolution data

Unevolved Regieleki  Electric

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Regieleki images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Regieleki in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Main series

Major appearances

Regieleki debuted in Chasing to the Finish!, where Goh caught one as part of a Project Mew Trial Mission.

Regieleki's silhouette in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

In PASS34, Peony mentions a bunch of roaming titans sleeping in some strange ruins while telling Hop, Bede, and Marnie about the mysterious legends of the Crown Tundra. The silhouettes of all five giants appear in a fantasy, including Regieleki's.

Main article: Regieleki (TCG)

• Regieleki has the highest base Speed stat of all Pokémon.
• Along with Regidrago, Regieleki is the only Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII that is not prevented from being Shiny in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
• Regieleki is the smallest and lightest of the legendary giants, at 3'11" (1.2 m) and 319.7 lbs. (145.0 kg).
• Regieleki is the only member of the legendary giants that cannot learn Hammer Arm by leveling up. Instead, it learns Thunderbolt.
• Regieleki's base HP and Speed stats are the reverse of Regidrago's.

Origin

Regieleki appears to be based on the concept of an electric charge being restrained by electrical insulation. Its overall shape resembles an incandescent light bulb, its restraints resemble electrical coils, its arms resemble electric arcs, and its legs resemble a power plug. As an electric generator found in ancient ruins, its inspiration may also be drawn from an out-of-place artifact (OOPART), such as the Baghdad Battery.

Along with the other legendary giants, Regieleki may also be based on the golems of Hebrew legend. The legends cast them as servants of higher powers and are said to have writing on their heads. When the writing is removed, the creature would be weakened, or even killed in some legends. Regieleki's face, which consists of seven dots, may be based on the Braille alphabet which was used in the puzzle for encountering the legendary giants for the first time in the Sealed Chamber.

The five legendary giants may also collectively be themed after historical epochs, with Regieleki representing the Modern Age.

Name origin

Regieleki may be a combination of regis (Latin for royal) and エレキ ereki (Japanese for electric).

• Legendary giants
• Legendary Pokémon
• The Crown Tundra
• Myths and legends involving Legendary and Mythical Pokémon