What it does
Last Respects is a Ghost-type physical move. It starts at base power 50 and gains 50 for each fainted Pokémon on your team, capping at +250 for a maximum of 300. That scaling makes it useless early and terrifying late — by the time three or four teammates have fallen, almost nothing survives a clean hit.
Ghost-type means Normal-types are fully immune. Full stop. If the opposing team leads a Normal-type, Last Respects contributes zero damage until it leaves.
Who runs it
Basculegion at 99% is the only relevant user. It is Water/Ghost with solid physical Attack. The entire competitive case for using Basculegion is this move: bring it in late when teammates have fainted, swing for enormous damage, clean up. That is the plan, start to finish.
How to use it
Don't lead Basculegion. Its role is cleanup sweeper — let your front-liners do their job while the power stacks, then switch in at the right moment.
In doubles, power increases for every teammate in your party of six that has fainted, so you can stack up to +250 from five fallen teammates (not just the two on-field partners). Plan the team composition knowing that mid-game faints are fuel, not just loss.
Timing the switch-in matters. Bringing Basculegion into a Normal-type matchup is a wasted turn — check the opposing roster and wait for the Normal to leave or be KO'd before entering.
Pair with Choice Band or other physical Attack boosts to push the already-scaled power further. At near-max power with Attack investment, the numbers are hard to argue with.
Tips & strategy
Normal-types are immune. This is the single biggest constraint on the entire strategy. Opposing Normal-types don't just wall Basculegion — they make it completely useless. Have a plan before the match for how to handle them.
Once Basculegion enters late with stacked power, opponents know exactly what it is. Experienced players will Priority-move it, use spread moves to pressure it, or sacrifice a piece to deny the sweep. Give it protection support or clear the field before it enters.
This is a signature move — only Basculegion uses it. The moment it appears in team preview, the opponent plans for it. There is no hiding the strategy; the win condition is raw power.