Solid Rock (Ability)

Solid Rock	ハードロック
	Hard Rock
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Powers down super-effective moves.DPPt Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.HGSS Generation V Reduces damage from supereffective attacks. Generation VI Reduces damage from supereffective attacks. Generation VII Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Solid Rock (Japanese: ハードロック Hard Rock) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

Solid Rock reduces super-effective damage by ¼. A move that would deal 2× damage will instead deal 1.5× damage, and a move that would deal 4× will instead deal 3×.

Outside of battle

Solid Rock has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Solid Rock

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground	Magma Armor	Solid Rock	Anger Point
0464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	Lightning Rod	Solid Rock	Reckless
0564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
0565		Carracosta	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Rhyperior
The power of super-effective moves against the Pokémon is decreased dramatically.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When a super-effective move hits Rhyperior, it looks like it has taken no damage at all.
Palmer's Rhyperior	Challenging a Towering Figure!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Carracosta Tirtouga
The power of super-effective moves against the Pokémon is decreased.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Tirtouga takes less damage from super-effective moves than it normally would.
Black's Costa	Mine Mayhem		Debut
	Carracosta takes less damage from super-effective moves than it normally would.
Black's Costa	One Way or Another		None

Trivia

• All Pokémon with this Ability have at least one 4× weakness, with Camerupt being the only one not to have a 4× weakness to Grass.
• This Ability originated as a TCG Poké-BODY.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 堅硬岩石 Gīnngaahng Ngàahmsehk * 堅石 Gīnsehk * Mandarin 堅硬岩石 / 坚硬岩石 Jiānyìng Yánshí * 堅石 Jiānshí * French Solide Roc German Felskern Italian Solidroccia Korean 하드록 Hard Rock Polish Twarda Skała Portuguese Rocha Sólida Romanian Piatră Solidă Spanish Roca Sólida Turkish Sağlam Kaya

Variations of the Ability Solid Rock
Solid Rock • Filter • Prism Armor

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.