Rock Climb (move)

Rock Climb ロッククライム Rock Climb

File:Rock climb.png

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  90 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV HM08 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   +2 points if last to appeal.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Rock Climb (Japanese: ロッククライム Rock Climb) is a damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV. It has a 20% chance of confusing the target.

Effect

In Battle

Rock Climb inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of confusing the opponent.

Outside of battle

A Pokémon using Rock Climb can scale rocky surfaces.

Learnset

Generation IV

By HM08

#   Pokémon Type 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0009 Blastoise Water 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0059 Arcanine Fire 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0108 Lickitung Normal 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0113 Chansey Normal 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0127 Pinsir Bug 0128 Tauros Normal 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0143 Snorlax Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0154 Meganium Grass 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0160 Feraligatr Water 0181 Ampharos Electric 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0210 Granbull Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0243 Raikou Electric 0244 Entei Fire 0245 Suicune Water 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0254 Sceptile Grass 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0335 Zangoose Normal 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0383 Groudon Ground 0387 Turtwig Grass 0388 Grotle Grass 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0400 Bibarel Normal Water 0408 Cranidos Rock 0409 Rampardos Rock 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 0446 Munchlax Normal 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0466 Electivire Electric 0467 Magmortar Fire 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0486 Regigigas Normal 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0491 Darkrai Dark 0493 Arceus Ghost Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Grotle rc claws.png Grotle File:Grotle rc dash.png Moving along the wall File:Grotle rc jump.png Jumps high File:Torterra Rock Climb.png Torterra
The user's claws glow white and grow, enabling the user to agily climb cliffs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Grotle's claws glow white, then grow longer. It then runs quickly at the opponent and hits it with one of its claws, or slams into it with great force. It can also jump extremely high when using the attack, or Grotle's claws glow white and extend, and it gets on its hind legs and slams them into the ground. A giant mountain then protrudes from the ground under the opponent. Grotle runs up the side of the mountain and slams into the opponent with great force.
Ash's Grotle	The Lonely Snover!		Debut
	Same as above.
Ash's Torterra	Fly, Shaymin! Far into the Sky!		None

Trivia

• All fully evolved starter Pokémon can learn Rock Climb except for Charizard.
  • Conversely, Charizard is the only starter Pokémon that can learn the HM Fly.
• In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Rock Climb can be obtained and used as an HM, after Viridian City Gym Leader Blue has been defeated, despite the fact it did not appear in the Generation II version of the games. This makes Rock Climb the first HM that requires a Gym badge outside of the starting region in order to be used.
• In Pokémon Platinum, Maylene tells the player that Rock- and Template:Type2s can learn Rock Climb. However, many non Rock- and Fighting types can also learn it, and there exist several Rock- and Fighting-types that cannot.

In other languages

• Spanish: Treparrocas
• French: Escalade
• Italian: Scalaroccia
• Korean: 락클라임 Rock Climb
• Portuguese: Escalar
• German: Kraxler