Rock (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in the Rock-type include Brock of Pewter City, Roxanne of Rustboro City and Roark of Oreburgh City. They are, notably, all the first Gym Leader encountered in their respective regions.
Statistical averages
| Stat | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 63
|
123 - 170 | 236 - 330 | |
81
|
77 - 146 | 150 - 287 | |
112
|
105 - 180 | 206 - 355 | |
57
|
55 - 119 | 107 - 234 | |
71
|
68 - 135 | 132 - 265 | |
48
|
47 - 110 | 90 - 214 | |
Total: 432
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Battle properties
Rock-type moves:
- Are super-effective against: Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug
- Are not very effective against: Fighting, Ground, Steel
- Have no effect against: None
Rock-type Pokémon:
- Resist: Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying
- Are weak to: Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel
- Have immunity to: None
Characteristics
Defensively, the Rock-type is outstanding. However, they are weak to five types, two of which are Special-based (until Generation IV), an area Rock-types are not particularly strong in. On the other hand, they are also strong against four types. Compounding this large number of weaknesses is the fact that many Rock types are dual-types with Ground or Water, giving them a large vulnerability to Grass-type moves. Dual-typed with Steel also gives the Rock type a large disadvantage with Ground, although due to their high defense they will still be highly resistant to most Ground attacks.
Pokémon
Pure Rock-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 185 | File:185MS.gif | Sudowoodo |
| 299 | File:299MS.gif | Nosepass |
| 377 | File:377MS.gif | Regirock |
| 408 | 
|
Cranidos |
| 409 | 
|
Rampardos |
| 438 | 
|
Bonsly |
Half Rock-type Pokémon
Primary Rock-type Pokémon
Secondary Rock-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AncientPower | 
|
Tough | 60 | 100% | 5 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats at once. |
| Head Smash | 
|
Tough | 150 | 80% | 5 | One foe | User takes 50% recoil damage. |
| Power Gem |
|
Beauty | 70 | 100% | 20 | One foe | |
| Rock Blast |
|
Tough | 25 | 80% | 10 | One foe | Attacks two to five times in a row. |
| Rock Slide |
|
Tough | 75 | 90% | 10 | Both foes | Has a 30% chance of making the target flinch. |
| Rock Throw |
|
Tough | 50 | 90% | 15 | One foe | |
| Rock Tomb |
|
Smart | 50 | 80% | 10 | One foe | Lowers opponent's Speed. |
| Rock Wrecker |
|
Tough | 150 | 90% | 5 | One foe | Attack on first turn, then must rest next turn. |
| Rollout |
|
Tough | 30 | 90% | 20 | One foe | Attacks up to 5 turns in a row; power doubles with each successive hit. |
| Stone Edge |
|
Tough | 100 | 80% | 5 | One foe | Has a high critical hit ratio. |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Polish | 
|
Tough | — | —% | 20 | User | Raises user's Speed 2 levels |
| Sandstorm |
|
Tough | — | —% | 40 | One Foe | A five-turn sandstorm is summoned to hurt all combatant types except Rock, Ground, and Steel-types. |
| Stealth Rock |
|
Cool | — | —% | 20 | One Foe | The user lays a trap of levitating stones around the foe. The trap hurts foes that switch into battle. |
Trivia
- If there were a hypothetical Pokémon of all 17 types, it would only be weak to Rock-type moves. However it's possible to create more weaknesses by using moves like Foresight to remove immunities.
- No physical Rock-type move is 100% accurate.
- The Rock-type is tied with the Grass type for the largest number of type weaknesses. When not dual-typed with another type, is it weak to Grass, Water, Ground, Fighting and Steel.
In other languages
- French: Roche
- German: Gestein
- Italian: Roccia
- Spanish: Roca
- Korean: 바위 bawi
