Rock (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in the Rock-type include Brock, Flint and Forrest 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

Overall

Stat
HP: 63
Attack: 81
Defense: 112
Sp.Atk: 57
Sp.Def: 71
Speed: 48
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 73.40
Attack: 90.35
Defense: 121.75
Sp.Atk: 63.65
Sp.Def: 89.75
Speed: 51.85
Total: 0

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Characteristics

The Rock-type is very risky to use defensively. Despite having an overall high Defense on average, its weaknesses to Ground- and Template:Type2 moves, commonly physical in nature, take it down a notch. The fact that, at best, its Special Defense is mediocre, combined with its weakness to Grass- and Template:Type2 moves, greatly decrease its ability to defend. The only advantages of a Rock type Pokémon are its resistances to Normal and Fire. However, it has gotten a boost in Generation IV due to Sandstorm increasing said lackluster Special Defense by 50% and the fact that Sandstorm is very common in many tiers, thanks to Sand Stream automatically casting a permanent Sandstorm.

Rock is one of the best types offensively. Being resisted by only three of the seventeen types, two of which are hindered by their own poor defenses (Fighting) and relative scarcity (Steel) helps it a lot, and the fact that only two Pokémon out of nearly 500 (Lucario and Steelix) have a double resistance to Rock keeps its moves relatively effective. Double weaknesses to Rock are relatively common, with many Template:Type2s having one due to their secondary Template:Type2, while the typically high-powered Ice- and Template:Type2s also do not fare well. As Pokémon of the three types that resist Rock typically can master Rock-type moves, this proves a quite versatile combination.

When used in contests, Rock-type moves typically become Tough moves, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Cute.

Pokémon

In total, there are 37 Pokémon of the Rock-type; 20 are fully evolved.

Pure Rock-type Pokémon

# Name 185 Sudowoodo 299 Nosepass 377 Regirock 408 Cranidos 409 Rampardos 438 Bonsly

Half Rock-type Pokémon

Primary Rock-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 074 Geodude Rock Ground 075 Graveler Rock Ground 076 Golem Rock Ground 095 Onix Rock Ground 138 Omanyte Rock Water 139 Omastar Rock Water 140 Kabuto Rock Water 141 Kabutops Rock Water 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 246 Larvitar Rock Ground 247 Pupitar Rock Ground 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 338 Solrock Rock Psychic 345 Lileep Rock Grass 346 Cradily Rock Grass 347 Anorith Rock Bug 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 410 Shieldon Rock Steel 411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 476 Probopass Rock Steel

Secondary Rock-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 213 Shuckle Bug Rock 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 222 Corsola Water Rock 304 Aron Steel Rock 305 Lairon Steel Rock 306 Aggron Steel Rock 369 Relicanth Water Rock 464 Rhyperior Ground Rock

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes AncientPower Special Tough 60 100% 5 One foe Has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats at once. Head Smash Physical Tough 150 80% 5 One foe User takes 50% recoil damage. Power Gem Special Beauty 70 100% 20 One foe Rock Blast Physical Tough 25 80% 10 One foe Attacks two to five times in a row. Rock Slide Physical Tough 75 90% 10 Both foes Has a 30% chance of making the target flinch. Rock Throw Physical Tough 50 90% 15 One foe Rock Tomb Physical Smart 50 80% 10 One foe Lowers opponent's Speed. Rock Wrecker Physical Tough 150 90% 5 One foe Attack on first turn, then must rest next turn. Rollout Physical Tough 30 90% 20 One foe Attacks up to 5 turns in a row; power doubles with each successive hit. Stone Edge Physical 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 Status Tough — —% 20 User Raises user's Speed 2 levels Sandstorm Status Tough — —% 10 One Foe A five-turn* sandstorm is summoned to hurt all combatant types except Rock, Ground, and Steel. As of Generation IV it also boosts the Special Defense of all Rock-type Pokémon 50% on the battlefield Stealth Rock Status 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 is possible to create more weaknesses by using moves such as Foresight to remove immunities.
• There were no pure Rock-type Pokémon until Generation II.
• No physical Rock-type move is 100% accurate. In contrast, all special Rock-type moves are 100% accurate.
• In the first season of the anime and during much of Generation I, the Rock-type was often wrongly assumed to be unaffected by Template:Type2 attacks. This was likely due to the fact that at the time, the only Rock-types that were not part Ground were the fossil Pokémon, which happened to be weak to Electric-Types.
• The Rock-type is tied with the Template:Type2 for the largest number of weaknesses when unpaired, with five: Grass, Water, Ground, Fighting, and Steel.
  • Coincidentally, Rock moves are super effective against four of the five types Grass is weak to, with Poison being the exception
• Every known fossil Pokémon is partly or entirely a Rock-type, it being the primary element in the dual-types.
• Every known Gym that specializes in the Rock-type has been the first Gym that the trainer visits on his/her adventure.
  • Similarly, each of these Gyms' Leaders has used Geodude as at least one of their Pokémon.
• Only one Physical Rock-type move does not have a secondary effect.
  • There is also only one Special Rock-type move that doesn't have a secondary effect.
• Regirock is the only pure Rock-type Pokémon that does not have any evolutionary relatives.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Rocha (Rock), Pedra (Stone), Mineral (same as in english)
• Dutch: Steen
• Finnish: Kivi
• French: Roche
• German: Gestein
• Italian: Roccia
• Korean: 바위 bawi
• Polish: Kamienny
• Spanish: Roca
• Hebrew: אבן "aeven"