Solid Rock (Ability)

Solid Rock	ハードロック
	Hard Rock
Flavor text Generation IV Powers down super-effective moves.DPPt Reduces damage from supereffective attacksHGSS 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 Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken. Generation IX Reduces the power of supereffective attacks that hit the Pokémon.

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

Effect

In battle

Solid Rock reduces damage from super-effective moves by 25%. For example, a move that would do 2× damage will do 1.5× damage instead.

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 RockGen IV+	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 other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Solid Rock reduces damage from super effective moves by 25%.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, it reduces the damage by about 12.5%.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Reduces the damage that the Pokémon suffers from super-effective attacks. BSL こうかがばつぐんの わざの ダメージを へらす Conq. Reduces damage from supereffective attacks. MDGtI Reduces damage received from supereffective moves.* The Pokémon takes less damage from supereffective moves.* SMD MDRTDX The Pokémon takes less damage from supereffective moves.

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

Pokémon Adventures

Carracosta
The power of super-effective moves against the Pokémon is decreased.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Carracosta takes less damage from super-effective moves than it normally would.
Black's Costa	One Way or Another		Debut

Trivia

• All Pokémon with Solid Rock have at least one 4× weakness. Camerupt is the only Pokémon with Solid Rock not to have a 4× weakness to Grass.
• Solid Rock originated as a TCG Poké-BODY.
• Despite the name of this Ability, Solid Rock was given to more Ground-type Pokémon than Rock types in its debut generation.

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 * Dutch Massieve steen French Solide Roc German Felskern Italian Solidroccia Korean 하드록 Hard Rock Polish Twarda Skała Portuguese Brazil Rocha Sólida (manga) Pedra Sólida (anime) Portugal Rocha Sólida Romanian Piatră Solidă Spanish Roca Sólida Turkish Sağlam Kaya Vietnamese Đá Cứng

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