Rock Blast (move)

Rock Blast ロックブラスト Rock Blast

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Battles Type  Rock Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  25 Accuracy  80% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Rock Blast (Japanese: ロックブラスト Rock Blast) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

Rock Blast inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each attack made has an equal chance to land a critical hit.

Rock Blast will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

The effects are the same as the previous generation, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 31 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 37 0076 Golem Rock Ground 37 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 29 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 29 0222 Corsola Water Rock 34 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 55 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 64 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 25 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 27 0076 Golem Rock Ground 27 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 25 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 25 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 46 0139 Omastar Rock Water 56 0222 Corsola Water Rock 20 0224 Octillery Water -- 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 49 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 55 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 25 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Corsola |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Corsola
Octillery |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0410 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shieldon
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#60A1B8" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Wormadam Rock Blast.png Wormadam File:Golem Rock Blast.png Golem File:Armaldo Rock Blast.png Armaldo
The user hurls hard rocks at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The red and white plates on Armaldo's neck glow white. Then, the back of its claws releases sand and it hits the opponent with them, or three turquoise rings appear and spin around Armaldo's body. The rings glow white and form into small rocks that spin around Armaldo's body. It then fires the rocks at the opponent.
A wild Armaldo	Where's Armaldo?		Debut
Nando's Armaldo	DP183		None
	Three yellow rings appear and spin around Wormadam's body. The rings glow white and form into small rocks that spin around Wormadam's body. It then fires the rocks at the opponent, that explode on contact.
Ursula's Wormadam	Another One Gabites the Dust!		None
	Three light blue rings appear and spin around Golem's body. The rings then glow white and turn into glowing white rocks that spin around Golem's body as well. Golem then fires the glowing white rocks at the opponent.
Bertha's Golem	An Elite Coverup!		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Steen Schot Stone Shot
• French: boule roc
• German: Felswurf
• Italian: cadutamassi
• Spanish: pedrada

Variations of the move Bone Rush
Bone Rush • Rock Blast