Rock Blast (move)

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Rock Blast
ロックブラスト Rock Blast
Type  Rock
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  25
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Works well if it's the same type as the one before.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Effectiveness varies depending on when it is used.

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

Effect

Generations III and IV

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. This means that it will hit 3 times on average provided that it does not miss, giving it an average power of 75. Each strike made has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Rock Blast may continue attacking after breaking a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

If the user is holding a King's Rock, each consecutive hit has an equal chance to cause the opponent to flinch.

Pokémon with the Ability Skill Link will always hit five times when using Rock Blast unless it misses.

Generation V

Rock Blast's accuracy increased from 80 to 90%. There is now a ~33.3% chance that it will hit 2 times, a ~33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a ~16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a ~16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. This means that it will hit about ~3.167 times on average provided that it does not miss, giving it an average power of ~79.2.

If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target has Weak Armor, each strike will activate it.

Generation VII

Pokémon with Bulletproof are immune to Rock Blast.

Description

Games Description
RSE Hurls boulders at the foe 2 to 5 times in a row.
FRLG The user hurls two to five hard rocks at the foe to attack.
Colo.XD Hurls boulders at target 2 to 5 times in a row.
DPPtHGSSPBR The user hurls hard rocks at the foe. Two to five rocks are launched in quick succession.
BWB2W2 The user hurls hard rocks at the target. Two to five rocks are launched in quick succession.
XYORAS
SM
The user hurls hard rocks at the target. Two to five rocks are launched in a row.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0074    
 
Mineral Mineral 31 25 22 22XY
30ORAS
30
074A  
Geodude
Alola Form
 
 
Mineral Mineral 30
0075    
 
Mineral Mineral 37 27 22 22XY
34ORAS
34
075A  
Graveler
Alola Form
 
 
Mineral Mineral 34
0076    
 
Mineral Mineral 37 27 22 22XY
34ORAS
34
076A  
Golem
Alola Form
 
 
Mineral Mineral 34
0111    
 
Monster Field 29 25 23 23XY
29ORAS
29
0112    
 
Monster Field 29 25 23 23XY
29ORAS
29
0138    
 
Water 1 Water 3 46 46 46 46
0139    
 
Water 1 Water 3 56 56 56 56
0222    
 
Water 1 Water 3 34 20 20BW
31B2W2
31 31
0224     Water 1 Water 2 1 1 1 1
0299     Mineral Mineral 18B2W2 18XY
28ORAS
28
0347    
 
Water 3 Water 3 55 49 49 49XY
55ORAS
55
0348    
 
Water 3 Water 3 64 55 55 55XY
61ORAS
61
413G  
Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
 
 
Bug Bug 25 26 26 26
0464    
 
Monster Field 25 23 23XY
29ORAS
29
0476    
 
Mineral Mineral 18B2W2 18XY
28ORAS
28
0524     Mineral Mineral 14 14 14
0525     Mineral Mineral 14 14 14
0526     Mineral Mineral 14 14 14
0557    
 
Bug Mineral 5 5 5
0558    
 
Bug Mineral 1, 5 1, 5 1, 5
0573     Field Field 1 1 1
0732    
 
Flying Flying 1
0733    
 
Flying Flying 1
0800     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 19
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Types Parent
Egg Groups
Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0090     Water 3 Water 3 HGSS
0095    
 
Mineral Mineral
0213    
 
Bug Bug
0214    
 
Bug Bug
0223     Water 1 Water 2
0410    
 
Monster Monster
0568     Mineral Mineral
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Special move

Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0223     Water 1 Water 2 Dream World - Sparkling Sea
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By event

Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0091    
 
Water 3 Water 3 Winter Regional Championships 2013 Cloyster
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0214    
 
Bug Bug 2014 Korean World Championship Series Heracross
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Pokémon Conquest

 
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Stars: ★
Power: 10
Accuracy: 90%
Effect: Hits 2 to 5 times in one turn.
Users:  
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It hits two to five times in succession.
Conq. The target is attacked with rocks thrown forcefully two to five times in a row.


In the anime

 
Cinccino
 
Golem
 
Armaldo
 
Boldore
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 Armaldo holds out its claws and three light blue rings surround its body. The rings then form into glowing white rocks that circle around its body. Armaldo then pulls up its claws and the rocks come together in between them. It then throws the rocks at the opponent.
A wild Armaldo Where's Armaldo? Debut
Nando's Armaldo League Unleashed! 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, or three rocks above Golem's head glow bright orange and its forehead glows silver. It then fires multiple silver rocks from its forehead at the opponent, one after the other.
Bertha's Golem An Elite Coverup! None
A Team Rocket Grunt's Golem Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! None
  The red gems sticking out of the top of Boldore's body glow bright orange, and the protrusion on the front of its body glows silver. It then fires multiple silver energy waves in the shape of the protrusion on the front of its body at the opponent, one after the other.
Ash's Boldore Battling the King of the Mines! None
  The white fur on Cinccino's head glows bright orange. It then fires two silver, spinning energy waves from it at the opponent.
Moira's Cinccino Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 岩石爆擊 Ngàahmsehk Baaugīk *
岩石爆破 Ngàahmsehk Baaupo *
Mandarin 岩石爆擊 / 岩石爆击 Yánshí Bàojī *
岩石爆破 Yán​shí​ Bào​pò​ *
  Dutch Steenstoot
  Finnish Kivisuihku
  French Boule Roc
  German Felswurf
  Greek Λιθοβόλο
  Indonesian Rock Blast
  Italian Cadutamassi
  Korean 락블레스트 Rock Blast
  Polish Kamienny Wybuch
Portuguese   Brazil Explosão de Rocha
  Portugal Carga de Pedras
  Romanian Explozia de Piatră
  Serbian Eksplozija kamenja
Spanish   Latin America Pedrada
  Spain Pedrada
  Vietnamese Bộc Phá Nham Thạch


Variations of the move Bone Rush
  Bone RushRock Blast


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