Solid Rock (Ability)

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Solid Rock ハードロック
Hard Rock
Flavor text
Generation IV
Powers down super-effective moves.DPPt
Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.HGSS
Generation V
Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.
Generation VI
Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

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

Effect

In battle

Solid Rock reduces super effective damage by ¼. A move that would deal 2× damage will instead deal 1.5× damage, and a move that would deal 4× will instead deal 3×.

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 Rock 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 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

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


Trivia

  • All Pokémon with this Ability have at least one 4× weakness, with Camerupt being the only one not to have a 4× weakness to Grass.
  • This Ability originated as a TCG Poké-BODY.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 堅石 Jiānshí
  French Solide Roc
  German Felskern
  Italian Solidroccia
  Korean 하드록 Hard Rock
  Polish Twarda Skała
  Portuguese Rocha Sólida
  Romanian Piatră Solidă
  Spanish Roca Sólida
  Turkish Sağlam Kaya


Variations of the Ability Solid Rock
Solid RockFilter


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