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