Steamroller (move)

Steamroller
ハードローラー Hard Roller
Steamroller VI.png
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Type  Bug
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  65
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation V
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

Steamroller (Japanese: ハードローラー Hard Roller) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Generation V

Steamroller inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch. Steamroller cannot make a target with a substitute flinch.

Steamroller will deal double the damage if its target had previously used Minimize.

Generation VI

Steamroller will now never miss if the target has used Minimize.

Description

Games Description
BWB2W2
XYORAS
The user crushes its targets by rolling over them with its rolled-up body. This attack may make the target flinch.
SM The user crushes its target by rolling over the target with its rolled-up body. This may also make the target flinch.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0076     Mineral Mineral 18 11XY
10ORAS
10
076A  
Golem
Alola Form
  Mineral Mineral 10
0543     Bug Bug 33 33 33
0544     Bug Bug 37 37 37
0545     Bug Bug 39 39 39
0799     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.


In the anime

 
Whirlipede
 
Golem
The user spins furiously and charges at the target
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Whirlipede jumps into the air and spins its body rapidly. Then, the tips of its antennae start to glow white and it slams its body into the opponent.
Burgh's Whirlipede Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! Debut
  Golem withdraws its head, legs and arms within its shell. It then jumps into the air and spins its body rapidly. Then, its outlines start to glow white and it slams its body into the opponent.
A Team Rocket Grunt's Golem Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! None


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 瘋狂滾動 Fēngkuáng Gǔndòng
  Dutch Stoomwals
  French Bulldoboule
  German Quetschwalze
  Italian Rulloduro
  Korean 하드롤러 Hard Roller
  Polish Ostrowalec
Portuguese   Brazil Rolo Destruidor
Rolo Compressor (TCG)*
  Portugal Compressor
Spanish   Latin America Aplanadora (BW023)
Rodillo Púas (BW096)
  Spain Rodillo de Púas*
Rodillo Púas*


Variations of the move Stomp
  StompSteamroller


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.