Solid Rock (Ability)

Solid Rock	ハードロック
	Hard Rock
Flavor text Generation III Generation IV Powers down super-effective moves. Generation V Reduces damage from supereffective attacks. Generation VI Currently unknown 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, all of which have one or more double weaknesses.

Effect

In battle

Solid Rock reduces super effective damage by 1/4. A move that would deal 2x damage will instead deal 1.5x damage, and a move that would deal 4x will instead deal 3x.

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	Lightningrod	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

File:Rhyperior Solid Rock.png Rhyperior
The power of super-effective moves against the user 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 other languages

Language Title French Solide Roc German Felskern Greek Συμπαγής Πέτρα Italian Solidroccia Korean 하드록 Hard Rock Portuguese Pedra Sólida Spanish Roca Sólida

Variations of the Ability Solid Rock
Solid Rock • Filter

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