Rock (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in the Rock-type include Brock of Pewter City, Roxanne of Rustboro City and Roark of Oreburgh City. They are, notably, all the first Gym Leader encountered in their respective regions.
Statistical averages
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Battle properties
Rock-type moves:
- Are super-effective against: Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice
- Are not very effective against: Fighting, Ground, Steel
- Have no effect against: None
Rock-type Pokémon:
Characteristics
The Rock-type is a mediocre type defensively. Despite having an overall high Defense on average, its weaknesses to Ground- and Template:Type2 moves, commonly physical in nature, take it down a notch. The fact that, at best, its Special Defense is mediocre, combined with its weakness to Grass- and Template:Type2 moves, greatly decrease its ability to defend. Despite this, resistances to Normal and Fire prove that defensively it can stand.
Rock is one of the best types offensively. Being resisted by only three of the seventeen types, two of which are hindered by their own bad defenses (Fighting) and relative scarcity (Steel) helps it a lot, and the fact that only two Pokémon out of nearly 500 (Lucario and Steelix) have a double resistance to Rock keeps its moves relatively effective. Double weaknesses to Rock are relatively common, with many Template:Type2s having one due to their secondary Template:Type2, while the typically high-powered Ice- and Template:Type2s also do not fare well. As Pokémon of the three types that resist Rock typically can master Rock-type moves, this proves a quite versatile combination.
Pokémon
In total, there are 37 Pokémon of the Rock-type; 20 are fully evolved.
Pure Rock-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 185 | 
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Sudowoodo |
| 299 | 
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Nosepass |
| 377 | 
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Regirock |
| 408 | 
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Cranidos |
| 409 | 
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Rampardos |
| 438 | 
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Bonsly |
Half Rock-type Pokémon
Primary Rock-type Pokémon
| # | Name | Type 1 | Type 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 074 | 
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Geodude | Rock | Ground |
| 075 | 
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Graveler | Rock | Ground |
| 076 | 
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Golem | Rock | Ground |
| 095 | 
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Onix | Rock | Ground |
| 138 | 
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Omanyte | Rock | Water |
| 139 | 
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Omastar | Rock | Water |
| 140 | 
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Kabuto | Rock | Water |
| 141 | 
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Kabutops | Rock | Water |
| 142 | 
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Aerodactyl | Rock | Flying |
| 246 | 
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Larvitar | Rock | Ground |
| 247 | 
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Pupitar | Rock | Ground |
| 248 | 
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Tyranitar | Rock | Dark |
| 337 | 
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Lunatone | Rock | Psychic |
| 338 | 
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Solrock | Rock | Psychic |
| 345 | 
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Lileep | Rock | Grass |
| 346 | 
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Cradily | Rock | Grass |
| 347 | 
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Anorith | Rock | Bug |
| 348 | 
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Armaldo | Rock | Bug |
| 410 | 
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Shieldon | Rock | Steel |
| 411 | 
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Bastiodon | Rock | Steel |
| 476 | 
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Probopass | Rock | Steel |
Secondary Rock-type Pokémon
| # | Name | Type 1 | Type 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 
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Rhyhorn | Ground | Rock |
| 112 | 
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Rhydon | Ground | Rock |
| 213 | 
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Shuckle | Bug | Rock |
| 219 | 
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Magcargo | Fire | Rock |
| 222 | 
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Corsola | Water | Rock |
| 304 | 
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Aron | Steel | Rock |
| 305 | 
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Lairon | Steel | Rock |
| 306 | 
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Aggron | Steel | Rock |
| 369 | 
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Relicanth | Water | Rock |
| 464 | 
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Rhyperior | Ground | Rock |
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
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| AncientPower | 
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Tough | 60 | 100% | 5 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of raising all the user's stats at once. |
| Head Smash | 
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Tough | 150 | 80% | 5 | One foe | User takes 50% recoil damage. |
| Power Gem |
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Beauty | 70 | 100% | 20 | One foe | |
| Rock Blast |
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Tough | 25 | 80% | 10 | One foe | Attacks two to five times in a row. |
| Rock Slide |
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Tough | 75 | 90% | 10 | Both foes | Has a 30% chance of making the target flinch. |
| Rock Throw |
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Tough | 50 | 90% | 15 | One foe | |
| Rock Tomb |
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Smart | 50 | 80% | 10 | One foe | Lowers opponent's Speed. |
| Rock Wrecker |
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Tough | 150 | 90% | 5 | One foe | Attack on first turn, then must rest next turn. |
| Rollout |
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Tough | 30 | 90% | 20 | One foe | Attacks up to 5 turns in a row; power doubles with each successive hit. |
| Stone Edge |
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Tough | 100 | 80% | 5 | One foe | Has a high critical hit ratio. |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
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| Rock Polish | 
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Tough | — | —% | 20 | User | Raises user's Speed 2 levels |
| Sandstorm |
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Tough | — | —% | 40 | One Foe | A five-turn sandstorm is summoned to hurt all combatant types except Rock, Ground, and Steel. As of Generation IV it also boosts the Special Defense of all Rock-type Pokémon 50% on the battlefield |
| Stealth Rock |
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Cool | — | —% | 20 | One Foe | The user lays a trap of levitating stones around the foe. The trap hurts foes that switch into battle. |
Trivia
- If there were a hypothetical Pokémon of all 17 types, it would only be weak to Rock-type moves. However it's possible to create more weaknesses by using moves such as Foresight to remove immunities.
- There were no pure Rock-type Pokémon until Generation II.
- No Template:Fi Rock-type move is 100% accurate. In contast, all Template:Fi Rock-type moves are 100% accurate.
- In the first season of the Pokémon anime and during much of Generation I, the Rock-type was often wrongly assumed to be unaffected by Template:Type2 attacks. This was likely due to the fact that at the time, the only Rock-types that were not part Ground were the Fossil Pokémon.
- The Rock-type is tied with the Template:Type2 for the largest number of weaknesses when unpaired, with five: Grass, Water, Ground, Fighting, and Steel.
- Every known Fossil Pokémon so far is Rock-type.
In other languages
- Dutch: Steen
- French: Roche
- German: Gestein
- Italian: Roccia
- Spanish: Roca
- Korean: 바위 bawi
- Hebrew: סלע sela or אבן ehven