Rock Slide (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Rock Slide (Japanese: いわなだれ Rock Slide) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation I.

It is:

Effect

Generation I

Rock Slide deals damage with no additional effect.

Generation II

Rock Slide inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing each target to flinch.

Generation III onwards

In battles with multiple opponents, Rock Slide targets all adjacent opponents. Rock Slide will also destroy certain natural objects found in the background of battles.

Rock Slide can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Rock Throw was used in the previous turn.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Like all other moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Rock Slide only hits one target.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/Move Tutor

By breeding

Special move

Generation IX

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Rock Slide deals damage and may cause the target to flinch.

Pokémon Conquest

Stars: ★★★★ Power: 41 Accuracy: 90%

Effect: Has a 30% chance of causing each target to flinch.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Updates

• July 30, 2016
  • Power: 40 → 50
• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 50 → 80
  • Energy cost: 33 → 50
  • Duration: 3.2 → 2.7 seconds

• January 11, 2021
  • Power: 80 → 75

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Pokémon Masters EX

Notes

• Rock Slide:
  • Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a moderate chance of making the target flinch.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Rock Slide is Crustle's first move as Dwebble. The user drops rocks in a small radius, stunning enemies hit for 1s. Rock Slide can critically hit, however, the user's base critical hit chance is 0%. After evolving at level 4, it is replaced by either Rock Tomb or Shell Smash.

Description

In the anime

Main series

Dwebble Metagross Braviary Aerodactyl
Large boulders are hurled at the foe to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Magcargo slams its head into walls, causing boulders to fall on the opponent.
Egan's Magcargo	Some Like it Hot		Debut
	Nosepass's body becomes outlined in blue and a nearby rock also becomes surrounded in blue and it floats into the air above the opponent. The rock then splits apart and the pieces come falling down on the opponent.
Alan's Nosepass	Nosing 'Round the Mountain!		None
	Dwebble jumps high into the air and raises both of its claws straight up into the air. Multiple white rings of energy then appear above and around Dwebble's body and large gray boulders come out of the ripples of energy. The boulders then fall down and rain over the opponent.
Cilan's Dwebble	Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!		None
	Crustle raises both of its claws into the air. Then, multiple white rings of energy then appear above Crustle's body high in the sky and large gray boulders come out of the ripples of energy. The boulders then fall down and rain over the opponent.
Cilan's Crustle	Evolution Exchange Excitement!		None
	Drilbur's body glows white and multiple white rings of energy appear above and around it. Then, several large gray boulders come out of the ripples of energy and fall down over the opponent.
Rocko's Drilbur	A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!		None
	A light-blue aura glows from Metagross body and then orange sparks of electricity shoot off from underneath its body. A white circle then appears above Metagross's body, it grows in size and the circle forms into multiple white ovals of aura that then turn into gray stones with a light-blue outline. The stones then slam into the opponent.
Alain's Metagross	Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!		None
	Some of the tuffs on Midday Form Lycanroc's fur glow white and then fade as it creates multiple rocks outlined in a white glow around its body. Midday Form Lycanroc then fires the rocks at the opponent.
Olivia's Lycanroc	The Island Whisperer!		None
	Flygon flies into the air and creates multiple white orbs of energy around itself. The orbs of energy then turn into large gray rocks with white outlines and rain down over the opponent.
The Ultra Guardians' Flygon	Rise and Shine, Starship!		None
	Tyranitar creates white sparkles in a ring above its head, which then turn into rocks with white outlines along the creases. It then throws the rocks at the opponent.
A wild Tyranitar	Not Caving Under Pressure!		None
	Braviary creates multiple white orbs of energy around himself. The orbs of energy then turn into large gray rocks with white outlines and Braviary flicks one of his wings forward, causing the rocks to be thrown at the opponent.
Professor Kukui's Braviary	The Prism Between Light and Darkness!		None
	Mega Kangaskhan creates multiple gray rocks with white outlines and sends them flying towards the opponent. The child then follows by firing off multiple rocks as well.
Ilima's Kangaskhan	Battling Besties!		Enhanced by Parental Bond
	Multiple gray rocks appear in front of Sudowoodo in the shape of a ring. It then puts its hands forward, sending the stones flying towards the opponent.
A Trainer's Sudowoodo	Legend? Go! Friends? Go!		None
	Multiple gray rocks appear behind Aerodactyl in the shape of a ring. It then flies forward, sending the stones flying towards the opponent.
Goh's Aerodactyl	Restore and Renew!		None
	Barbaracle makes multiple gray rocks fall onto the opponent.
A Trainer's Barbaracle	Narrowing the Chaser Chase!		None
	Multiple gray rocks appear around Aurorus. It then sends the stones flying towards the opponent.
Diantha's Aurorus	Pride of a Champion!		None
	Multiple gray rocks appear in front of Tyrantrum and glow white briefly. It then sends the stones flying towards the opponent.
A wild Tyrantrum	In the Palms of our Hands!		None
	Copperajah picks up a large gray rock with its trunk and throws it at the opponent.
Poppy's Rajah	HZ055		None
	Multiple orange glowing rocks appear around Dugtrio. The rocks then stop glowing and are sent flying towards the opponent.
Rika's Dugtrio	HZ056		None

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Garganacl
Large boulders are hurled at the foe to inflict damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Garganacl's eyes glow red and it raises its arms. Then, multiple boulders come off the ground and are sent flying towards the opponent.
Aliquis's Garganacl	Breathe In		Debut

In the manga

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Battle Frontier

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Larvitar
Rocks come falling out from above.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Larvitar does a cry and summons rocks from the air which fall down onto the opponent.
Red's Larvitar	The Great Helper!!		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

• In Generation I, Rock Slide was the only Rock-type TM.
• In the Japanese versions of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, the girl who gives the player TM48 in exchange for a Soda Pop states that Rock Slide can sometimes cause the enemy to faint (Japanese: たまに あいてを きぜつ させる).
  • In the English version of Pokémon Red and Blue, she makes no reference to fainting, but instead says Rock Slide can "spook the target sometimes". This may be a reference to flinching, even though the move could not cause flinching until Generation II. This quote is omitted in the English version of Pokémon Yellow.
• In Generation II, Champion Lance's Aerodactyl knows Rock Slide, despite the fact that it couldn't learn the move prior to Generation III.
• Rock Slide is the only Rock-type move capable of making the target flinch.

In other languages

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