Rock Blast (move)

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Rock Blast
ロックブラスト Rock Blast
Type  Rock
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  25
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Works well if it's the same type as the one before.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Effectiveness varies depending on when it is used.

Rock Blast (Japanese: ロックブラスト Rock Blast) is a damage-dealing Rock-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

Rock Blast inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. This means that it will hit 3 times on average provided that it does not miss, giving it an average power of 75. Each strike made has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Rock Blast may continue attacking after breaking a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Generation IV

Pokémon with the Ability Skill Link will always hit five times when using Rock Blast unless it misses.

Generation V

Rock Blast's accuracy increased from 80 to 90%. There is now a ~33.3% chance that it will hit 2 times, a ~33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a ~16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a ~16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. This means that it will hit about ~3.167 times on average provided that it does not miss, giving it an average power of ~79.2.

If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target has Weak Armor, each strike will activate it.

Description

Games Description
RSE Hurls boulders at the foe 2 to 5 times in a row.
FRLG The user hurls two to five hard rocks at the foe to attack.
Colo.XD Hurls boulders at target 2 to 5 times in a row.
DPPtHGSS The user hurls hard rocks at the foe. Two to five rocks are launched in quick succession.
BWB2W2 The user hurls hard rocks at the target. Two to five rocks are launched in quick succession.
XYORAS The user hurls hard rocks at the target. Two to five rocks are launched in a row.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
074 Geodude Geodude Rock Ground 31 25 22 22
30
075 Graveler Graveler Rock Ground 37 27 22 22
34
076 Golem Golem Rock Ground 37 27 22 22
34
111 Rhyhorn Rhyhorn Ground Rock 29 25 23 23
29
112 Rhydon Rhydon Ground Rock 29 25 23 23
29
138 Omanyte Omanyte Rock Water   46 46 46
139 Omastar Omastar Rock Water   56 56 56
222 Corsola Corsola Water Rock 34 20 20 31 31
224 Octillery Octillery Water Water   1 1 1
299 Nosepass Nosepass Rock Rock       18 18
28
347 Anorith Anorith Rock Bug 55 49 49 49
55
348 Armaldo Armaldo Rock Bug 64 55 55 55
61
413 Wormadam Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
Bug Ground   25 26 26
464 Rhyperior Rhyperior Ground Rock   25 23 23
29
476 Probopass Probopass Rock Steel       18 18
28
524 Roggenrola Roggenrola Rock Rock     14 14
525 Boldore Boldore Rock Rock     14 14
526 Gigalith Gigalith Rock Rock     14 14
557 Dwebble Dwebble Bug Rock     5 5
558 Crustle Crustle Bug Rock     1, 5 1, 5
573 Cinccino Cinccino Normal Normal     1 1
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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
090 Shellder Shellder Water Water     OmanyteOmastarCorsolaAnorithArmaldo OmanyteOmastarCorsolaAnorithArmaldo OmanyteOmastarCorsolaAnorithArmaldo
095 Onix Onix Rock Ground   GeodudeGravelerGolem GeodudeGravelerGolemRoggenrolaBoldoreGigalithDwebbleCrustle GeodudeGravelerGolemNosepassProbopassRoggenrolaBoldoreGigalithDwebbleCrustle GeodudeGravelerGolemNosepassProbopassRoggenrolaBoldoreGigalithDwebbleCrustle
213 Shuckle Shuckle Bug Rock     DwebbleCrustle DwebbleCrustle
214 Heracross Heracross Bug Fighting       DwebbleCrustle
223 Remoraid Remoraid Water Water Corsola OmanyteOmastarCorsolaOctillery OmanyteOmastarCorsolaOctillery OmanyteOmastarCorsolaOctillery
410 Shieldon Shieldon Rock Steel   RhyhornRhydonRhyperior RhyhornRhydonRhyperior RhyhornRhydonRhyperior
568 Trubbish Trubbish Poison Poison     GeodudeGravelerGolemRoggenrolaBoldoreGigalithDwebbleCrustle GeodudeGravelerGolemNosepassProbopassRoggenrolaBoldoreGigalithDwebbleCrustle GeodudeGravelerGolemNosepassProbopassRoggenrolaBoldoreGigalithDwebbleCrustle
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.


Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0223 223 Remoraid Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0091 091 Cloyster Water Ice Winter Regional Championships 2013 Cloyster
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0214 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 2014 Korean World Championship Series Heracross
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In other games

Pokémon Conquest

 
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Stars: ★
Power: 10
Accuracy: 90%
Effect: Hits 2 to 5 times in one turn.
Users: Roggenrola
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.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It hits two to five times in succession.
Conq. The target is attacked with rocks thrown forcefully two to five times in a row.


In the anime

Moira Cinccino Rock Blast.png
Cinccino
Bertha Golem Rock Blast.png
Golem
Nando Armaldo Rock Blast.png
Armaldo
Ash Boldore Rock Blast.png
Boldore
The user hurls hard rocks at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Armaldo The red and white plates on Armaldo's neck glow white. Then, the back of its claws releases sand and it hits the opponent with them, or Armaldo holds out its claws and three light blue rings surround its body. The rings then form into glowing white rocks that circle around its body. Armaldo then pulls up its claws and the rocks come together in between them. It then throws the rocks at the opponent.
A wild Armaldo Where's Armaldo? Debut
Nando's Armaldo League Unleashed! None
Wormadam Three yellow rings appear and spin around Wormadam's body. The rings glow white and form into small rocks that spin around Wormadam's body. It then fires the rocks at the opponent, that explode on contact.
Ursula's Wormadam Another One Gabites the Dust! None
Golem Three light blue rings appear and spin around Golem's body. The rings then glow white and turn into glowing white rocks that spin around Golem's body as well. Golem then fires the glowing white rocks at the opponent, or three rocks above Golem's head glow bright orange and its forehead glows silver. It then fires multiple silver rocks from its forehead at the opponent, one after the other.
Bertha's Golem An Elite Coverup! None
A Team Rocket Grunt's Golem Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! None
Boldore The red gems sticking out of the top of Boldore's body glow bright orange, and the protrusion on the front of its body glows silver. It then fires multiple silver energy waves in the shape of the protrusion on the front of its body at the opponent, one after the other.
Ash's Boldore Battling the King of the Mines! None
Cinccino The white fur on Cinccino's head glows bright orange. It then fires two silver, spinning energy waves from it at the opponent.
Moira's Cinccino Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 岩石爆破 Yán​shí​ Bào​pò​
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Steenslag
Finland Flag.png Finnish Kivisuihku
France Flag.png French Boule Roc
Germany Flag.png German Felswurf
Greece Flag.png Greek Λιθοβόλο
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Rock Blast
Italy Flag.png Italian Cadutamassi
South Korea Flag.png Korean 락블레스트 Rock Blast
Poland Flag.png Polish Kamienny Wybuch
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Explosão de Rocha
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Carga de Pedras
Romania Flag.png Romanian Explozia de Piatră
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Eksplozija Kamenja
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Pedrada
Spain Flag.png Spain Pedrada


Variations of the move Bone Rush
PhysicalIC HOME.png Bone RushRock Blast


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