Solid Rock (Ability)

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	Purotooga	Purotooga	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
0565	Abagoura	Abagoura	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

Rhyperior. When super-effective moves hits Rhyperior, it looks like it has taken no damage at all.

• Activated by Palmer's Rhyperior in Challenging a Towering Figure!. Debut.

Trivia

• No Pokémon has Solid Rock as its sole ability. This is also true for its counterpart, Filter.

In other languages

• Spanish: Roca sólida
• Italian: Solidroccia

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.