Steamroller (move)

Hard Roller ハードローラー Hard Roller

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

(Japanese: ハードローラー Hard Roller) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Hard Roller inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch. Hard Roller can only cause the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target. Hard Roller cannot make a target with a Substitute flinch.

The base power of Hard Roller is doubled to 130 if the target has used Minimize.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0076 Golem Rock Ground 18 0543 Fushide Fushide Bug Poison 33 0544 Hoiiga Hoiiga Bug Poison 37 0545 Pendra Pendra Bug Poison 39 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Golem is the only Pokémon that learns Hard Roller that is not part of the Fushide evolutionary line.
  • Consequently, it is both the only Pokémon that learns Hard Roller that does not get STAB from it and the only one not from Generation V.

In other languages

Variations of the move Stomp
Stomp • Steamroller

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