Rock Climb (move)

Rock Climb (Japanese: ロッククライム Rock Climb) is a damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV. It has a 20% chance of confusing the target.

Effect

In Battle

Rock Climb inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of confusing the opponent.

Outside of battle

A Pokémon using Rock Climb can scale rocky surfaces.

Learnset

Generation IV

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#   Pokémon Type 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0009 Blastoise Water 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0059 Arcanine Fire 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0108 Lickitung Normal 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0113 Chansey Normal 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0127 Pinsir Bug 0128 Tauros Normal 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0143 Snorlax Normal 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0154 Meganium Grass 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0160 Feraligatr Water 0181 Ampharos Electric 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0210 Granbull Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0243 Raikou Electric 0244 Entei Fire 0245 Suicune Water 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0254 Sceptile Grass 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0335 Zangoose Normal 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0383 Groudon Ground 0387 Turtwig Grass 0388 Grotle Grass 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0400 Bibarel Normal Water 0408 Cranidos Rock 0409 Rampardos Rock 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 0446 Munchlax Normal 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0452 Drapion Poison Dark 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0466 Electivire Electric 0467 Magmortar Fire 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0486 Regigigas Normal 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 0491 Darkrai Dark 0493 Arceus Ice 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 the anime

File:Grotle rc claws.png Grotle File:Grotle rc dash.png Moving along the wall File:Grotle rc jump.png Jumps high File:Grotle rock climb.jpg Using Rock Climb
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Grotle's claws glow white and then grow. It then moves along wherever it's going to climb and jumps high. If no cliffs are available, Grotle can, by stamping the ground, make the earth rise underneath the opponent.
Ash's Grotle	The Lonely Snover		Debut

Trivia

• All fully evolved starter Pokémon can learn Rock Climb except for Charizard.
• In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Rock Climb can be obtained and used as an HM, after Viridian City gym leader Blue has been defeated, despite the fact it did not appear in the Generation II version of the games. This makes Rock Climb the first HM that requires a gym badge outside of the starting region in order to be used.
  • In all Generation IV games, Rock Climb is the last HM allowed for use.
• In Pokémon Platinum, Maylene tells the player that Rock and Fighting-types can learn Rock Climb. However, many non Rock and Fighting types can also learn it, and there exist several Rock and Fighting-types that cannot.

In other languages

• Spanish: Treparrocas
• French: Escalade
• Italian: Scalaroccia
• Korean: 락클라임 rokkulaimu
• Portuguese: Escalar
• German: Kraxler

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