Steamroller (move)

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Steamroller
ハードローラー Hard Roller
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Type  Bug
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  65
Accuracy  100%
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  • 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 adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation V
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Appeal  0  
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

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

Effect

Steamroller inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch. Steamroller cannot make a target with a Substitute flinch.

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

Description

Games Description
BW The user crushes its targets by rolling over them with its rolled-up body. This attack may make the target flinch.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
076 Golem Golem Rock Ground 18 '
543 Venipede Venipede Bug Poison 33 ''''
544 Whirlipede Whirlipede Bug Poison 37 ''''
545 Scolipede Scolipede Bug Poison 39 ''''
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.


In the anime

Burgh Whirlipede Steamroller.png
Whirlipede


User spins furiously and charges at the target
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Whirlipede Whirlipede jumps into the air and spins its body rapidly. Then, the tips of its antennae start to glow white and it slams its body into the opponent.
Burgh's Whirlipede Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! Debut
Three wild Whirlipede A Restoration Confrontation! (Part 2) None
Golem
Team Rocket Grunt's Golem BW096 None


Trivia

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

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 瘋狂滾動 Fēngkuáng Gǔndòng
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Stoomwals
France Flag.png French Bulldoboule
Germany Flag.png German Quetschwalze
Italy Flag.png Italian Rulloduro
South Korea Flag.png Korean 하드롤러 Hard Roller
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Rolo Destruidor
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Aplanadora
Spain Flag.png Spain Rodillo Púas


Variations of the move Stomp
PhysicalIC HOME.png StompSteamroller
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