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Rock Slide

Rock · Physical · 66 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Rock
Rock Slide
TypeRock
CategoryPhysical
Base power75
Accuracy90%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Garchomp 34.3% 74.7% Sneasler 20.9% 4.9% Mega Aerodactyl 13.1% 99.8% Mega Swampert 8.5% 4.3% Mega Tyranitar 7.3% 98.9% Mega Metagross 7.0% 3.2% Mega Mawile 5.2% 35.4% Annihilape 4.8% 8.6% Excadrill 4.2% 89% Mega Blaziken 3.5% 68% Mamoswine 2.9% 18% Lycanroc-Dusk 2.7% 95% Dragonite 2.5% 8.6% Gallade 2.5% 2.7% Mega Scrafty 2.4% 5.8% Mega Camerupt 2.1% 1% Arcanine-Hisui 1.2% 34.7% Mega Charizard X 0.79% 3.5% Mega Abomasnow 0.64% 1% Mudsdale 0.63% 31.3% Kleavor 0.51% 26.4% Mega Lucario 0.43% 14.5% Greninja 0.35% 16% Mega Golurk 0.34% 7.5%

What it does

Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.

At 75 base power it is the 23rd strongest of the 42 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

66 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Rock Slide. The one that matters most is Garchomp, which is on 34.3% of teams and carrys it on 74.7% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Rock move it is super effective against Bug, Fire, Flying and Ice, resisted by Fighting, Ground and Steel. 5 other Rock moves appear in this format: Wide Guard, Power Gem, Rock Tomb, Ancient Power, Head Smash.

Who could and does not

105 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Rock Slide at all, against the 66 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Archaludon, Torkoal, Hydreigon, Glimmora, Kommo-o and Kangaskhan — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Rock Slide accounts for an expected 0.62 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 3rd most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 41% of that comes from Garchomp alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Fighting (21), Ground (16) and Rock (14).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.