If you are looking for hard-hitting Rock-type Pokemon, here is our solid list of twenty Pokémon of that type. These Rock-type Pokemon may not be consistently good across all games, but in the games that they are top-tier, they are indeed rock solid.
1. Drednaw
Drednaw is the ideal Rock-type Pokémon for trainers who choose a different type as their starter since its dual typing with Water. Drednaw has high HP, ATK, and DEF. Also, in Pokémon Sword and Shield, it was the only form of water that Gigantamax could use.
The G-Max Stonesurge Drednaw-exclusive move enables you to strike while also setting up Stealth Rock, making it more difficult for your opponent to swap in Pokémon and neutralize the impact of Focus Sash.
Unfortunately, due to being a Generation VIII Pokémon, it does not appear in older games so you have to play games released after the Let’s Go series.
2. Lunatone
Lunatone is another dual-type Pokémon in this list. This Pokémon is both a Rock-type and Psychic-type Pokémon, making it venerable in well-composed lineups. Lunatone looks like a crescent moon with red-on-black eyes. It dwells in caverns and is activated at a full moon. The moon enhances its power, and the lunar phases affect its health. Lunatone floats through the air using its psychic abilities. It was discovered near the location of a meteor crash location.
Lunatone is vulnerable to Bug, Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type moves. Hence, it may be questionable that this Pokémon is included in this list, but, Lunatone is a good addition to a team that needs a utility Pokémon specializing in Special Attack and Special Defense. Due to Lunatone being introduced in Generation III, it does not appear in games prior Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald including the Let’s Go series on the Nintendo Switch.
3. Kabutops
Kabutops is another of the original Generation 1 Fossil Pokémon, and it’s quite unique among Rock types. Kabutops not only has strong Special Defense, making it extremely tough all over, but it also has a relatively mediocre basic move set.
Fortunately, it has access to a plethora of TMs to supplement its super-high Attack and make those dual arm blades as lethal as they seemed in the Game Boy Pokémon games. You may pursue the traditional Rock route with skills like Stone Edge, which will be even more powerful if you teach Kabutops Swords Dance. You may also mix it up by adding moves like X-Scissor, Waterfall, and Thief to make it more adaptable.
4. Tyranitar
Tyranitar’s stats and moveset may look terrible at the first glance, but with Sand Stream and a bump to its Special Defense, Tyranitar is no joke because Sand is so important in the metagame. Tyranitars typically annihilate usual threats like Dragonite, Landorus, Ferrothorn, and others because to their large weight and ability to withstand many strikes. He possesses a diverse Movepool, allowing him to perform Movesets such as Physical, Mixed, Special, and Support, to name a few. Tyranitar is absolutely incredible. How many Pokémon with that many flaws see that type of play? It can play nearly any role.
As previously established, Tyranitar is a Pseudo Legendary with a monstrous 600 BST.
Tyranitar, for example, may learn the Punch strikes. It can also learn Dragon moves in addition to the usual Rock and Dark moves. That implies it has some of the strongest moves in Pokémon while yet being powerful enough to use at least one or two of them in a pinch. Because of its capacity to hold its own in a fight, it is theoretically superior to the true Rock/Dragon’mon Tyrantrum.
5. Sudowoodo
Sudowoodo resembles a hat stand, but it’s a very useful Rock-type Pokémon nonetheless. Sudowoodo, like other Rock kinds, has several flaws. However, it covers most of them with strong Defense and responds with a large Attack stat of 100 at least in Pokémon SoulSilver. To compensate for Sudowoodo’s poor speed, you’ll need a Quick Claw or some form of stratagem. Your reward for doing so is access to the elemental Punch moves, a variety of Fighting-type moves, and a number of status-focused moves such as Toxic. It’s easily one of the most adaptable Rock-type Pokémon available.
In newer games like Pokémon Sword and Shield, having a level 40 Sudowoodo in your party may be useful, especially if you find yourself in a difficult gym battle with no suitable Pokémon to deploy. Sudowoodo’s Sturdy and Counter have nothing to do with type match-ups, making this sentient tree invaluable in some scenarios.
6. Rhyperior
Rhyperior is a dual-type Ground/Rock Pokémon introduced in Generation IV. It is a huge, brownish-gray Pokémon with two horns: one on its nose and one above its head. Rhyperior is a physical hulk capable of readily enduring physical strikes while dishing out considerable damage even without a pricey Attack investment.
Despite its many weaknesses in Pokémon: Arceus, Rhyperior is tanky enough to take super effective hits and respond with powerful S.T.A.B. or super effective moves. With times four weakness to both Water and Grass moves, it can be very dangerous leaving this Pokémon in on something like a Torterra or Gyarados.
Rhyperior has a significant physical movepool, including STAB Earthquake, Stone Edge, and Rock Blast, as well as decent coverage choices in Ice Punch and Fire Punch, and decent support options in Toxic and Stealth Rock.
Solid Rock is a fantastic ability on Rhyperior since it minimizes the damage suffered from super-effective attacks, greatly increasing its longevity throughout the game.
In Pokémon Go, Rhyperior may be a beneficial asset to your squad when it possesses its finest moveset, yet the Pokémon is certainly a mixed bag in Battle League. It’s a formidable Pokémon in PvP encounters, but be mindful of its vulnerabilities against Fighting, Ice, Water, Steel, Grass, and other Ground-type attacks.
7. Golem
Golem is a Pokémon that indeed looks like a golem with its spherical body being covered by rocky exteriors. Its head protrudes from the middle of the shell. The head features a flat snout, two sharp teeth in the lower jaw, and crimson eyes. It has short arms with three claws and two legs with four claws in front and one claw behind. The head and limbs are light browns in hue.
In Pokémon Legend: Arceus, the tankiness of the Golem allows it to take any hit and retaliate with extremely effective damage or a devastating Stone Edge. It is physically strong, but its vulnerability to special techniques makes it tough to fight against strong Water or Grass Types.
8. Aggron
Aggron may not be the most popular Rock-type Pokémon in Pokémon Go, but it has its strengths in other games of the franchise.
Aggron is a colossal Pokémon in terms of size. It looks like Godzilla in gray armor with silver plates. It has horns, and blue eyes, and is seemingly toothless.
In Pokémon Go, Aggron’s resistances and high defense combined with a solid moveset can make it a viable anchor in some raids but note that it is definitely below other counters in terms of DPS. When employed correctly, Aggron may be a valuable addition to any squad. It can hit hard and tank physical attacks because of its huge base 180 defense and outstanding base 110 Attack.
9. Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl is a reptile, bipedal prehistoric Pokémon that looks like a pterosaur. It has big violet membranous wings and a body coated in pale blue-gray skin. It features a hump-like ridge on its back with a spike and a powerful tail with an arrow-shaped tip. Its talon-like feet feature two toes in front and one in behind.
Aerodactyl is one of the most elusive Pokémon in Pokémon GO. There are seven distinct tiers of Rock Pokémon, and Aerodactyl is the second from the top – getting it at any of the places will be difficult. However, some gamers have reported finding it on beaches and meadows.
One of the earliest Fossil Pokémon to debut in the Pokémon universe was Aerodactyl. It is a Rock/Flying type with the ability to Mega Evolve in generations 6-7. Aerodactyl cannot be discovered in the wild since it is a Fossil Pokémon. Trainers will instead need to transport the Old Amber to the Oreburgh City Museum in order to resurrect Aerodactyl.
Aerodactyl is a fast Pokémon with a powerful Attack. The majority of its movepool is made up of Physical techniques like Stone Edge and Wing Attack. Aerodactyl can also learn the Ground-type move Earthquake through TM, giving it coverage against Electric-type Pokémon.
Aerodactyl, as a Rock/Flying-type Pokémon, has several of the same vulnerabilities as Rock and Flying-type Pokémon. Aerodactyl has a starting stat total of 515 that increases to 615 when Mega Evolved. However, Mega Evolution isn’t available in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, thus Aerodactyl can’t Mega Evolve.
10. Onix
Onix is a Rock-type Pokémon that digs through the earth formed of rocks and has a long snake-like body designed for land confrontations. It absorbs a large number of complicated items in order to strengthen its body. It has a tall top to its head and tiny eyes. He becomes more rounded and smoother as he grows larger and older, finally resembling a black diamond.
Arceus Onix evolved in Pokémon Legends: Arceus after being exposed to a metal coat. Its manner of life included living underground and digesting massive boulders and soil, more like an earthworm than a snake, from which its design was derived.
Onix is a necessary beginning Pokémon in both Diamond and Platinum. He has a heavy-duty in each of them because delving through several areas necessitates the use of Onix. Overall as a starter pack and to have an advantage over other starting trainers, it is an excellent choice to have Onix on your team.
11. Coalossal
Coalossal, as a Fire and Rock-type Pokémon, has one of the most diversified movepools of any Pokémon in the Galar Region.
Coalossal has access to a variety of fascinating attacks, including Heavy Slam, Solarbeam, and even Scald, in addition to the Fire and Rock abilities it learns. Coalossal is likewise quite tough, with a high HP at 110 and Defense at 120.
Heavy Slam is another move with unusual mechanics, yet it is quite useful for Coalossal. Heavy Slam’s damage is proportional to how much heavier the Pokémon is in comparison to its opponent. This is useful on Coalossal since it can check Fairy opponents with ease.
Coalossal has a solid spot in many teams and will be a mainstay in doubles for the foreseeable future due to its good coverage and synergy with two weathers. Coalossal’s strategy is straightforward. With a weak Water move, activate Steam Engine and Weakness Policy, then rush over the opposition team since you are now unable to outspeed.
12. Minior
Minior is a meteor Pokémon that consumes atmospheric dust. The hue of the dust’s core is determined by its makeup. If its core remains exposed, it will die off quickly. If it is swiftly placed in a Poké Ball, it has a chance of survival. Minior fall from the night sky in very few places, with Alola being one of the lucky few. It resides in the ozone layer and is eaten by stronger Pokémon. It falls to the ground when it attempts to flee. Although its exterior shell is extremely tough, the impact of falling to the earth shatters it to smithereens.
In Pokémon Moon and Sun, Minior is a great pick and actually far superior compared to other Rock-types in the region of Alola including Tyranitar.
Minior, on the other hand, is not accessible in Pokémon Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, or Shining Pearl, therefore the information above is from the most recent generation it was in. This Pokémon cannot be transferred or used in the games Pokémon Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, or Shining Pearl.
13. Lycanroc
Midnight will most likely be the most popular of the two Lycanroc forms owing to its PvP tools. Fans will remember Counter as one of the greatest quick moves available to any Pokémon. It boasts a high damage output and energy charge while being only one second long.
Lycanroc Midnight is a good Pokémon to use in Great League matches. Because of its type, it may not reach the top of the meta, but a team with Lycanroc Midnight and solid support can go far. The Midday form, on the other hand, should be kept on the bench.
Unfortunately, this Pokémon does not appear in newer Pokémon games like Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
14. Stakataka
Stakataka is a dual-type Rock/Steel Pokémon which debuted in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in Generation VII. It has not been observed evolving into or from any other Pokémon. It is one of the Ultra Beasts, and its code name is UB Assemble. This Pokémon looks like a tower with spider legs.
In Pokémon: Sword and Shield, Stakataka is an excellent Trick Room setting in Doubles. Stakataka has the size to resist strikes from both its physical and special sides even with no defensive EV expenditure.
15. Crustle
A hermit crab is a crustacean with a soft, asymmetrical abdomen that is buried in a scavenged snail shell carried about by the hermit crab, however other species employ hollow stones and bits of wood. Dwebble, the Pokémon based on this animal, was also featured in the anime without its rock shell, with a hook-like tail that could be used to keep the rock in place or to carve itself a new home if its old one is lost or damaged. By then, Dwebble evolves into its stronger form: Crustle.
Crustle has access to Shell Smash, which transforms it into a dangerous sweeper in the PU metagame. Crustle also has access to Sturdy, Stealth Rock, and Spikes, providing it a solid hazard-stacking lead in the tier.
Crustle doesn’t have many tricks in its sleeve in terms of competition. Its basic attack increased from 95 to 105 points in the most recent generation, which is respectable, while its base defense is an exceptional 125 points, but it isn’t swift or very defensive. To some extent, the speed issue may be alleviated by giving Crustle a Jolly nature as well as the move Shell Smash, which increases its attack, special attack, and speed by two stages each, but bear in mind that this comes at the expense of defense and special defense. As a result, the White Herb would be an ideal-held item for Crustle to carry, as it restores all reduced stats to their former condition.
16. Gigalith
Gigalith is a dinosaur-looking Pokémon with crimson crystal-like spikes. Gigalith is somewhat like Golem but better. Gigalith may boast that it is far superior to Golem. To begin with, Gigalith is a pure rock type rather than a rock/ground type, which means it does not have triple vulnerabilities to grass and water and no vulnerability to Ice at all. It isn’t resistant to electric attacks like Golem, but its ability Sand Stream creates a sandstorm in combat and increases its special resistance by 50%, allowing it to withstand even super-effective strikes better while the sandstorm is in action.
Gigalith has excellent overall bulk, which makes it a lot of fun to employ competitively. Sand Stream may be used in conjunction with a Sassy or Careful nature to improve its special defense (its base 130 defense is already strong), and then just slap a Choice Band on it to increase its physical attack by 50%. Just keep in mind that you’ll only be able to use one move until Gigalith is switched out, so you might want to modify the nature to Brave or Adamant to compensate; otherwise, it’ll hit too hard.
17. Bastiodon
Bastiodon looks like a cute triceratops but it is nothing but cute in terms of fighting prowess.
On both ends of the scale, Bastiodon is an incredibly defensive Pokémon. Rampardos is occasionally used as a suicide lead for setting up Stealth Rock. Because of its protective characteristics, Bastiodon is far more suited for this than Rampardos.
Given that its basic 138 Special Defense is lower than its base 168 Physical Defense, it frequently has a nature that increases its special defense, such as Careful, Calm, or Sassy. Combine it with Sturdy – an ability that leaves it at 1 HP when assaulted at full HP if the attack would otherwise have knocked it out – and you have a Pokémon that is difficult to defeat. It is extremely weak to combat ground-type attacks but due to its Metal Burst, it can somewhat survive.
18. Rampardos
Rampardos is a gigantic, dark-gray dinosaur Pokémon that looks like a Pachycephalosaurus. It has a dome head that covers its crimson eyes. It has blue stripes on its tail, as well as on its knees and wrists. It has spikes on each knee, two on its blue collar, two small ones on its nose, and four on its skull. Two of these spikes on the skull are larger than the other two.
Rampardos is one of the only two mono-type fossil Pokémon in existence. A charging Rampardos can knock down almost anything with a single strike, shattering even the toughest of items on impact. Its Pokédex entry from Pokémon Moon even mentions a resurrected fossil that developed into Rampardos, fled, and destroyed a tower.
19. Omastar
Omastar is a cephalopod mollusk Pokémon that resembles an ammonite. Its sky-blue body is covered with tentacles, with the tentacles in the front being shorter and thicker than those at the back.
Omastar’s stats have never truly hurt it, as they are actually rather good. Its HP and special defense should be improved, but it’s Special Attack and Defense are excellent. It’s also not particularly quick, albeit not as slow as its Pokédex entries imply, but there’s an easy way around that: Shell Smash.
20. Archeops
Archeops is a Rock/Flying Fossil avian Pokémon with characteristics of both birds and reptiles. It has a red featherless snake-like head with a green stripe going over the top. It was first seen in Generation V.
In Pokémon Black and White and their sequels, Archeops is a good Rock-type Pokémon. Defeatist will not activate at full health, even with Stealth Rock Weakness. It has a base speed of 110, therefore it can outrun most everything in UU, including Mienshao, Virizion, Victini, and Zapdos. It has a high base attack of 140 and access to STAB Flying Gem Acrobatics. Even with Defeatist, Archeops is a scary sweeper as long as you supply some excellent assistance.
