Rock is a solid type as you may expect. Like Steel, Rock Pokemon usually have high defense - however, since many Rock Pokemon are part Ground they have a 4x weakness to both Grass and Water whose moves often come as Special type.
Rock moves are super-effective against:
Rock moves are not very effective against:
These types are not very effective against Rock pokemon:
These types are super-effective against Rock pokemon:
The chart below shows the strength of the Rock type against every type combination. The numbers in the squares show the fraction damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage and not very effective, while 4 means 400% - super-effective).
For example, look where the Grass and Poison types intersect to see how good a Rock-type move would be against a pokemon like Venusaur. You will see that it is 100%.
| nor | fir | wat | ele | gra | ice | fig | poi | gro | fly | psy | bug | roc | gho | dra | dar | ste | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Water | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electric | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grass | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ice | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Fighting | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |||||||||||||
| Poison | 2 | 2 | ½ | ||||||||||||||
| Ground | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ¼ | ½ | |||||||||||
| Flying | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Psychic | 2 | 2 | ½ | ½ | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bug | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Rock | 2 | 2 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ghost | 2 | 2 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dragon | 2 | 2 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dark | 2 | 2 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Steel | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ¼ | ½ | ¼ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
There are 47 Rock-type pokemon.
See also: