Rock Tomb (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Rock Tomb (Japanese: がんせきふうじ Rock Seal) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation III.

It is:

Effect

Generation III to V

Rock Tomb deals damage and lowers the opponent's Speed by one stage. It has a power of 50, 10 PP, and 80% accuracy.

Rock Tomb can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 3 bonus appeal points if Rock Throw was used in the previous turn.

Generation VI onwards

Rock Tomb's power changed to 60, its PP changed to 15, and its accuracy changed to 95%.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	Stops the foe from moving with rocks and cuts Speed.* Stops the foe from moving with rocks. May lower Speed.*
FRLG	Boulders are hurled at the foe. It also lowers the foe's Speed if it hits.
ColoXD	Immobilizes the target with rocks, and cuts Speed.* Stops target from moving with rocks. May lower Speed.*
DP Pt HGSS	Boulders are hurled at the foe. It also lowers the foe's Speed by preventing its movement.* Large boulders are hurled at the foe to inflict damage. It may also make the target flinch.DP* Large boulders are hurled at the foe to inflict damage. It lowers the foe's Speed.PtHGSS*
PBR	Boulders are hurled at the foe. It also lowers the foe's Speed by preventing its movement.
BW B2W2	Boulders are hurled at the target. It also lowers the target's Speed by preventing its movement.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	Boulders are hurled at the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat by preventing its movement.
SV	The user hurls boulders at the target to inflict damage. This also lowers the target's Speed stat by cutting off its movement.

Learnset

By TM

By breeding

#	Egg Groups	Egg Move
		V	VI	VII

0524	Mineral	✔	✔	✔
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.

Special move

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Rock Tomb deals damage and lowers the target's Travel Speed (previously Movement Speed) by one stage. In the Explorers series, the description of the move was mistranslated and erroneously states that the move only has a chance to lower the Movement Speed.

Pokémon Conquest

Stars: ★★★

Power: 31

Accuracy: 80%

Effect: Lowers the target's range by one tile.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Updates

Gyms & Raids

July 30, 2016
- Power: 25 → 30
February 16, 2017
- Power: 30 → 70
- Energy cost: 25 → 50
- Duration: 3.4 → 3.2 seconds
- Damage window: 2.3 - 3.2 → 2.25 - 3 seconds

Trainer Battles

November 29, 2021
- Secondary effect added

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Rock Tomb

★★★
Attack power	36.162
Charge time	0.62 seconds
Range type	Circular (ranged)
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Pokémon Masters EX

Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Lowers the target's Speed.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Rock Tomb is Crustle's first move. It is obtained by evolving from Dwebble at level 4 and upgrading Rock Slide into it instead of Shell Smash. The user emits a beam that deals 100% ability damage. Upon reaching its maximum distance, or hitting an enemy, a curved wall rises from the ground, dealing 50% ability damage to anyone on top of it. When the barrier de-spawns, 50% ability damage is dealt again to all enemies near it. Rock Tomb can critically hit, however, the user's base critical hit chance is 0%. At level 11, each hit also inflicts 2s of slow.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Inflicts damage on the target. It also lowers the target's Movement Speed by one level.
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on the target. It may also reduce the target's Movement Speed by 1 level.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるしかもいどうそくどを１だんかいさげる
Conq.	Bombard the enemy with rocks. It may also reduce the target's Range.
MDGtI SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Magmortar Conkeldurr Onix Pinsir
The user hurls boulders at the target to cut off its movement.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Nosepass jumps into the air and lands on the ground. When it lands, giant rocks protrude from the ground and surround the opponent, making it unable to move.
Roxanne's Nosepass	A Winner by a Nosepass	Debut
	Trapinch calls out and giant rocks shoot out of the ground and surround the opponent.
A Trapinch Solana captured using her Capture Styler	Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2	None
	Magmortar sticks out its arm and fires a purple circle from its arm cannon at the ground. When the purple circle hits the ground, it turns into a large gray stone.
Paul's Magmortar	Evolving Strategies!	None
	Pansage puts its hands together in front of it and silver sparkles form in between its hands. It then raises its hands up in the air and the sparkles expand, forming into a silver orb of energy. The orb then grows larger until it is much bigger than Pansage's body. Finally, the glow fades out of the orb, forming into a large gray boulder with a transparent silver glow. The orb rests in Pansage's arms, and it throws the boulder at the opponent.
Cilan's Pansage	A Call for Brotherly Love!	None
	Conkeldurr puts its hands together above itself and silver sparkles form in between its hands. The sparkles then expand, forming a silver orb of energy. The orb then grows larger until it is much bigger than Conkeldurr's body. Finally, the glow fades out of the orb, forming into a large gray boulder with a transparent silver glow. The orb rests in Conkeldurr's arms, and it throws the boulder at the opponent. The boulder then splits into multiple smaller boulders that surround the opponent.
Trip's Conkeldurr	Search for the Clubultimate!	None
	Silver sparkles form in between Scolipede's horns. The sparkles then expand, forming a silver orb of energy. Finally, the glow fades out of the orb, forming into a large gray boulder with a transparent silver glow. The orb rests in Scolipede's horns, and it throws the boulder at the opponent.
Roxie's Scolipede	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2	None
	Onix becomes outlined in white energy and raises its head. Multiple gray rocks outlined in white energy then form around its head in the shape of a ring. The glow around Onix then fades, causing the rocks to fall down on the opponent.
Grant's Onix	Breaking Titles at the Chateau!	None
	Tyrunt becomes outlined in white energy and raises its head. Multiple gray rocks outlined in white energy then form around its head in the shape of a ring. Then, the rocks fall down on the opponent.
Grant's Tyrunt	Climbing the Walls!	None
	Multiple gray rocks outlined in white energy form around Teddiursa.
A Performer's Teddiursa	A Dancing Debut!	None
	Nidoking creates a red orb of energy in between his hands and throws it into the air. The orb of energy then expands and solidifies into multiple large boulders that fall down onto the opponent.
A wild Nidoking	I Choose You!	None
	Rhydon creates a red orb of energy in between its hands and throws it into the air. The orb of energy then expands and solidifies into multiple large boulders that fall down onto the opponent.
A wild Rhydon	I Choose You!	None
	Multiple gray rocks outlined in white energy form around Pinsir and it throws them to surround the opponent.
Goh's Pinsir	Working My Way Back to Mew!	None
	Charizard creates a barrage of large boulders outlined in white energy that falls down onto the opponent.
Leon's Charizard	Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!	None
	Multiple gray rocks outlined in white energy form around Aggron and it throws them to surround the opponent.
Steven's Aggron	Battling as Hard as Stone!	None
	Multiple gray rocks outlined in orange energy form around Rockruff and it sends them flying to surround the opponent.
Murdock's Rockruff	Found You, Fuecoco!	None