Rhydon

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#112	Rhydon
Types Ground Rock	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Lightning Rod Ability 2 Rock Head Hidden Ability Reckless
Rarity Tier   Uncommon	Catch rate   60/255 (7.84%)
Base stats HP 105 Atk 130 Def 120 Sp.Atk 45 Sp.Def 45 Spd 40 Base-stat total: 485
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 2
Base Experience   204	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   1.9m	Weight   120kg

Rhydon is a Ground and Rock-type Pokémon.

Having evolved from Rhyhorn as early as level 42, it will evolve into Rhyperior by holding a Protector while transacted in any trade.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Cerulean Cave B1F	68-68	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road 1F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Stark Mountain Entrance	56-60	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Stark Mountain Main Cavern Pt	56-60	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
0	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90	10
1	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
1	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
1	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	50	100	35
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100	30
5	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
15	Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100	25
20	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
25	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
25	Stomp	Normal	Physical	65	100	20
30	Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
35	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
40	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
47	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
54	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
61	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
68	Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	—	30	5
Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs/HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM90	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100	10
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
	TM292	Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100	10
	TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM250	Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100	15
	TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
	TM84	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
	TM11	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
	TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM18	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
	TM301	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM71	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
	TM70	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10
	TM300	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
	TM63	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
	TM313	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
	TM237	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85	5
	TM171	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
	TM97	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	15
	TM27	Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30	5
	TM85	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
	TM141	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
	TM145	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
	TM98	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM99	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
	TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
	TM102	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
	TM325	Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	—	100	10
	TM307	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
	TM200	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM324	High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
	TM07	Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	—	30	5
	TM316	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
	TM173	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
	TM103	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
	TM106	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
	TM160	Incinerate	Fire	Special	60	100	15
	TM299	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
	TM107	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
	TM05	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
	TM01	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
	TM275	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
	TM249	Meteor Beam	Rock	Special	120	90	10
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM187	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
	TM109	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM317	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
	TM16	Pay Day	Normal	Physical	40	100	20
	TM140	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
	TM143	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
	TM167	Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM314	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100	15
	TM55	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM194	Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
	TM00	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM142	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
	TM48	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
	TM114	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
	TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
	TM117	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
	TM170	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
	TM245	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM19	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
	TM115	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
	TM134	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
	TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM156	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
	TM164	Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	—	10
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	TM150	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
	TM195	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
	TM149	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM17	Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	25
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM241	Supercell Slam	Electric	Physical	100	95	15
	TM276	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM214	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
	TM172	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95	15
	TM126	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM326	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
	TM12	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
	TM240	Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
	TM129	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120	50	5
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	5
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	15
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
Meteor Beam	Rock	Special	120	90	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	20
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100	75	10
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
Guard Split	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Magnitude	Ground	Physical	—	100	30
Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100	15
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Rototiller	Ground	Status	—	—	10
Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95	15
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
4× Super-weak to	Water Grass
2× Weak to	Ice Fighting Ground Steel
1× Neutral to	Psychic Bug Ghost Dragon Dark Fairy
½× Resistant to	Normal Fire Flying Rock
¼× Highly resistant to	Poison
0× Immune to	Electric

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Rhydon
• 
  Pink Rhydon

External Links

• Rhydon's Bulbapedia
• Rhydon's Serebii