Rock is one of the eighteen characteristical types of Pokémon known.
It is notably the specialistic type of Brock of Pewter Gym and Roxanne of Rustboro Gym.
Type effectiveness
Moves
| Offensive damage-modifiers |
| 2× Strong against |
1× Neutral against |
½× Inffective against |
0× Inoffensible against |
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Pokémon
| Defensive damage-modifiers |
| 2× Weak to |
1× Neutral to |
½× Resistant to |
0× Immune to |
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Pokémon
Primary-type Pokémon
Secondary-type Pokémon
Moves
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| All emboldened moves are broken; read their individualized pages for more information, regardingly. |
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| Ability | Description |
| Rock Head | Neutralizes all recoil damage otherwise sustained by all inflictable moves; however, damage inflicted by recoil-inducing devices, such as the Life Orb, is not neutralizable, and crash damage precipitated by Jump Kick and High Jump Kick is still sustained. |
| Rocky Payload | Pokémon's offensive stat is multiplied by 1.5 while using a Rock-type attack. |
| Sand Force | Boosts the power of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves in a Sandstorm. |
| Solid Rock | Reduces damage from supereffective moves by 25% (regardless of the effectiveness multiplier). |
| Sturdy | Will stave off a knock-out that would have occurred, otherwise, leaving the possessor with 1 HP. |
- Emboldened names denote abilities that are exclusively inheritable by Rock-type Pokémon.
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Items
| Item |
Function |
 | Charti Berry | Reduces damage from one super effective Rock-type attack. |
 | Everstone | It prevents the holder from evolving. |
 | Hard Stone | Bolsters the damage-output power of any Rock-type move deployed by the holder by 20%. |
 | Lagging Tail | Holder moves last in its priority bracket. |
 | Rock cloak | A specially Rock-thematized cloak. |
 | Rock Gem | One-time use item that raises the power of a single Rock-type move by 30%. |
 | Rock Hood | A specially Rock-thematized hood. |
 | Rockium Z | It upgrades Rock-type moves to Z-Moves. |
 | Smooth Rock | Lengthens the duration of Sandstorm from 5 to 8 turns when deployed by the holder. |
 | Stone Plate | Increases the power of Rock-type moves by 20%. |