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rhyperior
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Rhyperior

Drill Pokémon

GroundRock

It can launch a rock held in its hand like a missile by tightening then expanding muscles instantly.

Base Stats

HP 115
Attack 140
Defense 130
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 55
Speed 40
Total 535

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
water 4xgrass 4xfighting 2xground 2xsteel 2xice 2x
Resistant to
poison ¼xnormal ½xflying ½xrock ½xfire ½x
Immune to
electric 0x

Abilities

Lightning Rod Solid Rock Reckless (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

rhyhorn Rhyhorn
→
rhydon Rhydon Lv. 42
→
rhyperior Rhyperior Hold Protector

Moves

Details

Category Drill Pokémon
Height 2.4 m
Weight 282.8 kg
Base Exp 241
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Monster ,Ground

Sprites

rhyperior Front Front
rhyperior Back Back
rhyperior Front Shiny Front Shiny
rhyperior Back Shiny Back Shiny
rhyperior Front ♀ Front ♀
rhyperior Back ♀ Back ♀
rhyperior Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
rhyperior Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
rhyperior Official Art Official Art
rhyperior Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

vgc2012
UU1V1MONOTYPEVGC2012
Trick Room Attacker
Item
Ground Gem / Rock Gem
Ability
Lightning Rod / Solid Rock
Nature
Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

With an outstanding base 140 Attack stat and low Speed, Rhyperior is the perfect candidate for Trick Room teams in VGC 2012. It also gets STAB on the "QuakeSlide" combo, which makes it a big threat to many teams. Wonderful bulk helps it take most physical attacks with ease too. Sadly, Rhyperior's lacking Special Defense allows many special attackers to check it. Rhyperior's ability, Solid Rock, helps that weakness somewhat, though. Overall, Rhyperior's excellent HP and Defense stats are what really aid his survivability in battle.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc