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rhyperior
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Rhyperior

Drill Pokémon

GroundRock

From holes in its palms, it fires out Geodude. Its carapace can withstand volcanic eruptions.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

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

Assault Vest
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Solid Rock
Nature
Adamant / Brave
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Rhyperior was made to be a tank. Its base 115 HP coupled with its Solid Rock ability, base 130 Defense, base 55 Special Defense, and access to Assault Vest makes it one of the bulkiest Pokemon in Battle Spot Singles. Its stellar base 140 Attack lets Rhyperior deal a lot of damage to Pokemon such as Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Salamence, hitting them with one of its great coverage moves including STAB Earthquake, Rock Blast, and Stone Edge, as well as Superpower and Ice Punch. Rhyperior completely counters physical attacking Mega Salamence, as Rhyperior takes little damage from Double-Edge and Earthquake. Rhyperior's great offensive typing grants it a STAB EdgeQuake combo; however, it is a lackluster defensive typing, as it gives Rhyperior six weaknesses, including common types such as Fighting, Ground, and Water. Rhyperior has a 4x weakness to Water- and Grass-type attacks, and although this is reduced to 3x damage thanks to Solid Rock, Rhyperior will still be OHKOed or 2HKOed by most of them, making it very weak to Pokemon such as Azumarill, Rotom-W, Mega Venusaur, and Breloom. Rhyperior's base 40 Speed stat makes it very slow, so it won't be outspeeding much, either.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
78.8%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc