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rhyperior
#464

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

Tank
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Solid Rock
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 248
Atk 16
SpD 244
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Solid Rock
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With an extremely high Attack stat and a great STAB combination, Rhyperior makes its mark on RU as one of the most reliable offensive Pokemon in the tier. Thanks to Solid Rock and access to Stealth Rock, Rhyperior is able to run an efficient tank set that allows it to be one of the best offensive users of Stealth Rock in the tier. However, one shouldn't just focus on Rhyperior's abilities to tank hits and set up entry hazards. Thanks to its incredible Attack and STAB combination, Rhyperior can don a Choice Band to become one of the most terrifying wallbreakers in the tier, capable of 2HKOing any Pokemon with the proper prediction. Defensively, Rhyperior offers key resistances to Normal-, Fire-, and Flying-type moves, as well as an immunity to Electric-type moves. However, Rhyperior has unfortunate 4x weaknesses to Water- and Grass-type moves in a tier chock full of Pokemon such as Slowking, Venusaur, and Virizion. While Solid Rock helps Rhyperior with its Ground- and Fighting-type weaknesses to an extent, Pokemon like Flygon, Hitmonlee, and Medicham can still readily exploit these weaknesses. These common weaknesses are compounded by Rhyperior's lackluster Special Defense, especially when it's not invested, and poor Speed stat. In spite of this, Rhyperior is a great choice for many teams, as there are multiple ways to circumvent the issues it suffers from depending on the type of team Rhyperior is used on.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
33.5%
Megahorn
30.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
45.9%
Life Orb
11.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc