Radical Rock Types Trivia Quiz

Answer: Roxanne

When facing Brock in Generation I and Generation II, he does not have any pure Rock type Pokemon. However, a pure Rock type Pokemon was introduced in Generation II and that is the enigmatic Sudowoodo. Roxanne from "Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald" was the first to use a pure Rock type Pokemon and that Pokemon was Nosepass. Roark from "Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum" also used a pure Rock type Cranidos. Brock would not use a pure Rock type until the rematch against him in "Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold" where he gets a Rampardos, the evolution of Cranidos. All Rock type Gym Leaders have used Geodude in some form.

In "Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal," Brock uses a Graveler but he still has his Onix. He also improved his roster with a Rhyhorn, Kabutops, and an Omastar. Brock's initial Pokemon were Geodude and Onix which are both Rock/Ground types making starters Squirtle and Bulbasaur super-effective against them causing quadruple damage.

Answer: Old Amber

Pokemon that can be revived from ancient fossils are: Omanyte, Kabuto, Lileep, Anorith, Cranidos, Shieldon, Archen and Tirtouga. Aerodactyl is revived from Old Amber which can be found in the back of the Pewter City Museum. The second extinct Pokemon item, in "Pokemon Red/Blue" is found in Mt. Moon with your encounter with Team Rocket you can either choose a Dome Fossil which will produce a Kabuto or a Helix Fossil which will give you an Omanyte.

However, it is a long journey before you get to revive these artifacts as the only place to do that is on Cinnabar Island. Of all Pokemon that can be revived from ancient items, or evolve from Pokemon that have been revived, Water/Rock is the most plentiful providing six Pokemon out of the seventeen ancient Pokemon. Rock/Flying is the next most plentiful having three.

Answer: 55

Shuckle is an interesting Rock/Bug type meaning it only has weakness to Water, Rock and Steel types. Shuckle quite possibly has the highest Defense and Special Defense stats in all games combined even rivaling Steel types. Unfortunately, with that it's Attack and Special Attack stats are among some of the lowest in the game series. Shuckle learns moves at all of these levels and actually the first move he could learn that would help his attack score is Power Trick at level 43.

The only problem with that is that Power Trick switches Attack and Defense stats, so while it gains a lot of attack power, it puts its defense in a pretty weak state. What Power Split does is average the attack and special attack stats of Shuckle and the opposing Pokemon and splits it evenly between the two Pokemon.

However in order to use this attack stat effectively, you have to teach it some powerful TM's because it has some pretty weak attacks to begin with. It's strongest attacks, in means of Attack Power, that it learns by leveling up are Bug Bite and Rollout.

However, it can learn huge attacks such as Earthquake through TM's. Shuckles first appeared in the Johto region by using Rock Smash but you could also receive one from a boy in Cianwood City for a little bit. If it had a good friendship with you when you spoke to him again you would be able to keep it.

Answer: False

The Unova region in "Pokemon Black/White" broke this pattern. In the Kanto region there are no pure Rock types at all. The Johto region came up with the first pure Rock type, Sudowoodo. The Hoenn region introduced two new pure Rock types Nosepass and Regirock. Sinnoh introduced three new ones with Cranidos, Rampardos, and the pre-evolution of Sudowoodo, Bonsly.

However, like the Sinnoh region the Unova introduced three Roggenrolla, Boldore, and Gigalith. If there were one more pure Rock type Pokemon in "Pokemon Black/White" the pattern would still be intact.

Answer: Rocky

Yeah, no one saw that one coming. Despite the awful pun of its name, Rocky will come in handy against the first gym in the Johto Region, especially if you're playing "Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold." In the original "Pokemon Silver/Gold," Geodude and Onix are just as effective against Falkner's Flying types in "Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold." The only problem is that in "Pokemon Silver/Gold" Falkner's team knows Mud-Slap which is super-effective against Rock types since it is a Ground-type move; that and it lowers your accuracy.

They don't have this move in "Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold" but instead have Roost which allows them to heal themselves. However, given that it only has a certain amount of PP, it is easier to beat them since they have no super-effective moves.

Answer: Golem

Golem, the evolved form of Graveler (which is the evolved form of Geodude) has always been known as the Megaton Pokemon. Oddly enough, each one of the answers, except for Regirock, can only be obtained by trading. If you trade a Graveler to another game it becomes Golem, one of the four Pokemon able to be only obtained by trading in "Pokemon Red/Blue." The others were: Alakazam, Gengar, and Machamp. Gigalith in "Pokemon Black/White" evolves from Boldore when traded. Rhyperior evolves from Rhydon in "Pokemon Diamond/Pearl" onward, when holding a Protector. Gigalith is known as the Compressed Pokemon. Rhyperior, as well as its previous form Rhydon are known as Drill Pokemon. Regirock is known as the Rock Peak Pokemon, and is one of the four known Regi Pokemon up to "Pokemon Black/White" the others being Registeel, Regice, and Regigigas.

Answer: Dragon

The answer is there is not exactly one Rock/Dragon type because no Pokemon up to "Pokemon Black/White" has that type. The only Fire/Rock type is Magcargo which evolves from pure-Fire type Slugma. The only Fighting/Rock type is Terrakion, one of the three legendary beasts in "Pokemon Black/White" alongside Virizion and Cobalion.

The only Dark/Rock type is Tyranitar which is the evolved form of Pupitar which is the evolved form of Larvitar. Both Larvitar and Pupitar are Rock/Ground types. In "Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen" Tyranitar replaces Rhydon as your rival's Rock type Pokemon when you face the Elite Four for a second time.

He also replaces his Pidgeot with a Heracross.

Answer: Steel

For some odd reason, this move was only obtained by leveling up in "Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen." The move Metal Claw could be learned by Charmader at level 13. No other version up to "Pokemon Black/White" has Charmander learning Metal Claw via leveling up. One weird trait about Fire type starters is that all of them, except for the Cyndaquil lineage, become dual types. Charmander, after evolving into Charmeleon, will become Fire/Flying type Charizard.

Then the rest of the Fire type starters are Fire/Fighting types by their second evolution including: Combusken, Monferno, and Pignite. All these Pokemon keep their Fire/Fighting type when they evolve again into: Blaziken, Infernape, and Emboar. With this type setting being in three generations, I think it's high time for Nintendo and Game Freak to give Fire starters some other type setting besides Fire and Fighting. Also since Charizard is Fire/Flying it may be immune to ground but now it takes quadruple damage from Rock attacks instead of double.

Answer: 8

Out of those eight moves, there are two that aren't Rock type moves. Both of these moves are learned from HM's and they are Fighting type Rock Smash and Normal type Rock Climb. The other six moves are: Rock Blast, Rock Throw, Rock Wrecker, Rock Tomb, Rock Slide, and Rock Polish. Rock Polish was added in "Pokemon Diamond/Pearl" and is the Rock type's version of Agility, raising the Pokemon's speed two levels.

This is a good move for most Rock types to have because while they excel in Defense, they're not the best with Speed. Rock Wrecker is the most powerful Rock type move having an attack base of 150.

It works exactly like Hyper Beam except it's a physical attack not a special attack. The user must rest on the next turn. It also has 90% accuracy like Hyper Beam.

Answer: 2

If my Crustle had full HP and had the ability Shell Armor or its Dream World ability Weak Armor, you could probably knock me out in one hit with Crabhammer because of the large level difference, and because Crustle is weak to Water. However, since I don't have either of these abilities you know that my Crustle has the ability Sturdy. Before "Pokemon Black/White" Sturdy protected against one-hit K.O.'s such as Guillotine, Fissure, and Sheer Cold.

In "Pokemon Black/White" this ability was upgraded so that if your Pokemon had full HP, it could not be knocked out in one hit. So you would have to use Crabhammer twice in order to knock me out. Guillotine won't affect me because Sturdy still prevents one hit K.O.'s and Vicegrip and X-Scissor will do minimal damage since Rock types don't take much damage from Normal and Bug type moves.