[Top 15] Pokemon Scarlet Violet Best Rock Types (Ranked)

Updated:

01 Sep 2024

If you love Brock from the Anime and love Rock-Types, this list is for you.

Throughout 8 generations of Pokémon games, the Rock-Type category has often been overlooked. This is because, at times, they were considered too bulky and not aesthetically pleasing. However, the evolution of Rock-Types in the newer games has been significant. They have become a crucial part of the game, often leaving players wondering how to counter one of the most popular types, Fire-Types.

What are Rock types?

Rock Types are solid and usually have high Defense and Attack stats. In older games, they were incredibly weak to Grass and Water Types. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet balance the Rock-Type weaknesses. They now have interesting hybrid and tera types, strengthening them in battle.

Here’s some facts that make them unique:

Rock Types are Super Effective against:

Fire
Bug
Flying
Ice

Rock Types are Not Effective against:

Water
Grass
Fighting
Ground
Steel

Types not effective against Rock Types:

Normal
Fire
Poison
Flying

Rock-Type Sandwich Recipes if you’re having trouble finding Rock-Types:

Recipe 1:

1 order of Bacon
Salty Hebra Mystica
Sour Hebra Mystica

Recipe 2:

1 order of Cucumber
1 order of Pickle
3 orders of Bacon
Any Hebra Mystica EXCEPT Sweet and Sour

15. Klawf (Paldea)

Klawf, smile!

Klawf should be your best Rock-Type Pokémon at the beginning of the game because it has great Attack and Defense stats and can learn a mix of Rock, Metal, and Fighting moves.

Where to get it:

Klawf lives around around the Artazon West’s mountains.

Analysis:

Klawf is just a Pokémon version of Mr. Crabby, with a funny-looking mustache. Klawf can learn 3 abilities, Anger Shell, Shell Armor, and Regenerator. It’s not a hybrid and stays as a Rock-Type, so it should keep its Rock-Tera Type to boost its Rock-Type moves.

Kalwf’s Strengths:

Abilities

Klawf can learn the Anger Shell Ability. Klawf boosts its Attack, Special Attack, and Speed when HP reaches below 50%. As a result, Defense and Special Defense decreases.
Klawf can learn the Shell Armor Ability, preventing itself from receiving a critical hit.
Klawf can learn the Regenerator Hidden Ability, restoring 1⁄3 of its maximum HP when switching out of battle.

Typing

As a Rock Type with a Rock Tera Type, it’s super effective against Fire, Bug, Flying, and Ice-Type Pokémon.

Best Moves:

Klawf should keep moves such as Rock Tomb and Rock Smash to stay aggressive in battle.
Rock Smash deals 40 damage and lowers the opponent’s Defense stat. Rock Tomb deals 60 damage while lowering the opponent’s Speed stat.
Klawf can learn moves like Protect, to protect itself from all attacks and learn Harden to boost its Defense stat.
Klawf can learn Metal Claw, dealing 50 damage while boosting its Attack stat even more. This can make Rock Smash and Rock Tomb more powerful.
Klawf can learn Guillotine, guaranteed to make the opponent faint. Its accuracy increases if the user is a higher level than the target Pokémon, but fails if the target is a higher level.

Best TM Moves:

Klawf can learn Brick Break, dealing 75 damage to opponents by breaking through their Light Screen and Reflect.
Klawf can learn High Horsepower, dealing massive 95 damage to the opponent.
Klawf can learn Stone Edge, dealing 100 damage to the opponent as it can land critical hits.
Klawf can learn Shadow Claw, dealing 70 damage to the opponent as it can land critical hits onto Ghost and Psychic Pokémon. Ghost moves are ineffective towards any Rock-Types, so this is a good move to keep when facing Ghost and Fire Pokémon.

Klawf base stats:

70 HP
100 Attack
115 Defense
35 Special Attack
55 Special Defense
75 Speed

14. Rampardos (Indigo Disc DLC)

Rampardos gleefully jumps in the plains!

Do you love dinosaurs? Then you’ve got to have Rampardos on your team. Rampardos has great Attack stats and can learn super-versatile moves. It can be super strong as a Dark, Dragon, or Fairy Tera Type.

Where to get it:

Fan Favorite Rampardos is available in both Violet and Scarlet through the Indigo DLC.

Catch a Rampardos in the Terarium, in the Canyon Biome, east of Canyon Outdoor Classroom.

Analysis:

Rampardos has a cool design as a punk-looking Dragon. It can learn 2 Abilities, Mold Breaker and Sheer Force. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock-Tera Type with a Fairy Tera Type for defense against Dragon-Types. Arguably, as a Fairy Tera Type, players can get creative and adapt TM moves so Rampardos can face powerful Legendary Dragons.

Rampardos Strengths:

Abilities:

Rampardos’ Mold Breaker Ability prevents an opponent’s ability from affecting moves that Rampardos uses. It only affects abilities that change moves' power, accuracy, or other effects.
Rampardos can learn the Sheer Force Hidden Ability, increasing the power of moves that have beneficial secondary effects by 30% but removes those additional effects. As an example, the move Crunch.

Typing:

As a Rock-Type with a Dark Tera Type, Rampardos is immune to Psychic-Types and can counter them with boosted Dark moves such as Assuracne and Crunch. Its weaknesses would only be Fighting, Bug, and Fairy.
As a Rock-Type with a Dragon Tera Type, Rampardos can boost its Dragon TM moves against Dragon Types and other elemental types. Rampardos would be weak to Fairy, Ice, and other Dragon-Types.
As a Rock-Type with a Fairy Tera Type, Rampardos can be immune to Dragon-Types and still use Dragon-Type moves against them. It’s only weak to Poison and Steel.

Best Moves:

Rampardos can use Assurance, dealing 60 damage toward the opponent. The move doubles power if the target has already taken some damage in the same turn.
Rampardos can use Focus Energy, focusing on its future attacks that have a heightened chance of landing critical hits.
Rampardos can use Head Smash, dealing 150 damage toward the opponent. Cranidos receives 1⁄2 of the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Rampardos can learn Rock Smash, dealing 40 damage to the opponent while also lowering their defense by 1 stage.

Best TM Moves:

The best dragon move for Rampardos is Outrage, as it attacks for 2-3 turns, dealing 120 damage toward the opponent. As a result, Rampardos becomes confused.
Breaking Swipe is another good Dragon-Type move, as it hits multiple opponents and lowers their attack.
Rampardos can learn Avalanche, dealing 60 damage to the opponent. The power doubles if Rampardos takes damage first.
In double battles, Rampardos can learn Dragon Cheer, acting as a Focus Energy for its teammates. It also rouses Dragon-Types more.
Rampardous can also use status-condition moves such as Ice Beam, Thunder Punch, and Fire Punch freezing, paralyzing, or burning opponents.

Rampardo’s base stats:

97 HP
165 Attack
60 Defense
65 Special Attack
50 Special Defense
58 Speed

13. Bastiodon (Indigo Disc DLC)

Who wants to go on a picnic?

Bastiodon is a great addition to your team because it has terrific Defense and Special Defense stats that can save your team, such as the move Wide Guard, which protects Bastiodon and its allies from wide-ranging attacks for one turn. Ideally, he’s one of the best supporting Pokémon.

Where to get it:

Bastiodon’s 1’st evolution is Shieldon. Shieldon is only in Pokémon Violet.

Shieldon’s located in the Terarium’s Canyon Biome in the Indigo Disk DLC, in the center of the Canyone Biome.

Analysis:

Bastiodon looks like a cool Triceratops-like Pokémon resembling a shield-like head.

It can learn 2 Abilities, Sturdy and Soundproof. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock-Steel Type with a Ground Tera Type.

Bastiodon’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Bastiodon’s Sturdy Ability allows it not to be KO’s by a single hit if its HP is full. Single hit moves will fail to knock it out.
Bastiodon has the Soundproof Hidden Ability, becoming immune to all sound-based moves, preventing all damage and effects. This could be useful against Fire-Types like Skeledirge, who can learn Fire-Sound-Type moves.

Typing:

As a Rock and Steel Pokémon, it’s immune to Poison and takes little damage from Normal and Flying. It can learn Steel-Type moves against Fairies and other Rock-Types.
As a Ground Tera-Type, it’s immune to Electric-Types and takes little damage from Poison and Rock-types.

Best Moves:

Moves like Wide Guard, Iron Defense, and Metal Sound make Bastiodon a reliable supporting Pokémon, protecting itself and its teammates from incoming attacks, especially in Double Battles.
Iron Defense boosts Bastiodon's Defense stats.
Metal Sound lowers the opponent’s Special Defense Stat.
Accurate moves like Ancient Power make Bastiodon a powerful attacker, although it only has 5 PP and creates 60 damage.

Best TM moves:

Bastiodon can activate Sandstorm for 5 turns, damaging all Pokémon except Rock, Ground, and Steel Types while also boosting the Special Defense stats of Rock Types.
Bastion can use Dig to burrow into the ground on the first turn and attack on the next. This move, when Terastalized, is highly effective against Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel.
Bastiodon can use Heavy Slam if it weighs more than the opponent. Bastiodon weighs 329.6 pounds. This move is highly effective against Fairy, Ice, and Rock Types.

Bastiodon’s base stats:

60 HP
52 Attack
168 Defense
47 Special Attack
138 Special Defense
30 Speed

12. Aloan Graveler / Aloan Golem (Indigo Disc DLC)

Maybe Aloan Golem’s hungry…

Aloan Graveler / Golem is better than normal Golem because of its unique Rock and Electric-Type. Aloan Golem would make a great addition to your team as it can learn Rock and Electric moves and has a unique Galvanize Ability, turning normal moves into Electric-Types.

Where to get it:

Find an Aloan Geodude and evolve it to Aloan Graveler.

It lives in the Terarium and in the Canyon Biome northwest of the Central Plaza.

You have to go through a trading process allowing your Aloan Graveler to evolve.

Alternatively, you can try to Shiny Hunt Aloan Golem.

Analysis:

Aloan Golem looks like a beast compared to normal Golem. They can learn three abilities, Magnet Pull, Sturdy, and Galvanize. Their preferred hybrid is a Rock and Electric Type with either a Rock or electric tera type to boost their natural moves. They’re ideal against Water and Fairy-Type Pokémon.

Aloan Golem’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Aloan Golem can learn Magnet Pull, preventing Steel-Type Pokémon from switching out of battle or fleeing.
Aloan Golem’s Sturdy Ability allows it not to be KO’s by a single hit if its HP is full. Single hit moves will fail to knock it out.
Aloan Golem can learn Galvanize, turning its Normal-Type moves into Electric-Type moves and boosting them.

Typing:

Aloan Golem, as a Rock and Electric-Type, can defeat Flying and Water Types.
Since Water is Rock’s main weakness, Aloan Golem should have an Electric Tera Type to counter Water and Fairy-Types.
Aloan Golem can still be powerful as a Rock Tera Type when facing against Fire and Flying Pokémon.

Best Moves:

Aloan Golem can learn Defense Curl, which boosts its Defense stats. With the Galvanize ability, this move becomes highly important before using powerful Normal-Type moves so it doesn’t lose so much HP after each attack, such as Double-Edge.
Aloan Golem can learn Explosion, dealing 250 damage to every Pokémon around it however it faints after using this move. This move increases with the Galvanize ability.
Aloan Golem can learn Rollout, rolling onto the opponent over 5 turns, dealing 30 damage. It becomes powerful each time it hits.
Aloan Golem can learn Double-Edge, dealing 120 damage toward the opponent, but Aloan Golem receives 1⁄3 of the damage it inflicted in recoil. The moves increased with the Galvanize ability.

Best TM Moves:

Aloan Golem can learn Gyro Ball. The slower it is compared to the opponent, the higher the damage, up to 150 damage. It can also learn Iron Defense, boosting Defense stat by 2 stages as Defense Curl only raises it by 1 stage.
Aloan Golem can learn Thunder Punch and Metronome to become a powerhouse on the battlefield. It can paralyze opponents, and with Metronome, it can use random moves chosen from nearly all existing moves, even if the user cannot normally learn them.
Aloan Golem can learn Sleep Talk, using any of its moves while it's asleep.

Aloan Golem’s base stats:

80 HP
120 Attack
130 Defense
55 Special Attack
65 Special Defense
45 Speed

11. Minior (Indigo Disc DLC)

Minior's happy in the rain!

Another unusual hybrid to Rock-Types are Rock and Flying Pokémon, such as Minior. Minior would make a great supporting and attacking Pokémon in battle as it has the Shields Down Ability, and can learn Rock, Psychic, and Ghost Type moves.

Where to get it:

There’s many ways to find Minior. You can find Minior in the Terarium in the Coastal Biome. It roams around the Torchlit Labyrinth’s mountains during night time. Alternatively, it’s located near Polar Classroom 2 in the Polar Biome.

Analysis:

Minior is such a cute and eccentric Pokémon that it always looks like it's smiling. It can only learn 1 ability, Shields Down, and its preferred hybrid is a Rock and Flying Type Pokémon with a Ghost Tera Type.

Minior Strengths:

Abilities:

Minior has the Shields Down Ability. When Minior’s HP drops to half or less, its shell breaks and becomes aggressive with higher attack. When Minior’s HP is over 50% HP, it has higher defenses and is immune to status conditions.

Typing:

As a Rock and Flying-Type, it’s immune to Ground-Type moves and is strong against Bug, Fighting, and Grass.
It should Terastalize as a Ghost-Type for defense to become immune to opposing Fighting and Normal Types. This will boost its special TM move of Confuse Ray.

Best Moves:

Minior can learn Confuse Ray, where the opponent’s exposed to a sinister ray that causes confusion for a few turns. When Terastalized, the opponent may be confused throughout the entire battle, hurting themself in confusion.
Minior can learn Cosmic Power absorbing power from space to boost its Defense and Special Defense stats.
Minior can learn Ancient Power, boosting all Minior’s stats at once while also dealing 60 damage.
Minior can learn Power Gem, dealing 80 damage to the opponent.

Best TM Moves

Minior can learn Acrobatics, dealing 55 damage to the opponent if it's holding a held item. The attack does massive damage if the opponent is not holding a held item.
Minior can learn Meteor Beam, gathering space power for the first turn and attacking on the next dealing 120 Damage.
Minior can learn Psychic, dealing 90 Damage and lowering the opponent’s Special Defense by 1 stage.
In double battles, Minior can learn Sandstorm and Stealth Rock to increase Rock, Steel, and Ground moves for 5 turns and harm opposing Pokémon switching into battle.

Minior’s base stats:

60 HP
60 Attack
100 Defense
60 Special Attack
100 Special Defense
60 Speed

10. Kleavor (Indigo Disc DLC)

Cheer up Kleavor, do you want some boba?

If you like Scyther and Scizor, meet its Rock form. Kleavor would make a great addition to your team as a Rock and Bug-Type Pokémon with unusual high Speed stats as a Rock-Type Pokémon.

Where to get it:

Kleavor’s located in the Terarium in the Canyon Biome, northeast of the Canyon Plaza.

Analysis:

Kleavor looks like a strong, wise old Pokémon, but don’t underestimate its abilities. He can learn 3 abilities, Swarm, Sheer force, and Sharpness. Its preferred hybrid is Rock and Bug-Type with a Rock Tera Type.

Kleavor’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Kleavor has the Swarm Ability, increasing Bug-Type moves by 50% when Kleavor’s HP is in a pinch.
Kleavor has the Sheer Force Ability, increasing the power of moves that have beneficial secondary effects by 30%, but removes those additional effects such as Thunderbolt, Crunch, and Ancient Power.
Kleavor has the Sharpness Hidden Ability, increasing the power of slicing moves by 50%, such as using X-Scissor.

Typing:

As a Rock and Bug Type, Kleavor has additional types that it can defeat, such as Grass, Dark, and Psychic.
As a Rock Tera Type, it takes minimal damage from Fire, Flying, Poison, and Normal. Use powerful Rock-Type moves against those opposing types.

Best Moves:

Kleavor can use X-Scissor and Rock Slide when facing strong Fire and Psychic-Type Pokémon.
X-Scissor creates 70 damage, and can increase it more if Kleavor has the Swarm or Sharpness ability.
Rock Slide creates 75 damage onto the opponent, causing them to flinch.
Kleavor can use Stone Axe, aiming to land a critical hit, dealing 65 damage. The stone splinters left behind float around the target, acting as a sneaky Stealth Rock, damaging opponents switching into battle.
Kleavor can use Smack Down, dealing 50 damage. If the opponent is in the air, it will be knocked down to the ground.

Best TM Moves:

Kleavor has high Attack stats. It can learn Close Combat, dealing 120 damage, but its Defense and Special Defense stats decrease.
Kleavor can use Brick Break, dealing 75 damage going past an opponent’s Light Screen or Reflect to damage them.
Kleavor can use Rest to heal its HP for 2 turns and learn Lunge, dealing 80 damage to lower the opponent’s Attack stat.
Kleavor can learn U-Turn, dealing 70 damage to the opponent and switch with another party Pokémon of yours.

Kleavor’s base stats:

70 HP
135 Attack
95 Defense
45 Special Attack
70 Special Defense
85 Speed

9. Garganacl (Paldea)

Where did you come from?

Garganacl is one of the best Rock Pokémon to catch post-game because it has great HP, Attack, and Defense stats. It can be a powerful supporting Pokémon since it knows plenty of Defense moves and learns a variety of Rock, Ground, and elemental moves.

Where to get it:

Garganacl lives in Paldea, Area 0. It likes to roam outside around Research Station No. 3.

Analysis:

Garganacl is a Funky-looking Pokémon that’s out of this world. It can learn 3 moves, Purifying Salt, Sturdy, and Clear Body. Since it is a Rock-Type Pokémon, it could stay a Rock Tera Type to boost many of its Rock powered moves. Another best option is if Garganacl is a Grass or Dragon Tera Type so it can counter elemental Pokémon with powerful defense.

Garganacl’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Garganacl has the Sturdy Hidden Ability, allowing it not to be KO’s by a single hit if its HP is full. Single hit moves will fail to knock it out.
Garganacl has the Clear Body Hidden Ability, preventing other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon’s stats.
Garganacl has the Purifying Salt Ability, protects from status conditions, and halves damage from Ghost-type moves. This is useful when Garganacl is a Dragon Tera Type, as it will take less damage from Ghosts and counter them with TM moves.

Typing:

As a Rock and Dragon Tera Type, Garganacl takes minimal damage to Fire, Water, Electric, and Grass-Types. If it has the Purifying Salt Ability, Garganacl takes minimal damage to Ghost-Types.
As a Grass Tera Type, Garganacl takes minimal damage to Ground, Water, Grass, and Electric-Types.

Best Moves:

Moves like Block and Wide Guard are the perfect combination of defense moves.
Block prevents the opponent from fleeing or switching during battle.
In doubles, Garganacl can activate Stealth Rock, damaging opponents switching into battle. It can use Wide Guard, protecting itself and its teammates from all multi-target moves such as Surf and Rock Slide.
Garganacl can learn Rock Polish, boosting its Speed stat by 2 stages. Garganacl can follow up with a move like Salt Cure, dealing 40 damage each turn, but does more damage toward Steel and Water-Types.

Best TM Moves:

When Garganacl is a Grass Tera Type, it should learn Ice Punch, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, and Wide Guard to counter Ground, Water, Electric, and Grass Pokémon.
Avalanche is a move dealing 60 damage and can double Garganacl’s power when damaged on the same turn when going against Ground-Types.
When Garganacl is a Dragon Tera Type it should keep moves that it should learn as a Grass Tera Type. Replace Wide Guard for Rock Tomb, dealing 60 damage to opposing Fire-Types.
Stomping Tantrum with the move Protect is a great combination. Stomping Tantrum deals 150 damage if a previous move has failed in battle, the strategy is to use the move Protect incorrectly.
Garganacl can also learn Curse, boosting its Attack and Defense.

Garganacl stats:

100 HP
100 Attack
130 Defense
45 Special Attack
90 Special Defense
35 Speed

8. Glimmora (Paldea)

Glimmora look into the camera!

Another growing category in Pokémon is Rock and Poison Types. Meet Glimmora, a Pokémon with good Defense stats and incredible Special Attack stats. It can also learn Grass, Fairy, Dark, Ghost, Steel, Ground, and Water moves.

Where to get it:

Glimmora lives in Paldea, Area 0. It likes to roam outside around Research Station No. 4.

You can also ride on Miraidon and glide all the way to the bottom of Area 0, where there are even more Glimmora roaming around.

Analysis:

Glimmora is a cool floating Rock Pokémon and shows off its “hair” during battle. It can learn 2 abilities, Toxic Debris and Corrosion. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock and Poison Type with a Poison Tera Type to boost its Poison-Type moves.

Glimmora’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Glimmora has the Toxic Debris Ability, scattering poison spikes at the feet of the opposing team when the Pokémon takes damage from physical moves.
Glimmora has the Corrosion Hidden Ability, poisoning any Pokémon, including Steel and Poison types.

Typing:

Glimmora, as a Rock and Poison-Type, takes minimal damage from Poison, Fairy, Fire, Bug, Flying, and Normal-Types. It’s extremely weak to Ground-Types.
As a Poison Tera Type, it takes minimal damage from Fighting, Poison, Bug, Grass, and Fairy-Types. The Corrosion Hidden Ability allows Glimmora to poison Steel and Poison-types. Its major weaknesses are Ground, Psychic, and Stellar-Types.

Best Moves:

Glimmora can learn Acid Spray and Acid Armor. Acid Spray deals 40 damage while lowering the opponent’s Defense by 2 stages. Acid Armor raises Glimmora’s Defense by 2 stages.
Glimmora can learn Toxic Spikes, poisoning opponents when they switch in and out of battle. It can follow up with Venoshock, dealing 130 damage if the opponent is poisoned.
Glimmora can learn Stealth Rock, damaging Pokémon when they switch in and out of battle. Glimmora can follow up with Sludge Wave, dealing 95 damage toward opponents, and has a 10% chance of poisoning them.
Glimmora can learn Spiky Shield, preventing any attacks targeted at it from striking for the duration of the turn. If a contact move targets at Glimmora on that turn, the attacker receives damage of 1⁄8 their maximum HP.
Glimmora can learn Ancient Power, dealing 60 damage toward opponents while boosting all of its stats.

Best TM Moves:

In double battles, Glimmora can set up Light Screen and Reflect to reduce damage from both Attack and Special Attacks. It can follow up with Dazzling Gleam dealing 80 damage to the entire opposing team, such as Fighting and Dragon-Types.
Glimmora can use Confuse Ray to confuse opponents and follow up with moves like Solar Beam, dealing 120 damage on the 2’nd turn, specifically against Rock and Water Types.
Another interesting move is if Glimmora uses Substitute as a decoy and continues attacking with Flash Canon and Gunk Shot when it has the Corrosion ability.
Flash Canon deals 80 damage toward the opponent and lowers an opponent’s Special Defense by 1 stage.
Gunk Shot deals 120 damage toward the opponent and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

Glimmora stats:

83 HP
55 Attack
90 Defense
130 Special Attack
81 Special Defense
86 Speed

7. Larvitar/Tyranitar (Paldea, Scarlet Exclusive)

Violet players shed tears trying to remember how they encountered Larvitar.

Considered a real OG in previous Pokémon games, Tyranitar remains one of the best Rock and Dark Pokémon. What makes Tyranitar unique is that out of all Rock-Types, he has the most balanced stats with powerful Attack stats. It can learn many elemental and environmental moves in battle.

Where to get it:

Catch its 1’st evolution, Larvitar. It’s a Pokémon exclusive to Pokémon Scarlet.

For Pokémon Scarlet Players:

In Paldea, Larvitar resides north of South Province Area 6.

In Paldea, another alternate location is around the swirly mountain, east of Mesagoza South.

For Violet Players:

There are only 2 ways for you to achieve Larvitar.

Randomly find a Larvitar, Pupitar, and Tyranitar Tera Raid on your map. Or search through Tera Online Battles in case a Tera Raid’s posted. This is really the best way for Violet players if you don’t have any friends.

2. The other option is to do Link Trade with other online Scarlet players. Scarlet players have ancient past forms, Violet Players have future forms. Pokémon Scarlet players want Violet exclusives such as Iron Hands, Iron Jugilis, Iron Valiant, Iron Leaves, and etc. Most of the Iron Pokémon in Violet live in Area 0.

As of 2024, the code to receive a Larvitar/Pupitar/Tyranitar 0276-0316, doesn’t work.

Try trading with a trusted close friend through Union Circle mode, and then go to Link Trade.

Alternatively, you can trade with an online friend through general Link Trade or Suprise Trade.

Larvitar is transferable from Pokémon Go, through the Pokémon Home app in the Nintendo Switch system.

Analysis:

Tyranitar has a great design, resembling Godzilla’s physique. It can learn 2 moves, Sand Stream and Unnerve. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock and Dark-Type with a Dark Tera Type.

Tyranitar can also be strong with a Psychic Tera Type because moves like Rest give Tyranitaur more HP after using powerful moves.

Tyranitar’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Tyranitar’s best ability is Sand Stream, where Tyranitar activates a sandstorm when entering battle. It lasts 5 turns.
Tyranitar has the Unnerve Hidden Ability, making the opponent unable to eat their berries.

Typing:

As a Rock and Dark-Type, Tyranitar can attack a massive category against Fire, Bug, Flying, Ice, Psychic, and Ghost.
As a Dark Tera Type, Tyranitar’s immune to Psychic-Types, and has reduced damage from Ghost and Dark Pokémon. Fighting, Bug, and Fairy would be Tyranitar’s weaknesses.
As a Psychic Tera Type for defense measures, Tyranitar takes minimal damage to other Psychic Types and Fighting Types. Bug, Ghost, and Dark-types would be its weaknesses.

Best Moves:

Tyranitar can learn Payback, dealing 50 damage towards the opponent. Power doubles if the user was attacked first.
Tyranitar can learn Earthquake, dealing 100 damage to all Pokémon. Pokémon with the levitate Ability can’t be hit with Earthquake.
Tyranitar can learn Smack Down, dealing 50 damage toward any “raised” Pokémon to the ground. After using the move, the opposing “raised” Pokémon are weak to Ground-Type moves.
Tyranitar can use Ice and Fire Fangs to freeze and burn the target. It can also relearn Dark Pulse, dealing 80 damage and causing the opponent to flinch.

Best TM Moves:

Tyranitar can use Rest, sleeps for 2 turns, and becomes fully healed. This move should pair well with Giga Impact, dealing 150 Damage, and use moves like Curse, raising Attack and Defense while waiting to recharge.
Tyranitar can use Taunt, preventing only the target from using Status-category moves for three turns. Pair this move with Fang moves to freeze, burn, or paralyze the target to tease them.
Tyranitar should learn collective moves such as Endure, Protect, and Stomping Tantrum. This is to make Stomping Tantrum work. As Tyranitar protects itself from all attacks, the following move, Endure, should fail to make Stomping Tantrum deal 150 Damage.

Tyranitar’s base stats:

100 HP
134 Attack
110 Defense
95 Special Attack
100 Special Defense
61 Speed

6. Iron Boulder (Paldea, Violet Exclusive)

Iron Boulder disobeys thy master!

Rock and Psychic Type Pokémon are super rare! Meet its official 3’rd new Pokémon in that category, Iron Boulder, a futuristic version of Terrakion. Iron Boulder is a powerful Pokémon with excellent Speed stats, and adds another category it's strong against, Psychic.

Where to get it:

First, complete Perrin’s quest registering 150 Pokémon in the Kitakami Pokédex.

After that, complete Perrin’s 2’nd quest, registering 200 Pokémon in the Blueberry Index.

After that, talk to her in the Savanna Biome in the Terarium. She’ll show you a photo of Iron Boulder in Area 0.

Analysis:

Iron Boulder is one of the best eccentric-looking Paradox Pokémon. It has the Quark Drive Ability and can learn a variety of Psychic, Rock, Fighting, Bug, Grass, and Electric Moves. Its preferred hybrid is Rock and Psychic Tera Type while staying a Psychic type. It can be repurposed as a Flying Tera Type, becoming immune to Ground-Type moves.

Iron Boulder’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Iron Boulder has the Quark Drive ability, raising its highest stat when on Electric Terrain or if holding booster energy.

Typing:

As a Rock and Psychic Tera Type, Iron Boulder is strong against other Psychic Types, and most Psychic moves are ineffective against it.
As a Psychic Tera Type, it takes minimal damage from other Psychic Types and Fighting Types.
A Flying Tera Type is the second best option, so Iron Bouldber can be immune to Ground-Type moves. It takes minimal damage from Fighting, Bug, and Grass Pokémon. It can counter those types with Rock, Flying, Psychic, and Bug-Type moves.

Best Moves:

A great combination for Iron Boulder to learn is Psycho Cut, Sacred Sword, and Counter.
Psycho Cut deals 70 damage and has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.
Sacred Sword deals 90 damage, ignoring changes to the opponent’s Defense and Evasion stats.
Counter literally counters physical attacks with 2x power. Use this against Fighting Pokémon.
Iron Boulder can learn Agility to boost its evasiveness even more and follow up with moves like Mighty Cleave, dealing 95 Damage, and will still hit the opponent if it uses the move Protect. Use this against Bug and Fire Pokémon.
Prevent Iron Boulder from sleeping while battling other Psychics by learning Electric Terrain and following up with Bug-Type moves such as Megahorn, dealing 120 Damage.

Best TM Moves:

Iron Boulder can learn Solar Blade, absorbing light on the first turn and deals 125 damage on the 2’nd turn. This move could increase during the effects of Sunny Day.
During Sunny Day, the Solar Blade move only goes once instead of waiting. Use this against Ground and Rock types.
Iron Boulder can learn Aerial Ace, dealing 60 damage to the opponent and ignores their Accuracy and Evasion stats. Use this against Fighting, Bug, and Grass.
Iron Boulder can learn X-Scissor, dealing 80 damage against other Psychic-Types. It can also increase X-Scissor by using Swords Dance.
Iron Boulder can combine Electric Terrain and Sandstorm and follow up with overpowered moves such as Earthquake or use moves like Throat Chop to disable sound-like moves against Fire Types.

Iron Boulder’s base stats:

90 HP
120 Attack
80 Defense
68 Special Attack
108 Special Defense
124 Speed

5. Carbink (Indigo Disc DLC)

Carbink wants a cave rave!

Carbink is an awesome addition to your team, having an intriguing mix of powerful Rock, Fairy, and Psychic moves, causing it to become immune to Dragon-Types. You don’t see that every day.

Where to get it:

Carbink's located in Kitakami, underneath the Crystal Pool on Oni Mountain.

If you need a Fairy-Type Sandwich Recipe:

Recipe 1:

1 order of Tomato
2 Salty Hebra Mysticas

Recipe 2:

1 order of Cucumber
1 order of Pickle
3 orders of Tomato
Any 2 Hebra Mystica except Sweet and Sour

Analysis:

Carbink is a lovely Jewel Pokémon, similar to fan favorite Togekiss. It can learn 2 Abilities, Clear Body and Sturdy. Its preferred hybrid is Rock and Fairy-Type with an Electric Tera Type.

Carbink Strengths:

Abilities:

Carbink’s Clear Body ability prevents other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon’s stats.
Carbink has the Sturdy Hidden Ability, allowing it not to be KO’s by a single hit if its HP is full. Single hit moves will fail to knock it out.

Typing:

As a Rock and Fairy Type, Carbink has additional types that it can defeat, such as Dragon, Dark, and Fighting Types.
As an Electric-Tera-Type, it protects its Fairy weakness against Steel and Flying. Carbink takes minimal damage from those types and can counter them by learning Ground-Type moves.
However, opposing Ground-Type moves are super effective against Electric-Terastalized Carbink.

Best Moves:

Carbink can use moves like Moonblast and Stone Edge. Moonblast can defeat Dragon-Types, and Stone Edge can defeat Fire-Types.
Moonblast lowers the opponent’s Special Attack stat while also attacking them.
Stone Edge is a powerful 100 damage attack which may land critical hits.
Carbink can use moves like Skill Swap to switch abilities with the opponent.
Carbink can use Reflect and Light Screen reducing damage from physical Attacks and Special Attacks.
Carbink can use Guard Split to average its Defense and Special Defense stats with those of the opponent. You’d want to do this when the opponent has high Defense and Special Defense so Carbink can land attacks on it.

Best TM Moves:

Carbink has slow stats, so it can activate Trick Room, making slower Pokémon move first for 5 turns against fast Flying-Types.
Carbink can use moves like Gravity, disabling opposing Flying-types with the Levitate Ability to be hit by Ground-Type moves for 5 turns. Flying moves can’t be used during the effects of Gravity.
Carbink can use accurate moves like Earth Power, inflicting 90 damage. This is highly effective against Flying-Types after using the move Gravity. This move is highly effective against Steel-Types.
Carbink can use Meteor Beam to gather energy from space and boost its Special Attack stat on the first turn and attacks on the next. Use this move against powerful Fire-Types.

Carbite stats:

50 HP
50 Attack
150 Defense
50 Special Attack
150 Special Defense
50 Speed

4. Drednaw (Paldea)

No way I'm going on a night swim Drednaw, what if there's too many Gyrados?!

Rock and Water Types deserve to be higher on the list because having a Water-hybrid Type changes everything, which is superior to defeating Fire-Type Pokémon. Drednaw can make a great addition to your team because it has great HP, Attack, and Defense stats. It can learn various Rock, Water, Dark, Fighting, and Ground moves.

Where to get it:

Drednaw lives in Paldea’s large Casseroya Lake.

Analysis:

Drednaw’s a mean turtle, so you should discipline it with friendship levels! It can learn 3 Abilities, Strong Jaw, Shell Armor, and Swift Swim being its best ability. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock and Water-Type with a Water-Tera Type to boost Water-Type moves against Fire-Types.

Drednaw's Strengths:

Abilities:

Drednaw can learn the Strong Jaw Ability, increasing all biting moves by 50%.
Dednaw can learn the Shell Armor Ability, preventing it from receiving a critical hit.
Drednaw can learn Swift Swim, doubling its Speed stat during rain. Use moves like Rain Dance to use this Ability.

Typing:

Drednaw, as a Rock and Water Type, takes scarce damage from fire. It takes minimal damage from Ice, Poison, Flying, and Normal-Types.
As a Water Tera Type, Drednaw takes minimal damage to Steel, Fire, Water, and Ice-Types. Drednaw's case has smaller strengths, focusing on countering Fire, Ground, Rock, and Flying-Types.

Best Moves:

Drednaw should be aggressive, using Razor Shell to deal 70 damage to the opponent and lower their Defense stat by 1 stage.
Liquidation is a more powerful move, dealing 85 damage toward the opponent, and may lower their Defense stats.
With the Strong Jaw Ability, Drednaw should learn Protect and Counter, then follow up with Crunch, dealing 80 damage towards the opponent and lowering their defense by 1 stage.
Drednaw can learn Rock Tomb, dealing 60 damage and lowering the opponent's Speed stat by 1 stage.

Best TM moves:

Drednaw can do a lot with an Ice, Rock, and Water move set.
Drednaw can learn Ice Spinner, dealing 70 damage toward Flying-Types and rid of opposing terrain.
Drednaw can learn Rain Dance to power up its Water-Type moves and activate its Swift Swim Hidden Ability. Follow up with moves like Surf, dealing 90 damage towards the opponent. In doubles, Surf damages 2 opponents, preferably Rock, Ground, and Fire-Types.
Drednaw can use Swords Dance to boost super effeictve moves such as Earthquake or Stone Edge towards powerful Fire-type legendaries like Groudon.
Drednaw can learn Gastro Acid as a special egg move, eliminating the opponent's Ability during battle. This egg move is worth it, catch an Ekans or Swalot. Gastro Acid is useful against all legendary Pokémon.

Drednaw stats:

90 HP
115 Attack
90 Defense
48 Special Attack
68 Special Defense
74 Speed

3. Rhyperior (Paldea)

How all tough Pokémon approach Pokémon Snap players.

Rhyperior is the strongest Rock and Ground-Type Pokémon despite the flaws of this Pokémon’s ugly design. Rhyperior can be a great addition to your team because it has high HP, Attack, and Defense stats, and its Reckless ability increases “recoil” moves by 20%.

Where to get it:

Rhyperior is a common Pokémon found in all the Tera Raid crystals in Paldea when you have unlocked 5 and 6-star Tera Raids. Finish the Academy Ace Tournament and defeat a couple of 5-Star Tera Raids. When Jacq contacts you, 6 Star Raids will unlock.

Analysis:

Rhyperior may be an ugly Pokémon but don’t hurt its feelings because it has 140 Attack stats. It can learn 3 abilities, Lightning Rod, Solid Rock, and Reckless. It can learn a variety of Ground, Rock, Water, Electric, Dark, Dragon, and Ice moves. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock and Ground-Type with either a Water or Electric Tera Type.

Rhyperior’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Rhyperior has the Reckless Hidden Ability, increasing “recoil” moves by 20%.
Rhyperior has the Solid Rock Ability, reducing damage taken from super-effective attacks by 25%.
Rhyperior has the Lightning Rod ability, forcing all single-target Electric Type moves used by any other Pokémon on the field to target Rhyperior with 100% accuracy. This is when Rhyperior has a Ground Tera Type, immune to Electric attacks in double battles.

Typing:

As a Rock and Ground-Type, Rhyperior is immune to Electric Types. It takes minimal damage from Poison, Fire, Rock, Flying, and Normal-Types.
As a Water Tera Type, it should go up against Fire, Rock, and Ground-Types using Water-type moves. It will take minimal damage from Ice, Water, Fire, and Steel.
As an Electric Tera Type, it should go up against Flying and Water-Types. It will take minimal damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel.

Best Moves:

Rhyperior can learn Horn Drill, which is guaranteed to make the opponent faint. Its accuracy increases if the user is at a higher level than the target Pokémon but fails if the target is at a higher level.
Like any Rock-Type, Rhyperior can pair Earthquake and Stone Edge as powerful 100 damage moves.
Rhyperiors best move is Take Down when paired with the Reckless Ability, dealing more than 90 damage toward the opponent. Rhyperior receives damage in recoil.
Rhyperior can learn Hammer Arm, dealing 100 damage toward the opponent and lowering their Speed stat by 1 stage.

Best TM Moves:

As a Water Tera Type, allow Rhyperior to learn Rain Dance to boost Water-Type moves such as Surf against opposing Fire, Rock, and Ground-Types. Surf deals 90 damage attacking all Pokémon in double battle.
As an Electric Tera Type, allow Rhyperior to learn Thunder Punch (75 damage) and Thunder Fang (65 damage). Both may paralyze Water-type Pokémon as the fang move will make the opponent flinch.
Rhyperior can learn Double-Edge, dealing 120 damage toward the opponent, and receives 1⁄3 of the damage it inflicted in recoil. It’s paired nicely with the Reckless Ability.

Rhyperior stats:

115 HP
140 Attack
130 Defense
55 Special Attack
55 Special Defense
40 Speed

2. Probopass (Teal Mask DLC)

Time for a shave Probopass!

Probopass only looks better if you put some headphones on it to cover its embarrassing ears. It's an underrated and awesome Pokémon to have on your team because it has great Defense and Special Defense stats, making it a powerful supporting Pokémon when it comes to defeating Water, Fairy, Poison, and Steel-Type Pokémon.

Where to get it:

Find its first evolution, Nosepass, which lives in the Paradise Barrens in Kitakami.

Evolve it to Probopass by giving Nosepass a Thunder Stone.

Analysis:

Probopass looks like a real-life-Easter-Island-structure-Pokémon and wants to drink lots of pineapple juice with you. It can learn 3 abilities, Sturdy, Magnet Pull, and Sand Force. It can learn various moves such as Fairy, Rock, Psychic, Electric, Fire and Steel-Type moves. Its preferred hybrid is a Rock and Steel Type with a Steel Tera Type.

Probopass’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Probopass has the Sturdy Ability, allowing it not to be KO’s by a single hit if its HP is full. Single hit moves will fail to knock it out.
Probopass has the Magnet Pull Ability, preventing Steel-Type Pokémon from switching out of battle or fleeing.
Probopass has the Sand Force Hidden Ability, raising the power of Ground, Rock, and Steel-Type moves by 30% during a Sandstorm.

Typing:

As a Rock and Steel-Type, Probopass is immune to Poison and weak against Fighting, Ground, and Water. It takes minimal damage to everything else.
As a Steel Tera Type, it’s immune to Poison and is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Fire-Types. It takes minimal damage from all other types. If it stays a Steel Tera Type, it can take minimal damage from Water-Types and counter them with Electric-Type moves.

Best Moves:

Probopass can learn Magnetic Flux, boosting the Defense and Special Defense to allies that have the plus or minus ability. Use this in double battles! It can also learn Wide Guard in double battles and activate Sandstrom to activate its Sand Force ability.
Probopass can learn Magnetic Rise, becoming immune to Ground-Type moves for 5 turns. It can learn Rest to gain more HP, healing itself entirely on the next turn.
Probopass can learn Tri Attack, dealing 80 damage towards the opponent which may burn, freeze, or paralyze the target.
Probopass can learn Zap Cannon , dealing 120 damage against opposing Water-Types, and may paralyze them. As another effect, the opponent’s Speed decreases by 50%.
Probopass can learn Earth Power, dealing 90 damage and lowering the opponent's Defense by 1 stage. Use this against Poison and Steel-Types.

Best TM Moves:

Against Poison-Types, prioritize a move like Gravity if they’re levitating, and launch powerful attacks such as Earthquake or Stone Edge.
Against Water-Types, allow Probopass to learn Thunder, dealing massive 110 damage toward them.
Against Fairy-Types, allow Probopass to learn Flash Cannon, dealing 80 damage to them and lower their Special Defense by 1 stage.
Against Steel-Types, allow Probopass to learn Fire Punch, dealing 75 damage to them and leaving them with a burn.
Probopass can also learn supporting moves such as Substitute to protect itself, activating Helping Hand, setting up Stealth Rock, and can contribute with High Horsepower, dealing 95 damage.

Probopass stats:

60 HP
55 Attack
145 Defense
75 Special Attack
150 Special Defense
40 Speed

1. Coalossal (Paldea)

Coalossal, maybe you should go back into the Pokéball before we start shopping.

Rock and Fire Pokémon is still a growing category in the franchise. It’s a rare hybrid typing.

Coalossal is one of them! Coalossal has great HP, Defense, Special Defense, and Special Attack stats. Its Flash Fire ability is astounding.

Where to get it:

Coalossal’s 1’st evolution is Carkol.

Carkol lives in Paldea and roams around Zapapico West.

Analysis:

Colossal is #1 on this list because the design of the Pokémon is amazing as a magma-walking turtle. It looks Godzilla-esque. It can learn 3 moves, Flame Body, Steam Engine, and Flash Fire. Its preferred hybrid is Rock and Fire-Type with a Water Tera Type to remove its weakness to water and fire.

Coalossal’s Strengths:

Abilities:

Coalossal has the Flame Body Ability. When it's hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance the attacker will become burned.
Coalossal has the Steam Engine Ability, raising its Speed by three stages when a Fire or Water-Type attack hits it. The attack still deals damage.
Coalossal has the Flash Fire Hidden Ability. When hit by a Fire-type moves, it does not deal damage but instead raises the power of the bearer's Fire-type moves by 50%.

Typing:

As a Rock and Fire-Type, Coalossal’s main weaknesses are Water and Ground Types and takes minimal damage from other types. It takes scarce damage from Fire-Types.
As a Water Tera Type, Coalossal’s main weaknesses are Grass and Electric. It takes minimal damage from Steel, Ice, Water, and Fire.

Best Moves:

Coalossal’s best first move is Smokescreen, lowering the target's Accuracy by one stage.
Against Steel and Ice-Types, allow Coalossal to learn Flame Charge, dealing 50 damage while also boosting its Speed Stat. Heat Crash deals 100 damage if Coalossal (684.5 lbs) weighs more than the opponent.
Against Fire-Types, allow Coalossal to learn Stone Edge, dealing 100 damage against them while also gaining critical hits or super effective hits. Fire Types are also susceptible to their own attacks, so with the Flash Fire Ability use Heat Crash.
Effect Flying-Types by allowing Coalossal to learn Smack Down on them and then follow up with Incinerate, dealing 120 damage since Flying-Types are known for holding berries.
Coalossal can learn Tar Shot, lowering the opponent’s Speed stat. The opponent becomes weaker to Fire-type moves.

Best TM Moves:

Against Water-Types, allow Coalossal to learn Sunny Day to cancel Rain Dance and allow Solar Beam to go in 1 turn. Solar Beam deals 120 damage.
Against Fire-Types, allow Coalossal to mess them up more by activating Stealth Rock and Sandstorm. Knock them out with moves like Earthquake, Rock Slide, and Power Gem.
Alternatively, since Coalossal’s best Tera Type should be water, teach it Tera Blast, dealing 80 Water-Type damage towards powerful Fire, Rock, and Ground-Type legendaries.
Other moves like Protect, Iron Defense, and Substitute make up for Coalossal’s poor evasiveness if Flame Charge isn’t in its active moves during battle.

Coalossal stats: