Competitive Information for Regirock [Black/White]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Regirock? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Regirock is a spectacular Rock-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Regirock when battling in the 5th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Regirock is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Regirock (Clear Body)
Regirock is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Regirock's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Regirock's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regirock's stat stages. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Regirock? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Regirock (Clear Body)
Regirock is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Regirock's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Regirock's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regirock's stat stages. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Regirock's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Regirock learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Regirock can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Regirock
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Regirock's stats
- Ancient Power
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Regirock
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Regirock in Black and White
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