What is a good competitive moveset for Roggenrola? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Roggenrola is a marvelous Rock-typed Pokemon. Roggenrola is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Roggenrola can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Roggenrola is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Roggenrola Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Sand Force Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 16 Hp / 252 Atk / 240 SpD Moveset: - Rock Slide / Rock Tomb - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Return / Strength - Rock Smash
Physical Sweeper Roggenrola (Sand Force)
Roggenrola is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Roggenrola's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Roggenrola's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Roggenrola's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ 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). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage. ♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Roggenrola? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Species: Roggenrola Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Sand Force Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 16 Hp / 252 Atk / 240 SpD Moveset: - Rock Slide / Rock Tomb - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Return / Strength - Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Roggenrola (Sand Force)
Roggenrola is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Roggenrola's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Roggenrola's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Roggenrola's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ 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). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a good amount of damage. ♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Roggenrola 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Roggenrola can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Roggenrola
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Protect, Wide Guard
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Roggenrola's stats
Autotomize
Curse
Harden
Iron Defense
Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Roggenrola
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