King's Rock

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The King's Rock (Japanese: King's Symbol) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It allows and to evolve into and , respectively, and also allows the holder's moves to cause Pokémon to flinch.
==In the core series games==
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===Effect===
====In battle====
Grants certain moves used by the holder a chance of causing targets to flinch.
=====Generation II=====
Grants the moves listed below a 11.71875% (30/256) chance of causing targets to flinch. Unlike flinching caused by other means in this generation, King's Rock can cause ing and Pokémon to flinch as well.
Only the final strike of a multistrike move has a chance of causing the target to flinch.
=====Generations III and IV=====
Grants the moves listed below a 10% chance of causing each target to flinch. This chance is not affected by .
Each strike of a multistrike move has an independent chance of causing the target to flinch. Flinching caused this way is no longer different to flinching caused by other means.
=====Generation V onward=====
Grants all attacking moves that do not already have a chance to flinch a 10% chance of causing each target to flinch. This chance is affected by and the rainbow created by and . King's Rock does not activate , but Sheer Force removes the chance to flinch if the move already has an additional effect.
=====Moves affected before Generation V=====
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====Outside battles====
Causes to evolve into and to evolve into when traded while holding it; this consumes the King's Rock
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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|Slowpoke Well
| (held by Gaven's from the second rematch onward)Held by and (2% chance each)
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|Mossdeep City
| (Lv. 11-30) (35+ win streak), (64 BP)Held by (5% chance)
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| Sevault Canyon
| Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Mixed Mode)
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|Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons) (any level)
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|Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons) (Lv. 11-30)
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|Celestic Town
| (Lv. 11-30)Held by (5% chance)
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|Slowpoke Well
| (Lv. 11-30)Pokéathlon Dome (3000 Pts.)Held by and (5% chance each)
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| (7200 Poké Coupons)
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|Icirrus City
| (treasure hunter) (Lv. 11-30)Held by , , , , and (5% chance each)
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|Nuvema Town, Icirrus City
|Join Avenue (); White Forest (Store 4) (Lv. 11-30)Held by , , , and (5% chance each)Transfer from 
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|Dream Clouds (Simulator β)
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|Lumiose City ()
| (Lv. 11-30)Held by , , , , and (5% chance each)
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|Mossdeep City
| (Lv. 11-30)Held by (5% chance)
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|Battle Tree (32 BP)Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden, , , )Held by , , , , , and (5% chance each)
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|Held by (5% chance)
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|Fields of Honor (held by )
|Cram-o-matic (: 102-110 points)
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|Crown Shrine
|Snowslide Slope Watt Trader (Highlight Item, 2,980 )
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|Held by (5% chance)
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|Naranja Academy/Uva Academy (from Geeta after completing all Gym Leader rematches)
|Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges), Porto Marinada auction
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	All 	September 5 to 6, 2020
=====As a held item=====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	Japanese 	December 22, 2006 to March 1, 2007
 	 	Korean 	March 29 to 30, 2008
 	 	Japanese 	October 10 to November 28, 2010
 	 	Japanese 	September 26 to October 31, 2011
 	 	English 	February 12 to 26, 2012
 	 	Korean 	March 3, 2012
 	 	American, PAL 	June 1 to 24, 2016
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Artwork from
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
The King's Rock appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.
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====Effect====
If the player offers both a and King's Rock at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, or can be evolved into or , respectively. This consumes the Link Cable and King's Rock.
If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.
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====Acquisition====
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|Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 13, 26, 33, 41, 49, 59, 65, 71, 78, 83, 88, 93F)
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|Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)Mystifying Forest (Kecleon Shop: 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F), Lake Afar (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F), Midnight Forest (Kecleon Shop: B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F)
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====Appearance====
 	
Sprite from	Sprite from, and
===Pokémon GO===
The King's Rock was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.
====Effect====
The King's Rock is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO. It is consumed upon use.
* requires 100 Candy and a King's Rock to evolve into .
* requires 50 Slowpoke Candy and a King's Rock to evolve into .
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====Acquisition====
Starting at level 10, King's Rocks can be rarely obtained from:
*Spinning PokéStops or s
*Opening a Gift
While normally rare, from March 21, 2017, onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.
Additionally, the player receives a King's Rock when completing part 3 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".
===Pokémon Sleep===
The King's Rock is available in Pokémon Sleep.
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====Effect====
The King's Rock is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep. It is consumed upon use.
* requires 80 Slowpoke , a King's Rock, and a Linking Cord to evolve into .
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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A King's Rock first appeared in Ring Masters, where received it as a prize for winning the Sumo Conference. In Outrageous Fortunes, 's used it to evolve itself into a by holding it while being transferred between Pokémon Centers.
Another King's Rock appeared in A Crowning Achievement, where it was found on a rock after the water level in the local river dropped dramatically; Alice's used it to evolve into a as a bit onto it while it was on Slowpoke's head.
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In Showdown At Linoone, a King's Rock was one of the items had .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Quilava Quandary, was given a King's Rock by the Day-Care Couple after training with them, giving it to his , Polibo, to hold. In Ampharos Amore, Polibo, who had just evolved into a , was able to use the King's Rock to evolve into a when he was temporarily traded to .
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In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Roseanne revealed that she researched Evolution items while studying Pokémon Evolution, including the King's Rock.
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 wears a fake King's Rock on his head when in his prince attire. It was first seen in Speeding! Paldea's Prince of Speed!!.
==In the TCG==
A King's Rock is featured in the artwork of the card and the card, as well as the reprint of the same Slowking.
==Merchandise==
A King's Rock made an appearance in the key art for the WAKKA de IKKA line of merchandise, drawn by Megumi Mizutani.Mizutani's tweet confirming her involvement with WAKKA de IKKA
==Trivia==
*Only three moves changed whether they were affected by the King's Rock between Generation III and IV: , , and are affected in Generation III but not in Generation IV.
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
Category:Held items that induce Evolution when trading
Category:In-battle effect items
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon items
Category:Items in Pokémon GO
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