Rock Slide (move)

Rock Slide (Japanese: いわなだれ Rock Slide) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I.
It is:
* TM48 in Generation I.
* TM80 from Generation IV to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
* TM22 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! and .
* TM086 in Generation IX.
==Effect==
===Generation I===
Rock Slide deals damage with no additional effect.
===Generation II onwards===
Rock Slide inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing each target to flinch.
In battles with multiple opponents, Rock Slide targets all adjacent opponents. Rock Slide will also destroy certain natural objects found in the background of s.
Rock Slide can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if was used in the previous turn.
===Generation VIII===
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
Like all other moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Rock Slide only hits one target.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/Move Tutor===
===By ===
===Special move===
====Generation IX====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Rock Slide deals damage and may cause the target to .
===Pokémon Conquest===
===Pokémon GO===
====Updates====
;Gyms & Raids
* July 30, 2016
** Power: 40 → 50
* February 16, 2017
** Power: 50 → 80
** Energy cost: 33 → 50
** Duration: 3.2 → 2.7 seconds
;Trainer Battles
* January 11, 2021
** Power: 80 → 75
* September 3, 2024
** Power: 75 → 65
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===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost 	MP(uses) 	Base	Max 	 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable 	
Rock Slide 	 	3 	— 	105 	126 	90% 	All opponents	— 	Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch. 	/Aurorus (Strike role only) (Tech role only) (Tech role only) (Strike role only) (Tech role only)Users of (small chance)	
Rock Slide 	 	2 	— 	105 	126 	90% 	All opponents	— 	Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch. 	 	
Rock Slide 	 	4 	— 	105 	157 	189 	All opponents	— 	Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch. 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Massive Rock Slide 	— 	— 	200 	240 	100% 	All opponents	— 	Activation Condition: When your team's sync pair uses a sync move 1 time.
Deactivation Condition: When this move is used.
Makes the target flinch. Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack. Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit. Ignores the target's Enduring effect. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets.	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Name 	 	State 	State 	Base	Max 	Target 	Target 	Effect tag 	Description 	Playable 	
Rock-Solid Rockslide 	Default	Default 	200 	240 	An opponent	An opponent 	— 	The more the target's Speed is lowered, the greater the power of this attack.	 	 	
Emotional Resolve Rock Slide	 	Default 	Default 	160 	192 	An opponent 	An opponent 	— 	No additional effect. 	 	
Emotional Resolve Rock Slide	 	6★ EX 	6★ EX 	160 	192 	All opponents	All opponents	— 	No additional effect. 	 	
Emotional Resolve Rock Slide	 	6★ EX with EX role	6★ EX with EX role	160 	192 	All opponents	All opponents	— 	The first time the user's sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.	 	
Notes
* Rock Slide:
** Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a moderate chance of making the target flinch.
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In Pokémon UNITE, Rock Slide is 's first move as . The user drops rocks in a small radius, stunning enemies hit for 1s. Rock Slide can critically hit, however, the user's base critical hit chance is 0%. After evolving at level 4, it is replaced by either or .
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
===Pokémon: Paldean Winds===
==In the manga==
===Be the Best! Pokémon B+W===
===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In Just My Luck...Shuckle, Lucy's was revealed to know Rock Slide by 's Pokédex.
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team===
* In Goodbye to a Peaceful Village!, Ginji and combined their respective and to create a Rock Slide, which they used to defeat .
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* In Generation I, Rock Slide was the only TM.
* In the Japanese versions of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, the girl who gives the TM48 in exchange for a Soda Pop states that Rock Slide can sometimes cause the enemy to faint (Japanese: たまに あいてを きぜつ させる).
** In the English version of , she makes no reference to fainting, but instead says Rock Slide can "spook the target sometimes". This may be a reference to flinching, even though the move could not cause flinching until Generation II. This quote is omitted in the English version of .
* In Generation II, Lance's knows Rock Slide, despite the fact that it couldn't learn the move prior to Generation III.
* Rock Slide is the only Rock-type move capable of making the target flinch.
* Cornerstone Mask and are the only Rock types that are unable to learn Rock Slide.
==In other languages==
Category:Moves that can cause flinching
Category:Moves that can jam
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Steinhagel
es:Avalancha
fr:Éboulement
it:Frana
ja:いわなだれ
zh:岩崩（招式）