Pokemon GO is widely popular due to the immense pool of fighters regularly added to the game. Several Pokemon types, along with various attack types, are prominent in the platform. These attribute types have advantages and disadvantages to one other, and players need extensive meta knowledge to nail the battles.
One of these types is the Rock-Types; they are extremely famous due to their association with Brock from the anime. Every Pokemon GO monster has at least one to multiple elemental types in the game. Rock-types are one of the most used Pocket Monsters in the game; while some perform lackluster, others are relatively powerful. Here are some of the best Rock-type Pocket Monsters in the game.
10 Shadow Golem
The Shadow variant of Golem is a dual Rock and Ground-type monster. The Shadow Monster boasts a max Pokemon GO CP of 3334, with a stats spread comprising 211 Attack, 198 Defense, and 190 Stamina. The dual-type monster’s best moveset combines Rock Throw (STAB) and Earthquake (STAB), resulting in 13.58 DPS.
While Shadow Golem is weak to Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel-type moves, it shows extra vulnerability against Grass and Water-type moves. Meanwhile, it fairly resists Electric and Poison-type moves but exhibits extra resistance against Fire, Rock, Normal, and Flying-type attacks in Pokemon GO.
9 Shadow Omastar
Shadow Omastar is a dual Rock and Water-type monster with a boosted offensive prowess than its original variant. The monster's max CP can reach 3150, and it has a balanced stat spread of 207 Attack, 201 Defense, and 172 Stamina Power in Pokemon GO.
Shadow Omastar has numerous moves in its pool, but its best moveset comprises Rock Throw (STAB Potential) and Rock Slide (STAB Potential), resulting in 13.58 DPS. The monster is weak to Electric, Ground, and Fighting-types with extra vulnerability to Grass-type moves. That said, it can easily resist Fire and is even more resistant to Flying, Ice, Normal, and Poison-type attacks.
8 Gigalith
The solo Rock-type Gigalith has a max Pokemon GO CP of 3650, with a balanced stat spread of 226 Attack, 201 Defense, and 198 Stamina Power. Its best moveset is a combination of Mud-Slap and the Legacy Charge Move Meteor Beam (STAB Potential), resulting in 13.63 DPS.
Gigalith is equally vulnerable to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type moves but can fairly resist Fire, Flying, Normal, and Poison-type moves in battle situations.
7 Tyrantrum
Tyrantrum is a dual Rock and Dragon-type monster with a pool of powerful moves. The Pokemon has a maximum of 3537 CP and an attack-centered stat spread of 227 Attack, 191 Defense, and 193 Stamina Power.
The best Pokemon GO moveset for Tyrantrum is a combination of Rock Throw (STAB) and Meteor Beam (STAB), resulting in 14.27 DPS. The monster is equally weak to Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel-type moves, but has resistance against Fire and extra resistance to Electric, Flying, Normal, and Poison-type attacks.
6 Terrakion
The first legendary entry on this list is Terrakion, a dual Rock and Fighting-type monster in Pokemon GO. The legendary is an avid attacker and boasts a maximum CP of 4181 with a stat spread of 260 Attack, 192 Defense, and 209 Stamina power.
The dual-type Legendary’s best moveset combines Double Kick (STAB Potential) and the Legacy Charge Move Sacred Sword (STAB Potential), resulting in 17.66 DPS. Terrakion shows vulnerability to Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Psychic, Steel, and Water-type moves but can fairly resist Bug, Dark, Fire, Normal, Poison, and Rock-type attacks in Pokemon GO.
5 Rampardos
Rampardos is a solo Rock-type monster with a maximum CP of 3728. It has an attack-centric stat spread of 295 Attack Power, 109 defense is the lowest, and its stamina stat of 219 further supports its battle abilities.
Rampardos's best Pokemon GO moveset combines Smack Down (STAB) and Rock Slide (STAB), resulting in 16.21 DPS. The monster is vulnerable to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type moves while resisting Fire, Poison, Normal, and Flying-type attacks.
4 Shadow Aggron
Shadow Aggron is a dual Steel and Rock-type Monster with increased attacking capabilities. The monster boasts a maximum CP of 3391 and a defense-focused stat spread of 198 Attack, 257 Defense, and 172 Stamina Power.
Shadow Aggron's best moveset in Pokemon GO combines Smack Down (STAB) and Meteor Beam (STAB), resulting in 14.94 DPS. Shadow Aggron is weak to Water and is even more vulnerable to Fighting, Ground, and Water-type moves. The Shadow Monster can fairly resist Poison, Flying, and Normal-type attacks while showing extra resistance to Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice, and Psychic-type moves.
3 Shadow Tyranitar
Shadow Tyranitar is a dual Rock and Dark-type monster with a maximum CP of 4335 in Pokemon GO. It has a powerful stat spread of 251 Attack, 207 Defense, and 225 Stamina Power with a powerful moveset of the Legacy Fast Move Smack Down (STAB) and Stone Edge (STAB), resulting in 16.53 DPS.
Shadow Tyranitar is weak to Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-type attacks while being extra vulnerable to Fighting-type moves. The same is with its resistances, the monster can fairly resist Psychic-type attacks but has better resistance to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Normal, and Poison-type moves in Pokemon GO.
2 Shadow Rhyperior
Shadow Rhyperior is a powerful dual Ground and Rock-type monster with a maximum CP of 4221. It has a strong stat spread of 241 Attack, 190 Defense, and 251 Stamina Power in Pokemon GO. The best moveset for this monster is a combination of the Legacy Fast Move Smack Down (STAB) and Rock Wrecker, resulting in 17.29 DPS.
Shadow Rhyperior is weak to Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel-type attacks while showing more vulnerability to Grass and Water-type moves. Talking about its resistance, the monster can fairly resist Electric, Poison, Fire, Flying, and Normal-type attacks while showing extra resistance to Rock-type moves.
1 Mega Aerodactyl
Mega Aerodactyl is the first and the only Mega Evolution on the list. The dual Rock and Flying-type Mega monster boasts a maximum CP of 4655, with an attack-centric stat spread comprising 292 Attack, 210 Defense, and 190 Stamina Power.
The best moveset of Mega Aerodactyl combines Rock Throw (STAB Potential) and Rock Slide (STAB Potential), resulting in 20.82 DPS. The monster is equally vulnerable to Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water-type moves while fairly resisting Bug, Fire, Flying, Ground, Normal, and Poison-type attacks in Pokemon GO.
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