[OVERVIEW]
- Has an amazing Defense, good Special Defense, and good HP that makes it a good check to Braviary, Dodrio, and Incineroar
- Sturdy keeps it from being OHKOed, while Clear Body keeps its stats from being lowered, especially by Intimidaters such as Qwilfish and Memento users such as Uxie
- Awful Speed stat that makes it outsped by most of the tier
- Rock typing makes it extremely vulnerable to the common Water, Grass, and Fighting types even with its stunning Defense, especially the likes of Toxicroak and Venusaur who can use Regirock as set up fodder
- Lack of good recovery to back up its massive bulk outside of Leftovers and inability to safely remove Toxic makes Regirock easily worn down without help from teammates
- Steelix outdoes Regirock as a wall due to its better defensive typing and immunity to Toxic and better offensively with Gyro Ball or Heavy Slam, and Eviolite Rhydon is an even better offensive choice that has better bulk than Regirock
- Faces competition from Palossand and Steelix as Stealth Rock users, as Steelix has a better typing and Palossand can spinblock and recover
[SET]
Name: Defensive Rocker
-Stealth Rock
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake
-Toxic / Thunder Wave
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Careful
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Stealth Rock is a great entry hazard and is a must for Regirock as its massive bulk and Sturdy allows it to set it up easily
- Stone Edge is easily the most powerful STAB attack that Regirock has
- Earthquake can deal with a lot to Poison, Steel, and Rock types decently, such as Qwilfish, Toxicroak, Heliolisk, and Garbodor
- Toxic is great at bringing down walls like Shuckle, Rhydon, and other Regirock
- Thunder Wave cripples fast attackers such as Toxicroak, Mismagius, and Braviary
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- Max HP and Special Defense with Careful nature can aid Regirock's longevity and help it deal with special attackers such as Grass Knot Delphox or an +2 Energy Ball Mismagius
- Sturdy can allow Regirock to survive any attack at full health so setting up Stealth Rocks or OHKOing frailer Pokemon is useful
- Clear Body gives immunity to Intimidate, Memento, and other stat drops
Usage Tips
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- Regirock switches into physical attakcers well if they don't have super effective damage or unboosted
- Special attackers such as Heliolisk, Whimsicott, and Vaporeon can easily take out Regirock if Sturdy isn't being used
- Sturdy Regirock isn't very good to switch in if there are hazards on the field to break Sturdy
- Struggles with Toxic being used against it, as it gets rid of its longevity
- While its Attack is pretty good, it cannot easily deal with bulky targets or targets that resist its offensive moves without the use of Toxic, such as Aromatisse, Mega Audino, and Slowbro
- Avoid Taunt and Encore as it’ll make Regirock unable to Toxic walls and set up Stealth Rock
Team Options
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- Grass types like Whimsicott and Venusaur as they resist Regirock’s Grass and Water weakness and Regirock can cover their weaknesses in Fire and Flying pretty well
- Wish / Healing Wish users such as Aromatisse, Mega Audino, and Vaporeon that can help Regirock get a massive chunk of HP back
- Psychic, Ghost, Flying, or Fairy types like Xatu, Mismagius, and Braviary as they can deal with Regirock’s Fighting weakness
- Slow sweepers that can gain a lot from a Thunder Waved opposition such as Incineroar, Rhydon, and Vikavolt
- Frail Pokemon like Heliolisk, Sneasel, and Cinccino that appreciate Regirock's ability to take attacks for them
- Heliolisk not only appreciates Regirock's bulk, Heliolisk can also switch into Water Types that bother Regirock and can attack back with super effective moves
Name: Sun Support
Move 1: Stealth Rock
Move 2: Sunny Day
Move 3: Stone Edge
Move 4: Explosion
Item: Heat Rock
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Stealth Rock is just a good entry hazard, and Regirock is so bulky that it is an excellent setter
- Sunny Day with Heat Rock gives you 8 turns of sun to use unless the weather is changed, and Regirock's bulk and access to Sturdy makes it a great setter
- Stone Edge hits hard and should be used to take care of things that can be OHKOed by it without making Regirock KO itself and pressures Xatu and Vanilluxe which would usually stop Stealth Rock or Sunny Day from being set
- Explosion hits everything hard with the exception of Ghost, Rock, and Steel Types and gives your sun sweepers a safe way to come out
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- Max HP makes Regirock as bulky as possible
- Max Attack and Adamant nature makes Regirock hit extremely hard with Explosion and Stone Edge
- Heat Rock is absolutely necessary for this set to work to max efficiency
- Sturdy assures that at least Stealth Rock or Sunny Day will be set up, and they often both will be
Usage Tips
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- Best used as a lead as setting up Stealth Rock or Sunny Day as soon as possible is very important to sun teams
- If your opponent can 2HKO Regirock, you have a choice between Sunny Day or Stealth Rock, look at your opponent's team, if they are extremely weak to your sun sweepers or are weakened by sun than Sunny Day is better. If your opponent's team counters most of your sun sweepers or is weak to Stealth Rock, than Stealth Rock is better
- As soon as Regirock is done setting up, using Explosion will give you a free switch into a sun sweeper or as a last resort in order to KO or severely damage the opposing Pokemon
- If you can OHKO the opposing Pokemon with Stone Edge that would be better than using Explosion
- Pokemon who can easily manipulate the weather like Liepard and Vanilluxe counter this set extremely hard unless Regirock hasn't exploded yet or you have other sun setters, but they don't like to stay in on Regirock's attacking moves
- The sun weakening Water Type moves is very helpful to Regirock, crippling a major weakness
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- Sun sweepers such as Exeggutor, Victreebell, Venusaur, and Charizard which not only have boosted offensive potential, but they also appreciate the damage Stealth Rocks can do
- Liepard is another amazing sun setter with Prankster Sunny Day, and can be used when the sun fades and Regirock has been KOed
- Vileplume, Venusaur, and Victreebell not only have Chlorophyll to benefit from sun, but can also remove Toxic Spikes and allow Regirock to come in safely
Other Options
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- Drain Punch can allow Regirock to restore health more efficiently and hit Normal, Steel, Dark, Ice, and other Rock types
- Curse is a great set up option for Regirock as it greatly increases its amazing physical capabilities, and since Regirock's Speed is so low there really isn’t much negative in using it
- Seismic Toss is great at dealing a set chunk of damage when it is used on bulkier opponents, especially against Steelix
- Rest is another way for Regirock to recover and even get rid of other status effects, but at the consequence of inducing Sleep
Checks and Counters
**Toxic / Toxic Spikes**: Regirock’s most notable characteristic is its massive bulk and giving it Toxic is the worst thing that can happen to it
**Taunt**: Makes Regirock unable to Toxic / Stealth Rock and its Speed doesn’t help
**Super Effective Moves**: Due to Regirock's inability to reliably recover it gets worn down a lot by super effective moves, especially when they are special
**Special Sweepers**: While Regirock still has a good Special Defense, special sweepers like Heliolisk and Grass Knot Delphox can still be a big threat to Regirock
**Steel Types**: Can deal super effective damage while also being immune to Toxic, they also easily switch into Stealth Rocks
**Bulky Status Absorbers**: Mega Audino and Aromatisse can easily deal with Toxic and are too bulky for Regirock to deal with offensively
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