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Rhydon, a Ground and Rock type Pokémon, official artwork

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Rhydon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Rhydon is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (130) and Defense (120), with a base stat total of 485. Competitively it is viable in lower tiers.

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What is Rhydon weak to?

How much damage Rhydon takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrassWater
2×Weak toFightingGroundIceSteel
0.5×ResistsFireFlyingNormalRock
0.25×ResistsPoison
0×Immune toElectric

Rhydon takes super-effective damage from Grass, Water, Fighting, Ground, Ice, Steel (Grass and Water hit it for 4x damage). It resists Fire, Flying, Normal, Rock, Poison and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Rhydon

Rhydon has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • MegahornBug120
  • Meteor BeamRock120

Best nature for Rhydon

Adamant. Rhydon is a physical attacker (130 Attack vs 45 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Lightning RodThis Pokemon draws Electric moves to itself to raise Sp. Atk by 1; Electric immunity.
  • Rock HeadThis Pokemon does not take recoil damage besides Struggle/Life Orb/crash damage.
  • RecklessThis Pokemon's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not Struggle.

Evolution line

Rhyhorn
Rhydon
Rhyperior
Full learnset (80 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
MegahornBug12085%Physical
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Hammer ArmFighting10090%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Supercell SlamElectric10095%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Drill RunGround8095%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Horn AttackNormal65100%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
StompNormal65100%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Horn DrillNormal?30%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status