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.

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In battle
Grants moves a chance of causing the target Pokémon to when using one of several moves.

Generation II
Grants moves a ~12% (30/256) chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch according to the list below. Unlike normal flinching in this generation, King's Rock will flinch asleep and frozen targets as well.

Only the final strike of a multi-strike move has a chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generations III and IV
The flinch rate is now 10%. Flinching now works as for normal move flinching.

Each strike of a multi-strike move has an independent chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generation V onward
Instead of working off its separate list, King's Rock now works on any attacking move that does not already have a chance to flinch. The flinch chance is affected by and the rainbow created by  and.

Outside battles
Causes to evolve into  when traded while holding it; causes  to evolve into  when traded while holding it.

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Acquisition

 * Slowpoke Well
 * (held by Gaven's  from the second rematch onward) Held by  (2% chance) and  (2% chance)
 * Mossdeep City
 * (streak of 35 or more), (64 BP) Held by  (5% chance)
 * Sevault Canyon
 * Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Mixed Mode)
 * Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons)
 * Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons)
 * Celestic Town
 * , held by (5% chance)
 * Slowpoke Well
 * , Pokéathlon Dome (3000 Pts.) Held by (5% chance) and  (5% chance)
 * 7200 Poké Coupons
 * Icirrus City
 * (treasure hunter) Held by  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Nuvema Town, Icirrus City
 * Join Avenue ; White Forest (Store 4) Held by  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance) Pokémon Dream Radar (Simulator β)
 * Lumiose City
 * Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Mossdeep City
 * Held by (5% chance)
 * (Lv. 2)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden,, , ) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
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 * Slowpoke Well
 * , Pokéathlon Dome (3000 Pts.) Held by (5% chance) and  (5% chance)
 * 7200 Poké Coupons
 * Icirrus City
 * (treasure hunter) Held by  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Nuvema Town, Icirrus City
 * Join Avenue ; White Forest (Store 4) Held by  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance) Pokémon Dream Radar (Simulator β)
 * Lumiose City
 * Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Mossdeep City
 * Held by (5% chance)
 * (Lv. 2)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden,, , ) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
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 * Lumiose City
 * Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Mossdeep City
 * Held by (5% chance)
 * (Lv. 2)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden,, , ) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
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 * Held by (5% chance)
 * (Lv. 2)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden,, , ) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
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 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden,, , ) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
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 * Battle Tree (32 BP) Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden,, , ) Held by (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance),  (5% chance), and  (5% chance)
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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

 * Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 13, 26, 33, 41, 49, 59, 65, 71, 78, 83, 88, 93F)
 * 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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 * 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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 * 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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Pokémon GO
The King's Rock is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO:
 * requires 100 Candy and a King's Rock to evolve into.
 * requires 50 Slowpoke Candy and a King's Rock to evolve into.

The King's Rock was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.

Description

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Acquisition
Starting at level 10, King's Rocks can be obtained by searching PokéStops or s. 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".

In the anime
A King's Rock first appeared in Ring Masters, where received it as a prize for winning the Sumo Conference. 's later used it to evolve itself into a  in Outrageous Fortunes.

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.

A King's Rock appeared in Showdown At Linoone as one of the items.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Quilava Quandary, was given a King's Rock by the Day-Care Couple after training with them, giving it to his  to hold. In Ampharos Amore, Gold's newly evolved was able to use the King's Rock to evolve into a Politoed when it was temporarily traded to.

In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Roseanne revealed that she researched Evolution items while studying Pokémon Evolution, including the King's Rock.

In the TCG
A King's Rock is featured in the artwork of the TCG Unleashed card and the TCG HeartGold & SoulSilver  card, as well as the TCG Call of Legends reprint of the same Slowking.

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.