Rock Smash (move)

Rock Smash (Japanese: いわくだき Rock Smash) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II. It was TM08 in Generation II, HM06 in Generations and, TM94 in Generation V and , and HM06 in.

Generations II and III
The move inflicts damage and has a 50% chance of lowering the target's stat by one stage.

Rock Smash has a base power of 20.

Generation IV onward
Rock Smash now has a base power of 40.

Generations II and III
Rock Smash breaks certain rocks to clear a path. Occasionally, wild Pokémon may be encountered.

Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Wild Pokémon no longer appear when rocks are broken.

HeartGold and SoulSilver
In, wild Pokémon, Heart Scales, shards, Fossils, and other items can be found underneath certain rocks. There are three kinds of smashable rocks that differ both with wild Pokémon and items that can be found in them.

Type 1: Ruins of Alph:

Type 2: Cliff Cave:

Type 3: Violet City, Cianwood City, Dark Cave,, , Rock Tunnel, Vermilion City, , Tohjo Falls, Mt. Silver, Cerulean Cave:

Generation V
Rock Smash is no longer a field move.

In, if a Pokémon in the player's party knows the move Rock Smash when they talk to one of the s in Clay Tunnel, they can help clear a section of boulders.

Generation VI
In Generation VI, Rock Smash is again a field move, and now there are also cracked walls and boulders that can be smashed with the move. There are two kinds of smashable rocks that can reveal different Pokémon and items.

Pokémon X and Y
Type 1: Glittering Cave:

Type 2:, Ambrette Town, Cyllage City, , Azure Bay, , , Terminus Cave, :

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Type 1: Rusturf Tunnel, Granite Cave,, , Lilycove City, Shoal Cave, Seafloor Cavern:

Type 2: Mirage Caves, Mirage Forests, Mirage Mountains, Mirage Islands:

Generation VII
Rock Smash can no longer be used outside of battle.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Prior to, Rock Smash turns a wall tile in front of the user into a floor tile, revealing any item hidden within it. It has 99 PP but cannot target enemies or be used diagonally.

In Super Mystery Dungeon, Rock Smash now also damages enemies and has a starting PP of 15.

Super Smash Bros. series
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Rock Smash is 's Side Special move. Unlike in the Pokémon games, Rock Smash is a move with high damage and knockback and can potentially KO a foe in one hit.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, Rock Smash has been made Charizard's Down Special move, with taking its former position.

Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Rock Smash had a power of 5 and an energy gain of 7%.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Rock Smash had an energy gain of 12% and a duration of 1.41 seconds.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Rock Smash had a duration of 1.7 seconds.

may only know this move if it was obtained before February 16, 2017.

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Trivia

 * Rock Smash is the only HM move that does not share its type with another HM move, past or present.
 * Rock Smash is the only move to be a TM, become an HM, revert to being a TM again, and then revert back to an HM.
 * Rock Smash and are the only moves that have the word rock in their name, but are not.
 * Although Rock Smash is a Fighting-type move, it uses the Rock-type TM icon in the Generation V games.

In other languages
Zertrümmerer Golpe roca Éclate-Roc Spaccaroccia いわくだき 碎岩（招式）