Regirock (Pokémon)


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Regirock (Japanese: レジロック Regirock) is a Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Along with and, it is one of the three Legendary titans of Hoenn.

Biology
Regirock is a large golem made of brown rocks. Regirock has an orange pattern on its face that resembles a capital letter "H". It has long arms with jutting shoulders and club-like hands, its legs are short in comparison to its body. There is a line of rocky spines running down its back. When it gets damaged in battle it will search for new rocks to repair itself. Because of this, the rocks it is made of come from several different places, which contributes to Regirock's patchwork appearance. Regirock does not seem to have a heart or brain. It generally lives in.

Regirock debuted in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew alongside and. The trio of legendary titans were guardians of the Tree of Beginning, and Regirock was the first of the three to attack and. In the end, Regirock and the other members of its trio realized the group was not a danger and kept on with protecting the Tree of Beginning.

Regirock made its main series debut in Battling the Enemy Within!, under the ownership of. He used it to battle Ash when he was being possessed by the King of Pokélantis, and it was able to defeat. It reappeared in Pace - The Final Frontier!, A Pyramiding Rage!, and Pillars of Friendship!.

Minor appearances
A Regirock made a cameo appearance alongside the other members of its trio in the opening sequence of The Rise of Darkrai, where they all fired s that combined into an extremely powerful one.

A Regirock briefly appeared in PK18, where it sent and his cronies blasting off after they tried to move it out of their way.

A Regirock appeared in a flashback in Pillars of Friendship!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Regirock debuted in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV, when Sidney was attempted to open the Desert Ruins. Together, and  created a team of four  and Sapphire's  and, thus opening up the chamber containing Regirock, as well as the other two titans,  and. Regirock used to stop  and  from spreading destruction. After the battle, it and the other two titans—left weak and powerless—traveled to the mountains, where they were later caught by shortly before the opening ceremony of the.

Brandon used Regirock first in his battle with, where it found 's attack to be of minor annoyance and knocked it out right away with its  attack. However, while the Pyramid King's attention was focused on 's light coming from the horizon, Emerald was able to revitalize the fainted Sceptile with a Revive and win the battle.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Regirock, along with the other two Legendary titans, are seen under the possession of Candice. She uses them against Hareta to test his worthiness to challenge in A Novel Test!!.

NPC appearances

 * : Regirock is the boss of Rock Chamber in Aegis Cave.

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Trivia

 * Regirock is tied with for the highest single base stat of any Legendary Pokémon with its 200 Defense. Regice's is its Special Defense.
 * In, there is an unobtainable Regirock Doll programmed into the game. It may have been intended to be obtained with the e-Reader.
 * Regirock's in-game footprint resembles a , a real-life insect that was considered sacred by ians.

Origin
Regirock may be based on the s of Hebrew legend. The legends cast them as servants of higher powers and are said to have writing on their heads. When the writing is removed, the creature would be weakened, or even killed in some legends.

Name origin
Regirock is a combination of regis (Latin for royal) and rock.

Related articles

 * Legendary titans
 * Legendary titans
 * Legendary titans