Is Solrock Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Solrock leans physical where Lunatone leans special. Rock/Psychic with AbilityLevitate. Tate and Liza use both Solrock and Lunatone on their gym team. Having your own creates a mirror. Handles Winona through Rock coverage. Available without version restrictions in Emerald.
Solrock has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Solrock has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Solrock has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Solrock has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Solrock has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Solrock has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Solrock trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Solrock on Meteor Falls (walking, Lv 14-18, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 49NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Emerald Solrock Locations
Solrock fills Meteor Falls, common on foot deeper in and uncommon while surfing the inner water, across nine encounters in that one cave. The sun rock keeps entirely to the falls in Emerald, so that single cavern is the whole hunt.
Wild Solrock may be holding when caught:
Sun Stone (5% chance) Makes certain species of Pokemon evolve.1 location to catch Solrock
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 4Best Locations to Catch Solrock in Emerald
Walking and surfing encounters at Lv. 5-39 across 9 spots for Solrock. Sorted by progression so you can see what's reachable at your current point in the game.
How to Get Shiny Solrock in Emerald
Solrock turns up all through Meteor Falls, both in the caves and while surfing its underground water, so linger in the cavern and reset encounters until the shiny version rolls into view. Compare Shiny Solrock odds across every game
Shiny Solrock Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Solrock Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Emerald with Solrock preloaded.
Solrock Weakness
Type-wise, Solrock takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, and Steel. The Rock/Psychic typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Solrock Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Solrock
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Feraligatr builds →Surf 2x87-103%KO Iron Tail 2x63-75% Dig 2x39-46% Bite 2x37-44% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Ludicolo builds →Surf 2x97-115%KO Thief 2x28-34% Absorb 2x22-27% Astonish 2x15-18% | ||
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Lairon builds →Iron Tail 2x85-100%KO Dig 2x34-40% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Absol builds →Iron Tail 2x75-89% Bite 2x54-64% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Breloom builds →Iron Tail 2x75-89% Mega Drain 2x33-39% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x100-118%KO Thief 2x28-34% Steel Wing 2x27-32% | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Marshtomp builds →Surf 2x72-85% Dig 2x52-61% Iron Tail 2x55-65% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Skarmory builds →Steel Wing 2x57-67% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x54-64% Thief 2x18-22% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x77-91% Absorb 2x28-33% Pin Missile 2x11-14% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x57-67% Iron Tail 2x62-73% Thief 2x18-22% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Petalburg City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x72-85% Iron Tail 2x37-44% Dig 2x23-28% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Meganium builds →Razor Leaf 2x54-64% Iron Tail 2x53-63% | ||
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Solrock View Grovyle builds →Leaf Blade 2x69-82% Iron Tail 2x44-53% Dig 2x27-32% Pursuit 2x27-32% | ||
Solrock Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Solrock. No compatible partners through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Solrock is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyE Solrock Best Moveset
Rock/Psychic with AbilityLevitate mirrors Lunatone defensively, but Solrock's stats lean physical with 95 base Attack instead of Sp. Atk. The moveset runs physical Rock TermStab and MoveExplosion as a last-resort nuke, filling an offensive role that Lunatone cannot.
Best Build
Solrock best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Rock Slide
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Baton Pass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Solrock's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Dream Eater and Psychic, but Normal and Fire and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Solar energy is the source of this POKéMON’s power. On sunny days, groups of SOLROCK line up facing the sun and absorb its light.
Solrock Emerald Guide
Yes. Wild Solrock in Emerald can hold Sun Stone (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Sun Stone.
In Emerald, Solrock is one of the stronger picks around. It rates A-Tier for this generation, and the Rock/Psychic typing with 440 BST holds up through the whole story.
In Emerald, Solrock plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Timid is the go-to nature for Solrock. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 104 HP / 220 SpA / 184 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Solrock appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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