Rhyperior

Rhyperior ドサイドン
Lickylicky < Rhyperior > Tangrowth
Species	Type
Drill Pokémon
Number	Ability
#464	Lightningrod/Solid Rock Reckless
Height	Weight
7'10" (2.4m)	623.5 lbs (282.8kg)
Gender Ratio
Male: 50%	Female: 50%
Evolves From	Evolves Into
Rhydon	None
Egg Group	Catch Rate
Monster Field	30
Tier	EV Yield
UU	3 Attack Points

Rhyperior (ドサイドン) is the 188th Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex. It is a Ground/Rock-Type, and is known as the Drill Pokémon.

Rhyperior can use one of two abilities: Lightningrod, which draws Electric-type moves to Rhyperior, nullifying the move and increasing its Special Attack by one stage; or Solid Rock, which decreases the amount of damage dealt by Super-Effective moves by 25%. A third Ability is available to Rhyperior from the Dream World, the Reckless Ability, which increases the base power of moves that cause recoil by 20%, but the recoil also increases as a result.

Rhyhorn can evolve into Rhydon at Level 42, and evolve into Rhyperior if it is Traded while holding a Protector.

Rhyperior is in the Egg Groups Monster and Field, and its Egg takes approximately 5,120 Steps to hatch. It takes Rhyperior 1,250,000 Experience Points to reach Level 100.

[edit] Biology

[edit] Physiology

Rhyperior is a brownish gray Pokémon that is covered in orange plates. It has a strong tail shaped like a club and it has rocky growths that elongate it's elbows. It has holes in the palms of it's hands that are used to shoot rocks. It also has two horns on it's head, one of which looks like a drill.

[edit] Gender Differences

The upper horn on a Male Rhyperior's head is longer than the upper horn on a Female Rhyperior's head.

[edit] Game Information

[edit] Original Games

The only way to obtain a Rhyperior is to evolve a Rhydon, as Rhyperior has yet to appear in the wild in any of the main series games as of writing.

[edit] Spin-Off Games

Rhyperior can be found at Dark Crater DPB3-B14 and Shimmer Desert 5F-8F in Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky. Rhyperior is exclusive to Blazing Adventure Squad in Mystery Dungeon 3, appearing at Weird Mountain 21F-23F and the following floors of Legendary Volcanic Island: 26 & 27, 29-33, 37, 42-44 and 46 & 47.

Rhyperior is a Boss Pokémon in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, a battle that takes place in Altru Tower before the final battle.

Rhyperior can be found at the Lava Zone in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure. Clear Rhyperior's Bumper Burn with a score greater than 50,000 to obtain it. In PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Rhyperior appears at the Crag Area's Colosseum. To befriend it you'll have to complete a Special Battle, after which you'll be able to call it into battle.

Rhyperior is owned by Shingen in Pokémon Conquest, and the only way to obtain a Rhyperior is to evolve a Rhydon.

[edit] Trading Card Game

A Lv. X Rhyperior is listed in the Diamond/Pearl Promo set. Rhyperior is listed as a Rare Card in the Diamond and Pearl, Rising Rivals and Supreme Victors sets, and as an Ultra Rare Lv. X Card in the Legends Awakened set.

[edit] Anime/Manga Information

[edit] Anime

Tower Tycoon Palmer uses his Rhyperior during the episode Challenging A Towering Figure!. Ash won the right to battle Palmer by winning the Twinleaf Festival, but his Grotle would lose the one-on-one encounter.

In a Special Episode that has yet to air outside of Japan, Brock's brother Forrest would use a Rhyperior against Nurse Joy and her Latias. This Nurse Joy is also a Gym Inspector, and despite Rhyperior losing to Latios the review went well.

[edit] Movies

Another trainer's Rhyperior makes an appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior. A wild Rhyperior--along with Palmer's--both make appearances in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

[edit] Manga

Rhyperior's Manga Information is unknown as of writing.

[edit] Pokémon Information

[edit] Competitive Battling

Rhyperior finds itself in the Under-Utilized Tier of Competitive Battling. While its HP, Attack and Defense Statistics are excellent in terms of both taking physical damage and dishing out powerful physical attacks in turn, it's Speed and both Special statistics are lacking in comparison, hindering its ability to take Special Attacks. The Solid Rock Ability does help it take some Super Effective attacks and survive, but not all.

Offensively, Rhyperior's physical attacks deal out major damage, as its Base Attack is tied for 12th Highest with Conkeldurr, Darmanitan and Archeops. That said, it dishes out major hurt with both Earthquake and Stone Edge, along with many other Physical attacks, and the only way to help its Speed woes is with support in the form of either Tailwind or Trick Room.

[edit] Area Location

[edit] Pokédex Entires

[edit] Pokéathlon Statistics

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Moves

[edit] Via Level-Up

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Start	Poison Jab		80	100	Physical
Start	Horn Attack		65	100	Physical
Start	Tail Whip		N/A	100	Status
Start 9	Stomp		65	100	Physical
Start 19	Fury Attack		15	85	Physical
19	Scary Face		N/A	100	Status
23	Rock Blast		25	90	Physical
30	Chip Away		70	100	Physical
41	Take Down		90	85	Physical
42	Hammer Arm		100	90	Physical
47	Drill Run		80	95	Physical
56	Stone Edge		100	80	Physical
62	Earthquake		100	100	Physical
71	Horn Drill		??	30	Physical
77	Megahorn		120	85	Physical
86	Rock Wrecker		150	90	Physical

[edit] Via TM/HM

TM/HM No.	Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
TM05	Roar		--	100	Status
TM06	Toxic		--	90	Status
TM10	Hidden Power		??	100	Special
TM11	Sunny Day		--	--	Status
TM13	Ice Beam		95	100	Special
TM14	Blizzard		120	70	Special
TM15	Hyper Beam		150	90	Special
TM17	Protect		--	--	Status
TM18	Rain Dance		--	--	Status
TM21	Frustration		??	100	Physical
TM23	Smack Down		50	100	Physical
TM24	Thunderbolt		95	100	Special
TM25	Thunder		120	70	Special
TM26	Earthquake		100	100	Physical
TM27	Return		??	100	Physical
TM28	Dig		80	100	Physical
TM31	Brick Break		75	100	Physical
TM32	Double Team		--	--	Status
TM35	Flamethrower		95	100	Special
TM37	Sandstorm		--	--	Status
TM38	Fire Blast		120	85	Special
TM39	Rock Tomb		50	80	Physical
TM42	Facade		70	100	Physical
TM44	Rest		--	--	Status
TM45	Attract		--	100	Status
TM46	Thief		40	100	Physical
TM48	Round		60	100	Special
TM52	Focus Blast		120	70	Special
TM56	Fling		??	100	Physical
TM59	Incinerate		30	100	Special
TM65	Shadow Claw		70	100	Physical
TM66	Payback		50	100	Physical
TM68	Giga Impact		150	90	Physical
TM69	Rock Polish		--	--	Status
TM71	Stone Edge		100	80	Physical
TM75	Swords Dance		--	--	Status
TM78	Bulldoze		60	100	Physical
TM80	Rock Slide		75	90	Physical
TM82	Dragon Tail		60	90	Physical
TM84	Poison Jab		80	100	Physical
TM87	Swagger		--	90	Status
TM90	Substitute		--	--	Status
TM91	Flash Cannon		80	100	Special
TM94	Rock Smash		40	100	Physical
HM01	Cut		50	95	Physical
HM03	Surf		95	100	Special
HM04	Strength		80	100	Physical

[edit] Via Breeding

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Crunch		80	100%	Physical
Reversal		??	100%	Physical
Counter		??	100%	Physical
Magnitude		??	100%	Physical
Curse		--	--%	Status
Crush Claw		75	95%	Physical
Dragon Rush		100	75%	Physical
Ice Fang		65	95%	Physical
Fire Fang		65	95%	Physical
Thunder Fang		65	95%	Physical
Skull Bash		100	100%	Physical
Iron Tail		100	75%	Physical
Rock Climb		90	85%	Physical

[edit] Via Move Tutor (Black 2/White 2)

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Aqua Tail		90	90%	Physical
Block		--	--%	Status
Dragon Pulse		90	100%	Special
Drill Run		80	95%	Physical
Earth Power		90	100%	Special
Endeavor		??	100%	Physical
Fire Punch		75	100%	Physical
Ice Punch		75	100%	Physical
Icy Wind		55	95%	Special
Iron Head		80	100%	Physical
Iron Tail		100	75%	Physical
Outrage		120	100%	Physical
Sleep Talk		--	--%	Status
Snore		40	100%	Special
Spite		--	100%	Status
Stealth Rock		--	--%	Status
Superpower		120	100%	Physical
Thunderpunch		75	100%	Physical
Uproar		90	100%	Special

[edit] Rhydon Exclusive Moves

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
30	Bulldoze		60	100	Physical

[edit] Generation III Exclusive Moves

NOTE: Rhyperior can only know these moves if it learned these moves on a Third Generation game prior to being transferred to a Fourth/Fifth Generation Game and prior to evolving.

[edit] Via Purification (Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness)

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Helping Hand		--	--%	Status

[edit] Via Move Tutor

[edit] Emerald

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Dynamicpunch		100	50%	Physical

[edit] Fire Red/Leaf Green

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Mega Punch		80	85%	Physical
Mega Kick		120	75%	Physical
Body Slam		85	100%	Physical
Double-Edge		100	100%	Physical
Seismic Toss		??	100%	Physical
Mimic		--	--%	Status

[edit] Generation IV Exclusive Moves

[edit] Via TM/HM

• TM01: Focus Punch
• TM34: Shock Wave
• TM43: Secret Power
• TM58: Endure
• TM72: Avalanche
• TM78: Captivate
• TM83: Natural Gift
• HM05: Whirlpool (Heart Gold/Soul Silver Only)

[edit] Via Move Tutor

[edit] Platinum/Heart Gold/Soul Silver

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Fury Cutter		20	95%	Physical
Ancientpower		60	100%	Special
Mud Slap		20	10%	Special
Rollout		30	90%	Physical

[edit] Heart Gold/Soul Silver

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Headbutt		70	100%	Physical

[edit] Evolution Line

Evolution Line
Rhyhorn	Rhydon	Rhyperior
Level 42 -- Trade while holding a Protector

[edit] Type Matchups

Type	Attack Advantages	Attack Disadvantages	Defense Advantages	Defense Disadvantages
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