What is Solrock weak to?

In Black 2 & White 2, Solrock's biggest threats include Swampert (Water), Venusaur (Grass), and Rhydon (Ground), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Bug, Ghost, Dark, and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 7 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

Should I use Solrock?

In Black 2 & White 2, Solrock can work for a story run. 440 BST is average, but Rock/Psychic typing fills a niche depending on your team composition.

In Black 2 & White 2, Solrock looks average on paper at 440 BST. But Levitate is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. D-Tier on our tier list.

What is the best ability for Solrock?

Solrock gets Levitate. But Levitate is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that.

What are Solrock's strengths?

Rock/Psychic gives Solrock 5 resistances. Attack is the best stat at base 95. Dual typing means STAB coverage on both Rock and Psychic moves.

Solrock - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Balanced

DTier

70Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Solrock's spread. It leans physical with Attack out front. And you'll get 2 Attack EVs per KO for it. Follows a fast 800K XP curve.

Base Stats

Above

HP70

Attack95

Defense85

Sp. Atk55

Sp. Def65

Speed70

Total440

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Fast800,000 XP

Height1.2 m

Weight154.0 kg

Base XP161

Abilities

Levitate

Evades ground moves.

Levitate grants Ground immunity

EV Yield

HPAtk+2DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

Solar energy is the source of its power, so it is strong during the daytime. When it spins, its body shines.

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.

Solrock Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, Steel
0.5x (Resist)	Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Psychic

Type ChartFragile

7Weak

5Resist

1Immune

Score-9

Gen V Type Chart

Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Water Grass Ground Bug Ghost Dark Steel

½xResist

Normal Fire Poison Flying Psychic

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

Ground

STAB (6)

Fire Ice Flying Bug Fighting Poison

How to Beat Solrock in Black 2 & White 2 (Best Counters)

Excadrill GroundSteel	A
Available Moves Moves EarthquakeLv. 36 DigTM28 X-ScissorTM81 Shadow ClawTM65 Damage vs Solrock Earthquake 2x 116-137%KO Dig 2x 93-110%KO X-Scissor 2x 62-73% Shadow Claw 2x 54-65% View Excadrill builds →
Cobalion SteelFighting	C
Obtain MethodRoute 13 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Iron HeadLv. 37 X-ScissorTM81 Metal ClawLv. 13 Damage vs Solrock Iron Head 2x 66-79% X-Scissor 2x 44-52% Metal Claw 2x 43-52% View Cobalion builds →
Krokorok GroundDark	D
Available Moves Moves EarthquakeLv. 48 Foul PlayLv. 40 CrunchLv. 28 DigTM28 Damage vs Solrock Earthquake 2x 77-91% Foul Play 2x 74-87% Crunch 2x 63-74% Dig 2x 63-74% View Krokorok builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves CrunchLv. 38 DigTM28 Feint AttackLv. 9 SnarlTM95 Damage vs Solrock Crunch 2x 58-68% Dig 2x 39-46% Feint Attack 2x 43-52% Snarl 2x 30-35% View Scraggy builds →
Pawniard DarkSteel	D
Available Moves Moves DigTM28 X-ScissorTM81 Night SlashLv. 49 Shadow ClawTM65 Damage vs Solrock Dig 2x 43-51% X-Scissor 2x 43-51% Night Slash 2x 56-66% Shadow Claw 2x 37-44% View Pawniard builds →

Black 2 & White 2 Evolution

Breeding is the whole story for Solrock. No compatible partners through one egg group, eggs are average hatch time, and you won't need to evolve anything. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

No Evolution

#338SolrockDoes not evolve

Breeding

Difficult

Solrock is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.

Egg Groups

Mineral

Gender

Genderless

Ditto only

Hatch Time

25 cycles·6,425 steps

Moderate~6 min with Flame Body

Black 2 & White 2 Solrock Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 5.

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Moves

Most of Solrock's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Stone Edge and Dream Eater, but Normal and Fire and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Confusion

D5010025Psychic

Lv 1

Harden

———30Normal

Lv 1

Tackle

D5010035Normal

Lv 5

Rock Throw

—509015Rock

Lv 9

Fire Spin

D358515Fire

Lv 13

Rock Polish

D——20Rock

Lv 17

Psywave

——8015Psychic

Lv 21

Embargo

D—10015Dark

Lv 25

Rock Slide

C759010Rock

Lv 29

Cosmic Power

D——20Psychic

Lv 33

Psychic

C9010010Psychic

Lv 37

Heal Block

——10015Psychic

Lv 41

Stone Edge

C100805Rock

Lv 45

Solar Beam

C12010010Grass

Lv 49

Explosion

B2501005Normal

Lv 53

Wonder Room

———10Psychic

TM Moves

TM62

Acrobatics

D5510015Flying

TM78

Bulldoze

D6010020Ground

TM04

Calm Mind

C——20Psychic

TM57

Charge Beam

D509010Electric

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM85

Dream Eater

—10010015Psychic

TM26

Earthquake

C10010010Ground

TM63

Embargo

D—10015Dark

TM64

Explosion

B2501005Normal

TM42

Facade

C7010020Normal

TM38

Fire Blast

D120855Fire

TM35

Flamethrower

D9510015Fire

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM21

Frustration

——10020Normal

TM68

Giga Impact

B150905Normal

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM74

Gyro Ball

D—1005Steel

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

C150905Normal

TM59

Incinerate

—3010015Fire

TM16

Light Screen

C——30Psychic

TM50

Overheat

C140905Fire

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM77

Psych Up

———10Normal

TM29

Psychic

C9010010Psychic

TM03

Psyshock

C8010010Psychic

TM33

Reflect

C——20Psychic

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM69

Rock Polish

D——20Rock

TM80

Rock Slide

C759010Rock

TM39

Rock Tomb

—609510Rock

TM48

Round

—6010015Normal

TM20

Safeguard

D——25Normal

TM37

Sandstorm

D——10Rock

TM30

Shadow Ball

D8010015Ghost

TM23

Smack Down

—5010015Rock

TM22

Solar Beam

C12010010Grass

TM71

Stone Edge

C100805Rock

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM19

Telekinesis

———15Psychic

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM92

Trick Room-7

C——5Psychic

TM61

Will-O-Wisp

C—7515Fire

Egg Moves

Solrock doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Tut

Tutor

Earth Power

D9010010Ground

Tutor

Gravity

———5Psychic

Tutor

Heat Wave

D1009010Fire

Tutor

Helping Hand+5

———20Normal

Tutor

Iron Defense

D——15Steel

Tutor

Iron Head

C8010015Steel

Tutor

Magic Coat+4

D——15Psychic

Tutor

Pain Split

C——20Normal

Tutor

Recycle

D——10Normal

Tutor

Signal Beam

D7510015Bug

Tutor

Skill Swap

———10Psychic

Tutor

Sleep Talk

D——10Normal

Tutor

Snore

—4010015Normal

Tutor

Stealth Rock

C——20Rock

Tutor

Wonder Room

———10Psychic

Tutor

Zen Headbutt

C809015Psychic

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 4

Ancient Power

D601005Rock

Gen 3

Body Slam

C8510015Normal

Gen 3

Defense Curl

———40Normal

Gen 3

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

Gen 4

Natural Gift

——10015Normal

Gen 4

Rollout

—309020Rock

Gen 4

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

Gen 4

Swift

—60—20Normal

Black 2 & White 2 Solrock Locations

Solrock appears at decent spawn rates across 20 spots in late-game routes. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.

Best Locations to Catch Solrock in Black 2 & White 2

Solrock appears in 20 walking locations at Lv. 36-51 across Black 2 and White 2. Not all encounters show up in every version, so check which ones match your game.

Route 13

Black 2Grass Lv.36 Route

UncommonLate

Any

Route 13

White 2Grass Lv.36 Route

UncommonLate

Any

Route 13

Black 2Grass Lv.40 Route

UncommonLate

AnyDouble grass

Route 13

White 2Grass Lv.40 Route

UncommonLate

AnyDouble grass

Route 22

Black 2Grass Lv.41 Route

UncommonLate

Any

Route 22

White 2Grass Lv.41 Route

UncommonLate

Any

Giant Chasm - Cave

Black 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Cave

White 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Inner Cave

Black 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Inner Cave

White 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Outside

Black 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Outside

White 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Plains

Black 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Giant Chasm - Plains

White 2Grass Lv.46 Ice

UncommonPost

Any

Route 22

Black 2Grass Lv.46 Route

UncommonPost

AnyDouble grass

Route 22

White 2Grass Lv.46 Route

UncommonPost

AnyDouble grass

Giant Chasm - Outside

Black 2Grass Lv.51 Ice

UncommonPost

AnyDouble grass

Giant Chasm - Outside

White 2Grass Lv.51 Ice

UncommonPost

AnyDouble grass

Giant Chasm - Plains

Black 2Grass Lv.51 Ice

UncommonPost

AnyDouble grass

Giant Chasm - Plains

White 2Grass Lv.51 Ice

UncommonPost

AnyDouble grass

Solrock Guide

In Black 2 & White 2, Solrock's biggest threats include Swampert (Water), Venusaur (Grass), and Rhydon (Ground), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Bug, Ghost, Dark, and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 7 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
In Black 2 & White 2, Solrock can work for a story run. 440 BST is average, but Rock/Psychic typing fills a niche depending on your team composition.
In Black 2 & White 2, Solrock looks average on paper at 440 BST. But Levitate is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. D-Tier on our tier list.
Solrock gets Levitate. But Levitate is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that.
Rock/Psychic gives Solrock 5 resistances. Attack is the best stat at base 95. Dual typing means STAB coverage on both Rock and Psychic moves.

Game Availability

Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Solrock appears in 14 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Snivy Grass	D
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift TM Move Moves Energy BallTM53 Damage vs Solrock Energy Ball 2x 87-104%KO View Snivy builds →
Purrloin Dark	D
Upcoming Move Moves PursuitLv. 15 Learns Pursuit at Level 15 View Purrloin builds →
Oshawott Water	D
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift Upcoming Move Moves Water GunLv. 7 Learns Water Gun at Level 7 View Oshawott builds →

Purrloin Dark	D
TM Move Moves ThiefTM46 Damage vs Solrock Thief 2x 36-45% View Purrloin builds →
Psyduck Water	D
Available Move Moves Water GunLv. 8 Damage vs Solrock Water Gun 2x 36-45% View Psyduck builds →
Sewaddle BugGrass	D
Available Moves Moves Energy BallTM53 Bug BiteLv. 8 Damage vs Solrock Energy Ball 2x 60-70% Bug Bite 2x 43-51% View Sewaddle builds →
Snivy Grass	D
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift Available Moves Moves Energy BallTM53 Vine WhipLv. 7 Damage vs Solrock Energy Ball 2x 60-70% Vine Whip 2x 32-38% View Snivy builds →
Oshawott Water	D
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift Available Move Moves Water GunLv. 7 Damage vs Solrock Water Gun 2x 36-45% View Oshawott builds →

Whimsicott Grass	C
Available Moves Moves Energy BallTM53 ThiefTM46 Mega DrainLv. 1 Damage vs Solrock Energy Ball 2x 84-98% Thief 2x 30-36% Mega Drain 2x 41-49% View Whimsicott builds →
Lilligant Grass	C
Available Moves Moves Energy BallTM53 Mega DrainLv. 1 Damage vs Solrock Energy Ball 2x 108-128%KO Mega Drain 2x 49-59% View Lilligant builds →
Magnemite ElectricSteel	D
Available Move Moves Magnet BombLv. 18 Damage vs Solrock Magnet Bomb 2x 33-39% View Magnemite builds →
Purrloin Dark	D
Available Moves Moves ThiefTM46 PursuitLv. 15 Damage vs Solrock Thief 2x 36-44% Pursuit 2x 25-30% View Purrloin builds →
Psyduck Water	D
Available Moves Moves Water PulseLv. 18 Water GunLv. 8 Damage vs Solrock Water Pulse 2x 49-59% Water Gun 2x 36-44% View Psyduck builds →

Krokorok GroundDark	D
Available Moves Moves CrunchLv. 28 DigTM28 BiteLv. 4 AssuranceLv. 16 Damage vs Solrock Crunch 2x 64-76% Dig 2x 64-76% Bite 2x 49-59% Assurance 2x 49-59% View Krokorok builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves DigTM28 Feint AttackLv. 9 PaybackLv. 23 Damage vs Solrock Dig 2x 41-48% Feint Attack 2x 47-56% Payback 2x 38-46% View Scraggy builds →
Magnemite ElectricSteel	D
Available Moves Moves Mirror ShotLv. 25 Magnet BombLv. 18 Damage vs Solrock Mirror Shot 2x 73-86% Magnet Bomb 2x 31-36% View Magnemite builds →
Baltoy GroundPsychic	D
Available Moves Moves DigTM28 Mud-SlapLv. 7 Damage vs Solrock Dig 2x 42-49% Mud-Slap 2x 16-20% View Baltoy builds →
Purrloin Dark	D
Available Moves Moves AssuranceLv. 28 ThiefTM46 PursuitLv. 15 Damage vs Solrock Assurance 2x 36-43% Thief 2x 36-43% Pursuit 2x 24-30% View Purrloin builds →

Sandslash Ground	C
Available Moves Moves DigTM28 ThiefTM46 BulldozeTM78 Fury CutterLv. 14 Damage vs Solrock Dig 2x 72-85% Thief 2x 36-43% Bulldoze 2x 55-65% Fury Cutter 2x 25-29% View Sandslash builds →
Krokorok GroundDark	D
Available Moves Moves CrunchLv. 28 DigTM28 BiteLv. 4 AssuranceLv. 16 Damage vs Solrock Crunch 2x 62-74% Dig 2x 62-74% Bite 2x 47-56% Assurance 2x 47-56% View Krokorok builds →
Scraggy DarkFighting	D
Available Moves Moves DigTM28 Feint AttackLv. 9 SnarlTM95 PaybackLv. 23 Damage vs Solrock Dig 2x 38-45% Feint Attack 2x 44-53% Snarl 2x 29-35% Payback 2x 37-44% View Scraggy builds →
Magnemite ElectricSteel	D
Available Moves Moves Mirror ShotLv. 25 Magnet BombLv. 18 Damage vs Solrock Mirror Shot 2x 70-82% Magnet Bomb 2x 27-32% View Magnemite builds →
Baltoy GroundPsychic	D
Available Moves Moves DigTM28 BulldozeTM78 Mud-SlapLv. 7 Damage vs Solrock Dig 2x 37-44% Bulldoze 2x 29-35% Mud-Slap 2x 15-18% View Baltoy builds →