When it comes to Pokémon everyone will likely bring up a fire, water, or dragon-type as their favorite as these typings tend to have the flashiest members. Well, if Brock from Pokémon Red & Blue taught us anything it's that it's hard to find Pokemon tougher than those of the rock variety.

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Rock-type Pokemon come in varying shapes and sizes, but most seem to share a fortitude that matches their natural abilities. Let's take a moment to look at the 10 toughest rock-type Pokemon and rank them from worst to first.

Updated June 15th, 2022 by Russ Boswell: There are tons of amazing Rock-type Pokemon sprinkled throughout the series. In recent years, this typing has seen some truly entertaning and amazing designs both visually and competitively. Those looking to use a Rock-type Pokemon now have tons of different creatures to choose from, all with some amazing dual-typings that help them gain an edge over their opponents, as well as access to some truly punishing moves. To better highlight some of the strongest, toughest, and most defensive Rock-type Pokemon around, the following list has been updated to now showcase stats, as well as include a couple more entries to showcase these titanic creatures.

12 Drednaw

When it comes to new-age Rock-type Pokemon that are rough and tumble, players need look no further than Drednaw. Not only does this Pokemon have a striking design, it's pretty capable of dishing out heavy damage to a wide array of opponents thanks to its dual Water and Rock typing. This makes it an excellent Pokemon with a wide move pool but it does have a pretty glaring weakness against Grass-type Pokemon (4x weakness).

Those that can account for this weakness will find a visually enthralling Pokemon with decent stats to boot.

Drednaw's Stats

HP: 90

Attack: 115

Defense: 90

SP Attack: 48

SP Defense: 68

Speed: 74

Total Base Stats: 485

11 Stakataka

Pokemon Stakataka

Stakataka is definitely one of the weirdest Rock-type Pokemon to ever exist. Its strange design can be attributed to its place as an Ultra Beast, which serve as some of the most unique, odd, and off-the-wall designs to ever hit the Pokemon world. Not only do Ultra Beasts look strange but they're incredibly powerful to boot and Stakataka is no different. If players are looking for a tough Rock-type Pokemon, they'll definitely want to add this curious creation to their team.

Stakataka boasts some seriously impressive defensive stats and is pretty powerful in its own right.

Stakataka's Stats

HP: 61

Attack: 131

Defense: 211

SP Attack: 53

SP Defense: 101

Speed: 13

Total Base Stats: 570

10 Golem

It's hard to get tougher than a literal rock with arms and legs popping out. At first glance, Golem looks like a giant boulder that sprouted extremities and a head.

It's unclear if they have soft bodies underneath the rock-like exterior or if the top layer is an extremely dense skin layer and all of their organs are inside the round rock-like shape. It also happens to have a lower center of gravity which gives it the upper hand against foes looking to topple it over and use its weight and body shape against it.

Golem's Stats

HP: 80

Attack: 110

Defense: 130

SP Attack: 55

SP Defense: 65

Speed: 45

Total Base Stats: 485

9 Crustle

At first glance, Crustle may look like a weird gimmick idea of a Pokemon, but it's much more than that. For starters, it has one of the cooler Pokemon designs that aren't reptilian or armored.

Considering its name is Crustle it makes sense that its body resembles the Earth's crust and its many layers of varying sediment. Crustle is not much different from Golem in terms of being a piece of Earth with limbs poking out, but since its previous evolution is a play on hermit crabs, it can likely change to a different boulder, unlike Golem.

Crustle's Stats

HP: 70

Attack: 105

Defense: 125

SP Attack: 65

SP Defense: 75

Speed: 45

Total Base Stats: 485

8 Gigalith

On the surface, Gigalith simply looks like a mass of rocks with bright red crystals and geodes protruding from its body. It turns out that those red crystals absorb solar energy and that's how Gigalith can shoot out beams of energy from its body.

The energy can be compressed so tightly with so much pressure that the attack fired off afterward is capable of blowing entire mountains to smithereens. It also has the drawback of causing an incalculable amount of fissures in its own body.

Gigalith's Stats

HP: 85

Attack: 135

Defense: 130

SP Attack: 60

SP Defense: 70

Speed: 25

Total Base Stats: 505

7 Bastiodon

With Pokémon Sword & Shield on the horizon, people have been making fun of the legendary Pokemon called Zamazenta for having a shield on its face. Well, longtime Pokemon fans would know that Bastiodon was actually the first face-shield design and luckily for him, toughness has nothing to do with being aesthetically pleasing.

They're a pretty docile Pokemon that will spend its free time eating grass and berries. The creature lived or died 100 million years ago based on how effective it was at keeping threats in front of it.

Bastiodon's Stats

HP: 60

Attack: 52

Defense: 168

SP Attack: 47

SP Defense: 138

Speed: 30

Total Base Stats: 495

6 Rhyperior

Rhyperior takes what many people love about Rhydon and simply coats it in what seems to be rock armor plating. It can be found with an ability called solid rock that reduces super effective attack damage by 25% showcasing just how formidable it can be.

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Rhyperior also has holes in its palms that it will fill with rocks and shoot out at enemies or threats. Geodude have been casualties of this and have been shot from its palms. The previously mentioned rock-like plating is said to be able to withstand volcanic eruptions.

Rhyperior's Stats

HP: 115

Attack: 140

Defense: 130

SP Attack: 55

SP Defense: 55

Speed: 40

Total Base Stats: 535

5 Rampardos

Rampardos close up with lightning and flames

Sometimes Pokemon, like animals, can be a little too obvious about what their bodies were evolved for. In the case of Rampardos, it's clear they were meant to butt heads for dominance and protection.

Sporting a large bulbous blue spot on the top of their head, Rampardos us it to engage in battles for varying types of reasons. The spikes surrounding that spot make it even more dangerous for those looking to challenge it. Funny enough Rampardos is a rock-type Pokemon that maybe a rock's greatest enemy.

Rampardos' Stats

HP: 97

Attack: 165

Defense: 60

SP Attack: 65

SP Defense: 50

Speed: 58

Total Base Stats: 495

4 Tyrantrum

Tyrantrum happens to be one of the coolest and toughest Pokemon in existence regardless of typing. It isn't the first design based on the world-famous T-Rex, but the design and color palette make it come to life.

Tyrantrum's jaw is said to be powerful enough to destroy thick metal plates as if they were cardboard. The toughest thing about them is finding a female as the gender rates are largely in favor of males at an astounding 87.5% to just 12.5% for females. Be on the lookout for that rare T-Rex queen.

Tyrantrum's Stats

HP: 82

Attack: 121

Defense: 119

SP Attack: 69

SP Defense: 59

Speed: 71

Total Base Stats: 521

3 Onix

Onix from the Pokemon anime

Anyone who grew up watching the Pokémon anime or played through the original Pokémon Red & Blue are familiar with the rock snake Pokemon known as Onix. In both mediums, Onix was the signature partner of Brock and showed fans how physically imposing certain Pokemon could be.

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Onix on average is over 28 feet in length and weighs well over 450 pounds. Its body is composed of rock-like segments that come in varying shapes and sizes. It also sports a large piercing horn in the center of its head.

Onix's Stats

HP: 35

Attack: 45

Defense: 160

SP Attack: 30

SP Defense: 45

Speed: 70

Total Base Stats: 385

2 Aggron

Aggron in the Pokemon anime

When Aggron was first revealed many thought that he was just a ripoff of Rhydon from the first generation of games. Upon further review, people began to understand that he was meant to be an armored tank.

Though Rhydon looks like his body is formed of metal, Aggron carries the steel-typing confirming that his armor-plating is composed of metal. Both of the abilities an Aggron can end up having related to a formidable nature as he could either endure one-hit knockouts or receive no recoil damage from attacks.

Aggron's Stats

HP: 70

Attack: 110

Defense: 180

SP Attack: 60

SP Defense: 60

Speed: 50

Total Base Stats: 530

1 Tyranitar

Tyranitar is more than just a nod to Godzilla. The 6-foot tall cave-dwelling monster is tough as nails and it's pretty evident simply by looking at it. It's known as the armor pokémon likely due to the green scales covering its body looking thick and impenetrable.

Fighting it as a trainer isn't only difficult because of how Tyranitar is built, but also because it's known to kick up a sandstorm or two. This will cause it to get an upgrade in damage and make the conditions around the battle tougher to overcome.

Tyranitar's Stats

HP: 100

Attack: 134

Defense: 110

SP Attack: 95

SP Defense: 100

Speed: 61

Total Base Stats: 600

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