Rhydon, The Drill Pokémon. Protected by an armor-like hide, it is capable of living in molten lava of 3,600 degrees. Walks on its hind legs. Shows signs of intelligence. Its horn can bore holes through boulders. Its rugged hide protects it from even the heat of lava. However, the hide also makes it insensitive. Its brain developed when it began walking on hind legs. By lightly spinning its drill-like horn, it can easily shatter even a diamond in the rough. Its horn, which rotates like a drill, destroys tall buildings with one strike.
Battle Moveset
A Good Moveset for Rhydon would have to be this:
Attacks:
Earthquake
Rock Blast/Rock Slide/Hidden Power [Rock]
Megahorn
Double-Edge/Focus Punch
Items Attached:
Choice Band
Preferred Nature:
Adamant
Strategy Using Rhydon
Like all Choice-Banders, the strategy is prediction. A
very nice Double-STAB on its Rock and Ground attacks
while having Megahorn to screw up Grass types and
Claydols who like to screw up the combo. Double-Edge
is an option with Rock Head but I prefer Focus Punch
for the potential 2KO on Skarmory (if you can predict
correctly you could hit it with Focus Punch on the
switch in then Focus Punch again if it decides it
wants to try to Spike. [it happens a lot since people
assume you'll switch out]).
The choice of Rock-typed move is up to preference:
-Rock Blast destroys Substitute and can be the
difference between destroying an opponent and being
destroyed by an opponent. Unfortunately, 80% accuracy
is shaky and you could end up striking twice for a
very weak 50 (75 with STAB) Base attack.
-Rock Slide and Hidden Power [Rock] have the accuracy
edge over Rock Blast and have a guarantied set damage.
When playing on your cartridge it can be very hard to
get a good hidden Power [Rock] but when playing battle
simulators, always go with Hidden Power [Rock] > Rock
Slide.
Rhydon is one of the nicer Choice Banders in the sense
that it is pretty easy to get into play. It can easily
switch in on opposing Choice Banders using Flying or
Normal (among other types) attacks as well as being
able to freely switch into Thunder Waves and un-STABed
Fire Attacks (the kind that happens all often with so
many people needing to counter Skarmory).
EV Corner:
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Atk / 58 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
401 HP for taking 5 Seismic Tosses/Night Shades and
Max Attack for obvious reasons. Placing the leftovers
into Defence lets you wall physical attacks a little
better when you switch in.
Other Optional Sets:
Rhydon @ Leftovers
EVs: 212 HP / 82 Atk / 216 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Rock Blast/Hidden Power [Rock]/Rock Slide
Set up a 101 Sub on something and then Sword Dance up
as many times as you can. The full force of this set
is felt best in the later game when you've managed to
take out any: Skarmorys, Claydols, Flygons, Brelooms,
Water types. The Rock attack is once more up to
preference.
Rhydon @ Leftovers
EVs: 212 HP / 202 Atk / 96 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Earthquake/Megahorn
- Rock Blast
A 101Sub-Puncher. Megahorn is an option over
Earthquake since Celebi tends to spoil the party for
Sub-Punchers. The full force of this set is weakened
severely with Blisseys beginning to carry Hidden Power
[Water] or Ice Beam but it still an option for Rhydon.
Strategy Against Rhydon
In between its weaknesses to Water, Ice, Grass, Steel
and Ground attacks as well as pitiful Special Defence
and terrible speed, a skilled player shouldn't have
too many problems KOing Rhydon. Defensive water types
such as Suicune, Swampert and Blastoise can easily 1KO
it and most Choice Banders can leave a huge dent in it
with Earthquake.
Contest Moveset
A good Contest Moveset for Rhydon would have to be this for the Tough Contest best with Impish, Lax, Relaxed or Bold Nature:
Attacks:
Rain dance
Surf
Hail
Hyper beam
Items Attached:
Yellow Scarf
Strategy Using Rhydon
If you do the attacks in this following order you should have very few problems; 1st - Swords dance, 2nd - Rock smash, 3rd -
Endure/Swords dance, 4th - Take down/Rock smash, 5th - Rock smash
Locations in Games
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Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
Evolve Rhyhorn
Colosseum
Trade from R/S/E/FR/LG
Fire Red/Leaf Green
Evolve Rhyhorn
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