Kings-Rock

King's Rock is a held item in the Pokémon series that has a unique and strategic impact, particularly in competitive play. When a Pokémon holds King's Rock, all of its damaging moves gain a 10% chance to make the target flinch, provided the holder's move goes before the target's move. This added flinch chance does not stack with the inherent flinch chance of certain moves like Iron Head or Air Slash but can be particularly useful in combination with multi-strike moves such as Icicle Spear or Water Shuriken, where each hit has its own separate chance to cause flinching.

One of the most interesting use cases of King's Rock is on Pokémon with the Skill Link ability, such as Cloyster. Skill Link ensures that multi-strike moves hit the maximum number of times, greatly increasing the probability of inducing flinch when King's Rock is held.

Besides its primary effect, King's Rock also holds historical significance within the Pokémon universe, most notably as an evolution item.

Attribute

holdable

holdable-active

Category:

held-items

Cost:

5000

Effect:

Held in battle : Holder's damaging moves have a 10% chance to make their target flinch. This chance applies independently to each hit of a multi-hit move. This item's chance is rolled independently of any other move effects; e.g., a move with a 30% chance to flinch normally will have a 37% total chance to flinch when used with this item, because 3% of the time, both effects activate. Held by poliwhirl or slowbro : Holder evolves into politoed or slowking, respectively, when traded.

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ruby-sapphire: A hold item that may cause flinching when the foe is hit.
emerald: A hold item that may cause flinching when the foe is hit.
firered-leafgreen: An item to be held by a POKéMON. It may cause the foe to flinch upon taking damage.
diamond-pearl: An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
platinum: An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
heartgold-soulsilver: An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
black-white: An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder inflicts damage, the target may flinch.
black-2-white-2: An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder inflicts damage, the target may flinch.
x-y: An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
sun-moon: An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
ultra-sun-ultra-moon: An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
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sword-shield: An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.