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is one of the fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon media franchise – a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.
The purpose of Regirock in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[1]
Regirock looks like a robot or golem consisting entirely of rocks. Although the rocks are arranged in a roughly humanoid shape, Regirock does not have a uniform appearance; different parts of its body seem to be comprised of rocks of different colors and sizes. Instead of a face, Regirock has a Braille-like pattern of seven brown dots forming the letter "H".
Besides being made entirely of stone, the stone is not even of a common origin. Instead, the rocks, pebbles and boulders that make up Regirock's body seem to be indigenous to various different locations. This is explained by the fact that whenever Regirock is injured and parts of it get chipped off in battle, it seeks out suitable rocks with which to repair itself. This gives Regirock its "patchwork" appearance.
Regirock can be found in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald. As with all Legendary Pokémon, only one Regirock exists in each game. It is located in the Desert Ruins, which are at Route 111. To enter the ruins, the player must first unseal their entrance and then reveal the door to the inner sanctum by following a lengthy process described in braille language (see here for detailed instructions). In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Regirock, along with Regice and Registeel, must be transferred from the Pokémon GBA cartridges in order to unlock the legendary Pokemon Regigigas. Regirock also appears as both a boss and a playable character in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
Regirock has excellent defense and attack, and nearly the highest defense stat of all Pokémon. On the other hand, its special attack is low. In this regard, its stats are the exact opposite of Regice. Like the other three Regis, Regirock has very low speed. It can learn various powerful moves, such as Iron Defense, which can augment its defense even further, Ancientpower, Superpower, Curse and Explosion. It will also learn Zap Cannon at lv. 49. Players use Regirock as a tank against Pokémon that use physical attacks. (With its mammoth defense, Regirock can outlast a few Fighting-type attacks, despite their effectiveness against Rock-types).
Regirock appears in Pokémon Ranger as one of the only three legendary Pokémon the player is allowed to keep with him or her, the other two being Regice and Registeel. It can cause rocks to fall from the ceiling in to stop the player from capturing it.
Regirock appears in the opening "Pokémon Advanced Battle" with Registeel and Regice.
Regirock made an appearance in the eighth movie. Together with Regice and Registeel, it guards the legendary Tree of the World's Beginning and assaults Ash and his friends. As soon as it is made clear that they are no threat, Regirock and its companions leave them in peace. The movie also showed how the three talk, in a somewhat robotic voice and when they do the dots light up in various "patterns".
Regirock was the first of the Regi triad to appear in the anime, making an appearance in "Battling The Enemy Within!", as a partner to the Battle Pyramid King, Brandon.
Regirock has made four appearances in the card game, all as Basic Ground-type Pokémon cards: