Shadow Regirock
Attack
Defense
Stamina
Best Movesets
Analysis
Shadow Regirock is.... not a good Pokemon. Despite the vaunted Shadow boost, its low base attack set still relegates it to a position where it doesn't really have any sort of viability in the raid meta. It's genuinely not worth a stardust investment.
Offense
- Rock Throw + Stone Edge is Shadow Regirock's only even slightly viable attacking set in light of its poor Attack stat.
- Lock-On is for PvP only.
Lock-On is an amazing move in pvp if paired with the right Charged Moves. Its damage-output is basically non-existent, but the energy generation is very high, making it so that Shadow Regirock can reach Stone Edge and Focus Blast in record time. To top it all off, these two moves have great overall coverage, though it leaves Shadow Regirock vulnerable to any Fighting Types that it may encounter.
Regirock has a titanic defense stat and decent overall bulk. Its typing however, doesn't do it many favors, as it results in more weaknesses than resistances. While access to Lock-On enables Regirock to frequently use its powerful charge moves just like its Regi counterparts, Regirock tends to struggle more due to greater threats of fainting from its numerous weaknesses. Over it's still a good candidate for Great League, but lacking the resistances of Registeel is what sets Regirock back.
Regular Regirock tends to be preferred over Shadow Regirock, as the Shadow boost very rarely ever increases Lock-On's damage output.
