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Rolycoly Coal Pokémon タンドン Tandon #0837 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Rock Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Steam Engine orHeatproof Cacophony Cacophony Flash Fire Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male,50% female	Catch rate 255(43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Mineral Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Rolycoly 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 26.5 lbs. 12.0 kg Rolycoly 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 48	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 1 Rolycoly 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Black	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Rolycoly (Japanese:タンドンTandon) is aRock-typePokémon introduced inGeneration VIII.

Itevolves intoCarkol starting atlevel 18, which evolves intoCoalossal starting at level 34.

Biology

Rolycoly is aPokémon which resembles a small piece of coal. It has a single orange-red eye that can light up and illuminate dark areas,^[1] while the rest of its body is black. It has a rugged exterior and lacks any limbs. Its lower body has a wheel-like leg, which it rolls on and uses for movement, in a similar fashion to a unicycle.

Rolycoly was first discovered around 400 years ago in coal mines. It races around on grassy plains and the rough, rocky terrain in coal mines and caves, burning through the coal that sustains it. Rolycoly's diet also includes grass that gets tangled in its leg. Until about 100 years ago, every household inGalar had a Rolycoly, using the coal that it drops for cooking and heating up homes. Rolycoly's popularity continues even into the modern-day, as it is used for outdoor activities.^[1]Dwebble is Rolycoly's natural enemy, as the former tends to think that Rolycoly is an inanimate rock to turn into a home.

Rolycoly and its evolved forms are theonly known Pokémon that can haveSteam Engine as anAbility.

Evolution

Rolycoly evolves intoCarkol, which evolves intoCoalossal.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer toGame data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Rolycoly  Rock

→

First Evolution Carkol  Rock  Fire

→

Second Evolution Coalossal  Rock  Fire

Game data

Pokédex entries

Rolycoly in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

In events

Wild Area News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Rolycoly is available inScarlet and Violet.

Byleveling up

ByTM

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM076 TM076 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM090 TM090 Spikes Ground Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM104 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM107 TM107 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM176 TM176 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 03535 085}}85% 15 TM179 TM179 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM189 TM189 Heat Crash Fire Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM207 TM207 Temper Flare Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Rolycoly Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Rolycoly

Bybreeding

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Block Normal Status — —% 5 Explosion Normal Physical 250 100% 5 * Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must bechain bred onto Rolycoly Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Rolycoly Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Rolycoly

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 102 Base Attack: 73 Base Defense: 91 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 25 Fast Attacks:Smack Down,Tackle Charged Attacks:Rock Blast,Rock Slide

Evolution data

Unevolved Rolycoly  Rock

Level 18 →

First Evolution Carkol  Rock  Fire

Level 34 →

Second Evolution Coalossal  Rock  Fire

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please seeRolycoly images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Rolycoly debuted inKabu's Battle Training!, under the ownership ofWakaba. It teamed up withKabu'sCentiskorch in aTag Battle againstLiko andRoy.

Minor appearances

ATrainer's Rolycoly appeared inTinkatink's Ideal Hammer.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

ADynamaxed Rolycoly appeared inShock!! Chairman Rose's Plan during theDarkest Day.

In the TCG

Main article:Rolycoly (TCG)

Trivia

• Rolycoly is the only Pokémon that is notFire-type to have access to theAbilityFlash Fire.
• Rolycoly and its evolved forms are the onlyblack Rock-type Pokémon.
• Rolycoly and its evolved forms share theircategory withTorkoal. They are all known as the Coal Pokémon.
• Rolycoly has the lowest base stat total of allRock-type Pokémon.
• Rolycoly is tied withDwebble,Carbink, andMinior for theshortest Rock-type Pokémon.

Origin

Rolycoly may be based oncoal and awheel. ItsShiny variant's gray coloration may reference how coal turns white with ash as it burns.

Name origin

Rolycoly may be a combination ofroly-poly andcoal. It may also be a pun onrolling coal.

Tandon may be a combination of 炭tan (coal) and どんdon (bang).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese タンドンTandon From炭tan andどんdon French Charbi Fromcharbon andpetit orちびchibi Spanish Rolycoly Same as English name German Klonkett Fromklonk,Kohle, andBrikett Italian Rolycoly Same as English name Korean 탄동Tandong From탄 (炭)tan and동 (童)dong Mandarin Chinese 小炭仔Xiǎotànzǐ From小xiǎo,炭tàn, and仔zǐ Cantonese Chinese 小炭仔Síutaanjí From小síu,炭taan, and仔jí

More languages Hindi कोयलारKoylaar Fromकोयलाkoylā Russian РоликолиRolikoli Transcription of English name Thai ทันด้งThandong Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

References

External links

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• Pokémon
• Generation VIII Pokémon
• Rock-type Pokémon
• Single-type Pokémon
• Pokémon with a gender ratio of one male to one female
• Pokémon in the Medium Slow experience group
• Black-colored Pokémon
• Body style 01 Pokémon
• Mineral group Pokémon
• Pokémon that are part of a three-stage evolutionary line
• Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex
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• Pokémon with a base stat total of 240