[capefeather]

Gonna do descriptions if they're not there...

I'm planning to do the following:

NOTE: I realize Rock Slide is actually a common move in VGC, but I'm not sure what to say about it other than what I've written for it atm. So if it's not informative enough, please tell! (This also goes for other moves.)

Retaliate

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[SHORT DESC]
Base Power doubles if an ally fainted in the previous turn.

[LONG DESC]
<h2>Description</h2>
<p>Deals damage. If an ally fainted in the previous turn, this move's Base Power is doubled.</p>

<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>Stoutland is the only bearer of this move that gets STAB on it. It can be decent on the Choice Band set for greater revenge killing power, but considering an ally has to have fainted in the previous turn, it is a rather inconsistent move, so Return is preferred. Additionally, even with Stoutland's shallow movepool, it needs all the moves it can get to combat Steel-types, Water-types, and Ghost-types.</p>

Return

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>This move's power, reliability, and availabilty for any Pokémon capable of learning a TM make it the bread-and-butter physical STAB for the vast majority of Normal-types. Water-types occasionally use this move for its decent neutral coverage.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Frustration is an equivalent move, but its Base Power is calculated as the inverse of Return's.</p>

Revenge

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>Revenge is very rarely used, mostly because of the existence of Close Combat and Hi Jump Kick, both of which are at least as powerful as Revenge. The negative priority and the necessity of moving second prevent this move from being very helpful for most Pokemon. However, a slow Fighting type using Bulk Up, such as Hitmontop, can use it to avoid the Defense drops of Close Combat and the possible crash damage of Hi Jump Kick.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Avalanche is an Ice-type equivalent.</p>

Reversal

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>Reversal is mostly famous for its use on cheesy Substitute + Salac Berry combos from past generations, which were easily foiled by residual damage. In a generation that lacks this combo, it is barely known to be on any Pokemon, but some occasionally find success in the strategy. Strangely enough, perhaps the most prominent and successful user of Reversal by far is Dugtrio. At full power, Reversal gives Dugtrio the power it needs to OHKO the likes of Blissey, Chansey, and Tyranitar, as well as deal serious damage to Ferrothorn and Politoed. Arena Trap works very well with this move, since there is little that the opponent can do about Dugtrio once it has initiated its strategy.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Flail is a Normal-type equivalent.</p>

Roar

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>Forcing the opponent to switch has several advantages. Firstly, the opponent has no control over what is switched in, which makes it likely that the opponent will be forced to switch again. Secondly, the switch-in is forced to take entry hazard damage, which is especially advantageous for defensive teams for which this is one of their primary damaging methods. Lastly, it can save the team from an opposing setup sweeper that has gone out of control, even if it has a Substitute up. Since the move has negative priority, this move is commonly seen on slow, bulky Pokemon, such as Giratina in Ubers, Heatran in OU, and Blastoise in UU.</p>

<p>Many defensive Pokemon have the luxury of choosing between Roar and Dragon Tail. The advantage of Roar is that it works even if the opponent has a Substitute up, whereas Dragon Tail may merely break the Substitute. This can especially be a problem in matchups such as Blastoise vs Kingdra in UU, where Dragon Tail may not even break the Substitute because the Blastoise has a Bold or Calm nature. On the other hand, Taunt disables this move, and Magic Coat and Magic Bounce reflect it. These situations cause many Pokemon to choose Dragon Tail over Roar.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Circle Throw is a Fighting-type equivalent that deals damage.</p>
<p>Dragon Tail is a Dragon-type equivalent that deals damage.</p>
<p>Whirlwind is a Normal-type equivalent that affects Pokemon that have Soundproof.</p>

Rock Blast

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>The main advantage of Rock Slide over other Rock-type moves is that it can bypass Focus Sash and partially bypass Substitute. This can be especially helpful against Substitute stallers. However, this move has a very low distribution, and it is weaker than Stone Edge on average. Consequently, few Pokemon use it in OU and UU.</p>

<p>Cloyster is the main user of Rock Blast in OU, and with its Skill Link ability, it can use all five hits of the move, causing massive damage to Water- and Ice-types that would otherwise switch in to resist its STABs. In UU, Rhyperior enjoys STAB from Rock Blast, which makes it a nice choice for dealing with Substitute users.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Bone Rush is a Ground-type equivalent.

Bullet Seed is a 100% accurate Grass-type equivalent.

Icicle Spear is a 100% accurate Ice-type equivalent.

Tail Slap is an 85% accurate Normal-type equivalent.</p>

Rock Climb

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>There is virtually no reason to use this move. The 17% overall confusion probability is not worth the 85% accuracy or the power drop compared to Return, Frustration, or Double-Edge. Tauros can occasionally use this move due to Sheer Force boosting its power to 117.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>See <a href=http://www.smogon.com/bw/articles/bw_status#Confusion>this section</a> for a list of moves that can cause confusion.</p>

Rock Polish

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>As far as boosting moves go, Rock Polish is not as universally neglected as moves that solely raise Defense or Special Defense, but it is far less popular than offensive boosting moves. The main reason for this is that the turn spent setting up necessitates the need to OHKO the opposition and try for a sweep, and yet Rock Polish does not boost attacking power at all. In spite of all this, Rock Polish is typically distributed to Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-types, most of which are very slow and desperately need a Speed increase to function well offensively, or just to outrun everything and its mother. The power that many of these Pokemon have also plays into the use of Rock Polish.</p>

<p>There are a few interesting combinations for this move. One very common way to use Rock Polish is in a "Double Dancer" set paired with Swords Dance, where the user can use either Rock Polish to outrun and demolish offensive teams, or Swords Dance to break through defensive teams. The most prominent user of this strategy in OU is Terrakion, whose awesome coverage with its STABs really help the set to work. Groudon can use a similar set in Ubers. Another use is on a Baton Pass user, such as Mew.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Agility is a Psychic-type equivalent.

Autotomize is a Steel-type equivalent that also halves the weight of the user.</p>

Rock Slide

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>In singles, Rock Slide is typically only used on Pokemon that do not have Stone Edge (i.e. Excadrill in Ubers). The main problem with Rock Slide is that its imperfect 90% accuracy, while better than Stone Edge's 80% accuracy, is not very attractive, which makes the power loss compared to Stone Edge hardly worth it. The flinching possibility and higher PP are worth noting, though; the latter is primarily the reason for Curse Regirock using it in NU.</p>

<p>In VGC, Rock Slide is quite a bit more important. The main reason for this is that it is a spread attack with no immunities that pairs well with Earthquake. The flinching possibility is the icing on the cake, since flinches can be critical in VGC.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>See <a href=http://www.smogon.com/bw/articles/bw_status#Flinch>this section</a> for a list of moves that can cause flinching.</p>

<p>Discharge is a special Electric-type equivalent, in that it hits both enemies.</p>

Rock Smash

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>This move has too little power and a secondary effect that is not reliable enough to be remotely competitive.</p>

Rock Throw

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>This move is strictly inferior to Rock Slide, which has more power and a secondary effect.</p>

Rock Tomb

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>Decreasing the Speed of the opponent with a damaging move can be a slightly compelling reason to use a move as weak as Rock Tomb. However, like all moves that temporarily reduce the opponent's stats, it is rather unreliable and the payoff is not worth the reduced power.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Icy Wind is a 55 Base Power Ice-type equivalent.</p>

Rock Wrecker

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<h2>Competitive Use</h2>
<p>Maybe if this existed in RBY, it might have been good. Alas, being forced into one turn of doing absolutely nothing is an extremely dangerous risk, giving the opponent one precious extra turn to execute his or her general strategy. The fact that its two users are both slow with crippling type weaknesses makes it absolutely suicidal for either of them to use it. In fact, there are more powerful, far less risky moves than this. To put things into perspective, Rhyperior's Rock Wrecker is slightly weaker than Medicham's High Jump Kick. There are stronger moves in all the tiers above RU (mostly due to weather boosts), and there are certainly similarly powerful moves even in RU and NU that are much safer than Rock Wrecker.</p>

<h2>Related Moves</h2>
<p>Blast Burn is a special Fire-type equivalent.

Frenzy Plant is a special Grass-type equivalent.

Giga Impact is a physical Normal-type equivalent.

Hydro Cannon is a special Water-type equivalent.

Hyper Beam is a special Normal-type equivalent.</p>