Started This Morning Feeling Like a Dumbass
You know how sometimes you kinda sorta remember something in Pokémon? Like, which ones need that King’s Rock doohickey to evolve? Yeah, me too. Woke up thinking I totally knew it. Grabbed my ancient DS and dusted off my copy of, uh, that old Pokémon game. SoulSilver? HeartGold? Whatever.
Planned to just grab the King’s Rock real quick and start evolving stuff. Easy, right? Wrong. Spent like, an hour running around in circles. Totally forgot where to even get the thing. Talked to every loser hanging out on Route, dug through caves… nada. Frustrating! Finally caved in and mumbled some lame apology to the kid at the house by the beach. Boom. Got it. Felt like a total rookie.
The Big Test: Who Needs This Rock Anyway?
Okay, item in hand. Time for the fun part! Slapped that King’s Rock onto the first Pokémon I grabbed. Pidgeotto? Nah, nothing happened. Rattata? Nope. Geodude? Seriously? I might be dumb, but not that dumb. Okay, maybe a little. Finally dug out Slowpoke. Put the rock on him… and… wait for it… nothing? Seriously?
My brain was foggy. Swore Slowpoke needed it. Started sweating bullets, thinking maybe my King’s Rock was a fake or something. Then… duh. Smacked myself. Forgot you gotta actually trade the guy holding it. Genius move. Hopped online, found some random kid willing to trade (probably traded him a weedle, lol), and bam! Slowking popped up on my screen. Felt like a champ… finally.
So then I started digging through my other boxes:
- Poliwhirl: Yep! Slapped on King’s Rock, traded him over, and boom! Politoed. Way cooler than Poliwrath.
- Slowpoke again? Already did that one…
- Seadra: Held that King’s Rock tight! Traded him… uh… still Seadra? What gives? Oh yeah, wrong item. King’s Rock ain’t for him. Need Dragon Scale for Kingdra. My bad. Total waste of time.
- Even tried Onix. Just for giggles. Obviously, nothing. He stayed a giant rock snake.
End of Day: My Head Hurts, But I Got This
So yeah, after basically wrestling with my game and my own stupid memory all day, here’s the deal straight up: If you wanna evolve using the King’s Rock, forget most Pokémon. Only two dudes actually need it:
- Slowpoke evolves into Slowking (NOT Slowbro, that’s a different way).
- Poliwhirl evolves into Politoed (NOT Poliwrath).
That’s it! Seriously! All the other mons I tried? Wasted my time. Felt like such an idiot mixing up Slowking and Kingdra. Now the info’s finally cemented in my thick skull. Next time someone asks, I can tell ’em straight: “Only Slowpoke and Poliwhirl, pal. Don’t waste your rocks.”
