Rockruff Speculation

[PocketMonster]

Before Wednesday, as we assume Corocoro will reveal rockruff this month, I thought it would be nice if people could post what they think Rockruff's typing will be after evolution.
What do you think rockruff's secret is that was mentioned as well?

 

[GhostLucario]

If the chinese leak is to be believed, I am expecting a Rock/Dark or Rock/Ghost typing. But if it has split day/night evo then it might be Rock/Fighting for the day one and Rock/Dark for the night evo

 

[Simpsons138]

Rock/Dark is a good typing, it's unique to Tyranitar so it shows that it's a good type even with a 4x weakness to Fighting, bu Rock/Ghost is a new type an I hope to see it in action

 

[PocketMonster]

though I feel strongly about rock/steel for rockruff.. i do wonder if
Lunala -moon (night)
Solgaleo- sun (day)

may be a clue to rockruff's evolution if it is effected by time of day.

 

[Jukain]

I don't know about the evo, or the secret either. Just that I think the secret is something no other poke possesses.

 

[Simpsons138]

What if it's a version exclusive evolution, you know like Rockruff's type and/or species will vary depending on what game does it evolve in, for instance in Sun it would be like a Rock/Steel and on Moon it would be Rock/Ghost, to match with Solgaleo and Lunala's typings of Psychic/Steel and Psychic/Ghost respectively, that or could go like Eevee in which it's evolution will vary on the time of day, with it's second type matching the legendaries, day gets the Steel type and night gets the Ghost type

 

[Arceus the Dragon]

Pure Rock, Rock/Fire (sun), Rock/Dark (moon), Rock/Fairy or Rock/Ghost are my guesses.

 

[Rainami]

Suppose I'm guessing rock/dark dog that morphs into a werewolf with a z-move, pawsibly multiple different werewolf forms but I don't know. I can't remember what the exact wording the credible rumors have regarding it, I don't care enough to go check, I really don't care about rockruff and I heavily doubt I'll like its evolution at all. I don't like wolves and it's probs gonna end up looking too much like lucario or manectric for my tastes. Those two are the epitome of meh.

 

[ShinyBreeder]

Still kinda want him to be the true starter but just evolution speculation i sorta want him to have different evolution per island and time of day but i understand 8 different evolutions would be really weird for a single pokemon especially in one generation (eevee is special and doesnt count)

I would also kinda enjoy if he was like eevee though and have 3 different stone evolutions.

 

[Blue_Cheshire]

I personally really loved the idea of the one leak that suggested we'd get a for-way split evolution for rockruff, kinda making it the alola version of eevee. I think it was something along the lines of leaving it on one of the cliffs when it learns howl.

 

[PocketMonster]

corocoro is out,
the day one looks like rock/steel to me and the night rock/psychic. what do you guys think?

and do we know if these are time forms or if they are time evolutions?

 

[Esserise]

and do we know if these are time forms or if they are time evolutions?

Time-based form evolutions. Evolve Rockruff during daytime, you get the day form. Evolve it during nighttime, you get the night form. But they're the same Pokémon as far as their name and index number goes.

 

[PocketMonster]

Time-based form evolutions. Evolve Rockruff during daytime, you get the day form. Evolve it during nighttime, you get the night form. But they're the same Pokémon as far as their name and index number goes.

thanks how cool. so i guess it would be like a wormadam, the form is locked once it evos

 

[Esserise]

thanks how cool. so i guess it would be like a wormadam, the form is locked once it evos

I think they'll probably be locked. I don't really see the point of them being changeable; to me they almost seem like they're intended to be a "soft" version exclusive. Granted that this also depends on the player's gaming habits, but since one game is inclined to be set more during the daytime and the other toward nighttime (thereby increasing the chance of you getting a particular evolution), it feels like it should be tied to that.