NationalDex
onix
#095

Onix

Rock Snake Pokémon

RockGround

ONIX has a magnet in its brain. It acts as a compass so that this POKéMON does not lose direction while it is tunneling. As it grows older, its body becomes increasingly rounder and smoother.

Base Stats

HP 35
Attack 45
Defense 160
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 45
Speed 70
Total 385

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Details

Category Rock Snake Pokémon
Height 8.8 m
Weight 210.0 kg
Base Exp 77
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

onix Front Front
onix Back Back
onix Front Shiny Front Shiny
onix Back Shiny Back Shiny
onix Official Art Official Art
onix Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Sunny Day Support
Item
Salac Berry
Ability
Sturdy
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 112
Atk 144
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While several Chlorophyll sweepers can fit Sunny Day on their moveset and set it up with ease, some such as Weepinbell have difficulty doing so because of their frailty. Fortunately, there is Onix, which can utilize its decent base 70 Speed to reliably set up Sunny Day and use Explosion to conserve precious sun turns. Onix also possesses key resistances to Flying, Fire, and Poison, which makes it a great teammate for Chlorophyll users such as Bellossom and Tangela, which are predominantly Grass-type. However, using Onix has several downsides, such as the fact that it's fairly one-dimensional. Onix's Special Defense stat is also absolutely abysmal, leaving it susceptible to common special attackers such as Huntail and Chimecho. Lastly, Onix isn't that great because it only fulfills its niche on full sun teams, an archetype that isn't necessarily viable in NU.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc