#0095 · Generation 1

Onix

Onix has 385 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (45) and a Speed of 70. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 240, which makes it a physical tank.

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What Onix is weak to

Weak to: Water (×4), Grass (×4), Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel. Resists: Normal, Fire, Poison (×0.25), Flying, Rock. Immune to: Electric (×0). The ×4 weaknesses are the danger: one hit of Water or Grass does huge damage.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Water×4
Grass×4
Ice×2
Fighting×2
Ground×2
Steel×2
Normal×0.5
Fire×0.5
Flying×0.5
Rock×0.5
Poison×0.25
Electric×0

Base stats

HP35
Atk45
Def160
SpA30
SpD45
Spe70
Total385

Best teammates for Onix

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Onix: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists grass, ice, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists grass, ice, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists grass, ice, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  4. Scizor BugSteel

    Resists grass, ice, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  5. Escavalier BugSteel

    Resists grass, ice, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  6. Durant BugSteel

    Resists grass, ice, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Onix

  1. Breloom

    Grass and Fighting STAB hits Onix super effectively and it resists everything Onix can hit it with by type.

  2. Chesnaught

    Grass and Fighting STAB hits Onix super effectively and it resists everything Onix can hit it with by type.

  3. Torterra

    Grass and Ground STAB hits Onix super effectively and it resists everything Onix can hit it with by type.

  4. Toedscruel

    Ground and Grass STAB hits Onix super effectively and it resists everything Onix can hit it with by type.

  5. Kartana

    Grass and Steel STAB hits Onix super effectively.

  6. Iron Bundle

    Ice and Water STAB hits Onix super effectively.

Where you can use Onix

Onix is in the regional Pokédex of 8 games we cover: