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Onix イワーク Iwark #095
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Rock Ground Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Rock Snake Pokémon
Abilities Rock Head or Sturdy Sturdy Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #095 Johto #062 Hoenn #265 Sinnoh #034 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 28'10" Imperial 8.8 m Metric 28'10"/8.8 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 463 lbs. Imperial 210 kg Metric 463 lbs./210 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Gray	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Mineral group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 108 Battle Exp.: 1081*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Onix (Japanese: イワーク Iwark) is a Rock/Ground-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Onix first appeared in EP005 under the ownership of Brock. He gave it to his little brother, Forest, in H001, and sometime before AG176 it evolved into a Steelix.

Ash and co. encountered a giant Onix in EP071. It was on a rampage until Bruno managed to get a Sandslash from under the Rock Snake Pokémon's "skin." Bruno captured the Onix afterwards.

EP087 featured a Crystal Onix. Ash and co. helped a glass sculptor named Mateo search for it because Mateo believed it would help inspire him to be better at his craft.

In EP111, Drake of the Orange Crew owns an Onix and he used it to fight Ash's Squirtle in the second round in the Orange League Champion match. After Hydro Pumping Drake's Onix into submission, Squritle defeated it with a Skull Bash.

A "King Onix" was featured in AG137. Team Rocket tricked King Onix into thinking Ash and co. were going to destroy his kingdom. When Ash managed to convince that he and his friends weren't bad by defeated King Onix in a battle, Team Rocket tried to steal the royal Rock Snake Pokémon(but their plan was foiled as usual).

Other appearances

Super Smash Brothers Melee

Onix is the second Pokéfloat to appear. It provides a hoizontally flat area all the time it is on-screen, though it becomes diagonal as it leaves the screen.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue

As it grows, the stone portions of its body harden to become similar to a diamond, but colored black.

Pokémon Yellow

Burrows at high speed in search of food. The tunnels it leaves are used as homes by Digletts.

Pokémon Gold

It twists and squirms through the ground. The thunderous roar of its tunneling echoes a long way.

Pokémon Silver

It rapidly bores through the ground at 50 mph by squirming and twisting its massive, rugged body.

Pokémon Crystal

As it digs through the ground, it absorbs many hard objects. This is what makes its body so solid.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

There is a magnet in its brain that prevents an Onix from losing direction while tunneling. As it grows older, its body becomes steadily rounder and smoother.

Pokémon Emerald

There is a magnet in its brain that prevents an Onix from losing direction while tunneling. As it grows older, its body becomes steadily rounder and smoother.

Pokémon FireRed

It usually lives underground. It searches for food while boring its way through the ground at 50 miles per hour.

Pokémon LeafGreen

As it grows, the stone portions of its body harden to become similar to black-colored diamonds.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset introMoves in Italics aren't STAB for Onix, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

Evolution

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

Onix's name is a corruption of onyx, a mineral. Its Japanese name is based on 岩 iwa, rock. It may be a combination of イワ iwa, rock and スネ−ク snake.

It has been suggested that Onix is based on a wyrm, a type of dragon that has been presented as limbless and burrowing.

In other languages

• German: Onix
• French: Onix
• Korean: 롱스톤 Rongseuton

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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