#0095 · Rock Snake Pokémon
Onix
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SteelixCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #366 · 8 votes · median B
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Rank #510 · 13 votes · median C
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Endless
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Tier history
6 recorded changes · 8 votes
7 recorded changes · 13 votes
7 recorded changes · 2 votes
Game data
Abilities
- Rock Head
The Pokémon will not lose HP due to recoil damage from its moves.
- Sturdy
If the Pokémon has full HP and takes damage from a move that would knock it out in one hit, it will endure the hit with 1 HP. The Pokémon is also immune to one-hit KO moves.
- Weak ArmorHidden
When the Pokémon takes damage from a physical move, its Defense stat is lowered, but its Speed stat is boosted sharply.
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Rock-type moves by 50%.
Egg moves
- Shore UpGroundStatus— · —
The user restores ½ of its max HP by kicking up a cloud of sand from its surroundings. In a sandstorm, the user restores ⅔ of its max HP instead.
- Body PressFightingPhysical80 pow · 100%
The user attacks by slamming its body into the target. The damage dealt by this move is determined using the user’s Defense stat instead of its Attack stat.
- CoilPoisonStatus— · —
The user coils up and concentrates. This boosts its Attack and Defense stats as well as its accuracy.
- Diamond StormRockPhysical100 pow · 95%Rare egg move
The user attacks by engulfing targets in a storm of diamonds. This move has a 50% chance to sharply boost the user’s Defense stat.
Base stats
Onix · BST 385
Steelix · BST 510
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Onix eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Onix needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.