This Pokémon does not receive recoil damage from its recoil moves.

struggle's recoil is unaffected.  This ability does not prevent crash damage from missing with jump kick or high jump kick.

Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.

Rock Head

When this Pokémon is at full HP, any hit that would knock it out will instead leave it with 1 HP.  Regardless of its current HP, it is also immune to the one-hit KO moves: fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold.

If this Pokémon is holding a focus sash, this ability takes precedence and the item will not be consumed.

The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out.

Sturdy

Whenever a physical move hits this Pokémon, its Speed rises one stage and its Defense falls one stage.

This ability triggers on every hit of a multiple-hit move.

The Pokémon's Defense stat is lowered when it takes damage from physical moves, but its Speed stat is sharply boosted.

Weak Armor

metal-coat

trade

steelix

onix

An item to be held by a Pokémon. It’s a special
metallic film that can boost the power of
Steel-type moves.

rock-head

sturdy

weak-armor

Onix

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

rock

ground

This chain of immense stones resembles a giant serpent. Tremors
shake the earth above as it burrows deep beneath the ground,
feeding on boulders as it goes.

legends-arceus

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

shield

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

sword

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

lets-go-eevee

lets-go-pikachu

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.

alpha-sapphire

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.

omega-ruby

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

Opening its large mouth, it ingests
massive amounts of soil and creates
long tunnels.

white-2

black-2

It burrows through the ground
at a speed of 50 mph while
feeding on large boulders.

white

black

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

soulsilver

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

heartgold

It burrows through the ground
at a speed of 50 mph while
feeding on large boulders.


platinum

It squirms through the ground
using its long and rugged body.
It always eats while burrowing.

pearl

When it travels underground, it
causes rumbling and tremors.
It can move at 50 mph.

diamond

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

leafgreen

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

firered

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.

emerald

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.

sapphire

ruby

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

crystal

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

silver

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

gold

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

yellow

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

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	35	—		110
Attack	45	—		65
Defense	160	1		180
Sp.Atk	30	—		50
Sp.Def	45	—		65
Speed	70	—		90
Total	385	1	0/510	560

Onix

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