It is thought its body transformed as a result of iron accumulating internally from swallowing soil.
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It is thought its body transformed as a result of iron accumulating internally from swallowing soil.
Its body has been compressed deep under the ground. As a result, it is even harder than a diamond.
It is said that if an ONIX lives for over 100 years, its composition changes to become diamond-like.
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Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.
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.
Removes any additional effects from the Pokémon's moves, but increases the moves' power.
MOVESETS
| LVL | NAME | TYPE | CAT. | PWR | ACC | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bind | Normal | PHY | 15 | 85% | 20 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | PHY | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 1 | Rock Throw | Rock | PHY | 50 | 90% | 15 |
| 1 | Harden | Normal | STA | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Crunch | Dark | PHY | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Rock Polish | Rock | STA | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Thunder Fang | Electric | PHY | 65 | 95% | 15 |
| 1 | Ice Fang | Ice | PHY | 65 | 95% | 15 |
| 1 | Fire Fang | Fire | PHY | 65 | 95% | 15 |
| 4 | Smack Down | Rock | PHY | 50 | 100% | 15 |
| 8 | Autotomize | Steel | STA | — | — | 15 |
| 12 | Dragon Breath | Dragon | SPE | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| 16 | Curse | Ghost | STA | — | — | 10 |
| 20 | Rock Slide | Rock | PHY | 75 | 90% | 10 |
| 24 | Screech | Normal | STA | — | 85% | 40 |
| 28 | Sand Tomb | Ground | PHY | 35 | 85% | 15 |
| 32 | Stealth Rock | Rock | STA | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Slam | Normal | PHY | 80 | 75% | 20 |
| 40 | Sandstorm | Rock | STA | — | — | 10 |
| 44 | Dig | Ground | PHY | 80 | 100% | 10 |
| 48 | Iron Tail | Steel | PHY | 100 | 75% | 15 |
| 52 | Stone Edge | Rock | PHY | 100 | 80% | 5 |
| 56 | Double-Edge | Normal | PHY | 120 | 100% | 15 |
| 60 | Magnet Rise | Electric | STA | — | — | 10 |
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This Pokémon has a Squiggle body shape.
It is classified as Gray colored.
Natural habitat: Cave.
Its base happiness is 70.
Its capture rate is 25/255, roughly 10%.
It follows a Medium growth curve.
It belongs to the Mineral egg group.