Onix (Pokémon GO)

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePvP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1245

F Tier

#905

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1245

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1245

Normal

Shiny

Onix

#95

Rock

Ground

Attack

Top 93.5%

Defense

232

Top 6.3%

Stamina

111

Top 95.4%

Total

428

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

580 -629 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

725 -787 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

580 -629 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

435 -472 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

1245 CP

Ranges use the standard 10/10/10 IV floor for raids, eggs, research, and Max Battle catches. The top CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Onix takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Water

256%

Grass

256%

Ice

160%

Fighting

160%

Ground

160%

Steel

160%

Resists

Electric

39.1%

Poison

39.1%

Normal

62.5%

Fire

62.5%

Flying

62.5%

Rock

62.5%

Best Moves

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Every fast and charged move combo Onix can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Rock Throw
Breaking Swipe
5.17
50.7
2901.5s
4.12
2
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
4.98
48.8
3014.7s
3.97
3
Tackle
Breaking Swipe
4.88
47.8
3076.2s
3.89
4
Rock Throw
Heavy Slam
4.78
46.9
3138.0s
3.81
5
Tackle
Rock Slide
4.70
46.1
3191.8s
3.75
6
Rock Throw
Stone Edge
4.59
45.0
3268.2s
3.66
7
Rock Throw
Iron Head
4.55
44.6
3299.7s
3.62
8
Tackle
Heavy Slam
4.44
43.6
3378.3s
3.54
9
Tackle
Stone Edge
4.25
41.7
3532.0s
3.38
10
Tackle
Iron Head
4.15
40.7
3612.9s
3.31

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Onix in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Greninja
Water Shuriken
Surf+
55.78
4023.1
0.9
64.5s
55.46
2
Mega Starmie
Water Gun
Liquidation+
50.84
4099.0
0.9
70.8s
50.67
3
Primal Kyogre
Waterfall
Origin Pulse
48.55
6230.7
0.6
74.1s
48.55
4
Mega Chesnaught
Vine Whip
Seed Bomb+
46.27
6944.6
0.5
77.8s
46.27
5
Mega Sceptile
Bullet Seed
Frenzy Plant
46.62
3190.3
1.1
77.2s
46.17
6
Shadow Kyogre
Waterfall
Origin Pulse
45.22
3904.4
0.9
79.6s
44.94
7
Shadow Greninja
Water Shuriken
Hydro Cannon
43.65
2245.4
1.6
82.5s
43.06
8
Shadow Kingler
Bubble
Crabhammer
43.53
2225.7
1.6
82.7s
42.95
9
Kartana
Razor Leaf
Leaf Blade
42.55
3363.1
1.1
84.6s
42.24
10
Mega Swampert
Water Gun
Hydro Cannon
41.87
5322.6
0.7
86.0s
41.87

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Onix in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Rock Throw

Heavy Damage

Rock Slide

General

Sand Tomb

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1245

15/15/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 50

84.03

Attack

207.55

Defense

105

Stat Product · 1,831,281

Attack

Defense

Best Buddy (Level 51): 15/15/15 at CP 1260

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
15/15/15	50	1245	100.00%
15/15/14	50	1240	100.00%
15/14/15	50	1243	99.60%
15/14/14	50	1238	99.60%
15/13/15	50	1240	99.19%
15/13/14	50	1235	99.19%
15/15/13	50	1235	99.05%
14/15/15	50	1233	99.00%
14/15/14	50	1228	99.00%
15/12/15	50	1238	98.79%
15/12/14	50	1233	98.79%
15/14/13	50	1233	98.65%
14/14/15	50	1230	98.60%
14/14/14	50	1225	98.60%
15/11/15	50	1235	98.38%
15/11/14	50	1230	98.38%
15/13/13	50	1230	98.25%
14/13/15	50	1228	98.20%
14/13/14	50	1223	98.20%
15/15/12	50	1230	98.10%
14/15/13	50	1223	98.06%
13/15/15	50	1220	98.00%
13/15/14	50	1215	98.00%
15/10/15	50	1232	97.98%
15/10/14	50	1228	97.98%
15/12/13	50	1228	97.84%
14/12/15	50	1225	97.80%
14/12/14	50	1220	97.80%
15/14/12	50	1228	97.70%
14/14/13	50	1220	97.66%
13/14/15	50	1218	97.60%
13/14/14	50	1213	97.60%
15/9/15	50	1230	97.57%
15/9/14	50	1225	97.57%
15/11/13	50	1225	97.44%
14/11/15	50	1223	97.40%
14/11/14	50	1218	97.40%
15/13/12	50	1225	97.30%
14/13/13	50	1218	97.26%
13/13/15	50	1215	97.21%
13/13/14	50	1210	97.21%
15/8/15	50	1227	97.17%
15/8/14	50	1223	97.17%
15/15/11	50	1225	97.14%
14/15/12	50	1218	97.11%
13/15/13	50	1211	97.07%
15/10/13	50	1223	97.04%
12/15/15	50	1208	97.00%
12/15/14	50	1203	97.00%
14/10/15	50	1220	97.00%

Top 50 Great League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (3)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Onix can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Rock Throw
13
8
1.0s
13
Tackle
5
5
0.5s
10

Charged Attacks

Breaking Swipe
45
-33
1.0s
45
Heavy Slam
70
-50
2.0s
35
Iron Head
60
-50
2.0s
30
Rock Slide
75
-50
2.5s
30
Sand Tomb
60
-33
4.0s
15
Stone Edge
105
-100
2.5s
42

Evolve

This Pokémon's evolution path, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Onix	50 Candy Metal Coat	Steelix
Steelix	200 / 40 Mega Energy	Mega Steelix

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Onix including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Onix

#95

Shadow Onix

#95

Steelix

#208

Mega Steelix

#208

Shadow Steelix

#208

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Rock- and Ground-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Onix with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Mega Aerodactyl #142

Boosts:

Mega Steelix #208

Boosts:

Mega Tyranitar #248

Boosts:

Mega Swampert #260

Boosts:

Mega Camerupt #323

Boosts:

Primal Groudon #383

Boosts:

Mega Garchomp #445

Boosts:

Mega Diancie #719

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 4.312 m to 15.4 m tall, averaging 8.8 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	4.312 m 14'02"	4.4 m 14'05"
XS	4.4 m 14'05"	6.6 m 21'08"
M	6.6 m 21'08"	11 m 36'01"
XL	11 m 36'01"	13.2 m 43'04"
XXL	13.2 m 43'04"	15.4 m 50'06"

XXS

4.312 m

14'02"

4.4 m

14'05"

4.4 m

14'05"

6.6 m

21'08"

6.6 m

21'08"

11 m

36'01"

11 m

36'01"

13.2 m

43'04"

XXL

13.2 m

43'04"

15.4 m

50'06"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement timer	17s
Jump time	1s
Attack probability	10%
Attack timer	6s
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Onix at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	15 CP	27	850 CP
2	48 CP	28	881 CP
3	82 CP	29	913 CP
4	115 CP	30	944 CP
5	148 CP	31	960 CP
6	181 CP	32	975 CP
7	215 CP	33	991 CP
8	248 CP	34	1007 CP
9	281 CP	35	1023 CP
10	314 CP	36	1038 CP
11	346 CP	37	1054 CP
12	377 CP	38	1070 CP
13	409 CP	39	1086 CP
14	440 CP	40	1101 CP
15	472 CP	41	1115 CP
16	503 CP	42	1129 CP
17	535 CP	43	1144 CP
18	566 CP	44	1158 CP
19	598 CP	45	1172 CP
20	629 CP	46	1187 CP
21	661 CP	47	1201 CP
22	692 CP	48	1216 CP
23	724 CP	49	1230 CP
24	755 CP	50	1245 CP
25	787 CP	51	1260 CP
26	818 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	15 CP	18	566 CP	35	1023 CP
2	48 CP	19	598 CP	36	1038 CP
3	82 CP	20	629 CP	37	1054 CP
4	115 CP	21	661 CP	38	1070 CP
5	148 CP	22	692 CP	39	1086 CP
6	181 CP	23	724 CP	40	1101 CP
7	215 CP	24	755 CP	41	1115 CP
8	248 CP	25	787 CP	42	1129 CP
9	281 CP	26	818 CP	43	1144 CP
10	314 CP	27	850 CP	44	1158 CP
11	346 CP	28	881 CP	45	1172 CP
12	377 CP	29	913 CP	46	1187 CP
13	409 CP	30	944 CP	47	1201 CP
14	440 CP	31	960 CP	48	1216 CP
15	472 CP	32	975 CP	49	1230 CP
16	503 CP	33	991 CP	50	1245 CP
17	535 CP	34	1007 CP	51	1260 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Onix up to each level from level 1.


50.0	520,000	304	296
40.0	270,000	304	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
5.0	2,400	8	-


1.5	200	1	-
2.0	400	2	-
2.5	600	3	-
3.0	800	4	-
3.5	1,200	5	-
4.0	1,600	6	-
4.5	2,000	7	-
5.0	2,400	8	-
5.5	3,000	9	-
6.0	3,600	10	-
6.5	4,200	11	-
7.0	4,800	12	-
7.5	5,600	13	-
8.0	6,400	14	-
8.5	7,200	15	-
9.0	8,000	16	-
9.5	9,000	17	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
10.5	11,000	19	-
11.0	12,000	20	-
11.5	13,300	22	-
12.0	14,600	24	-
12.5	15,900	26	-
13.0	17,200	28	-
13.5	18,800	30	-
14.0	20,400	32	-
14.5	22,000	34	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
15.5	25,500	38	-
16.0	27,400	40	-
16.5	29,300	42	-
17.0	31,200	44	-
17.5	33,400	46	-
18.0	35,600	48	-
18.5	37,800	50	-
19.0	40,000	52	-
19.5	42,500	54	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
20.5	47,500	58	-
21.0	50,000	60	-
21.5	53,000	63	-
22.0	56,000	66	-
22.5	59,000	69	-
23.0	62,000	72	-
23.5	65,500	75	-
24.0	69,000	78	-
24.5	72,500	81	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
25.5	80,000	87	-
26.0	84,000	90	-
26.5	88,000	94	-
27.0	92,000	98	-
27.5	96,500	102	-
28.0	101,000	106	-
28.5	105,500	110	-
29.0	110,000	114	-
29.5	115,000	118	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
30.5	125,000	126	-
31.0	130,000	130	-
31.5	136,000	136	-
32.0	142,000	142	-
32.5	148,000	148	-
33.0	154,000	154	-
33.5	161,000	162	-
34.0	168,000	170	-
34.5	175,000	178	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
35.5	190,000	196	-
36.0	198,000	206	-
36.5	206,000	216	-
37.0	214,000	226	-
37.5	223,000	238	-
38.0	232,000	250	-
38.5	241,000	262	-
39.0	250,000	274	-
39.5	260,000	289	-
40.0	270,000	304	-
40.5	280,000	304	10
41.0	290,000	304	20
41.5	301,000	304	30
42.0	312,000	304	40
42.5	323,000	304	52
43.0	334,000	304	64
43.5	346,000	304	76
44.0	358,000	304	88
44.5	370,000	304	103
45.0	382,000	304	118
45.5	395,000	304	133
46.0	408,000	304	148
46.5	421,000	304	165
47.0	434,000	304	182
47.5	448,000	304	199
48.0	462,000	304	216
48.5	476,000	304	236
49.0	490,000	304	256
49.5	505,000	304	276
50.0	520,000	304	296

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