Competitive Information for Onix [Black/White]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Onix? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Onix is a phenomenal Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Onix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Onix can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Onix is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: White Herb / Eviolite
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Onix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Focus Sash helps protect Onix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Onix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 1.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: White Herb / Eviolite
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Ancient Power
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Flash Cannon
Special Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Onix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Focus Sash helps protect Onix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Onix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 1.
♦ Mud-Slap is a special STAB-boosted 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Onix? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: White Herb / Eviolite
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Onix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Focus Sash helps protect Onix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Onix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 1.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: White Herb / Eviolite
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Ancient Power
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Onix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Focus Sash helps protect Onix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Onix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 1.
♦ Mud-Slap is a special STAB-boosted 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Onix learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Onix can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Onix
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Onix's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Rage
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Onix
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Onix in Black and White
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