Competitive Information for Onix [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Onix? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Onix is pretty popular 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 / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Body Press / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Onix is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Body Press was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Onix's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Earth Power / Scorching Sands
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Flash Cannon
Special Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Onix is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Scorching Sands is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ 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)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Onix's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent 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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Iron Head / Body Press
- Breaking Swipe
Doubles Physical Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Onix is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Iron Head or Body Press are added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Onix's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
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Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Earth Power / Scorching Sands
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Onix (Weak Armor)
Onix is a decent Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Onix's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Onix is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Onix it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Scorching Sands is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ 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)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Onix's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-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 make the foes flinch).
◆ 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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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
- Moves: Body Press + Skull Bash
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Harden
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- 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
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scorching Sands
Moves that boost Onix's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Harden
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Onix
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Onix in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Onix's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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