Rock/BugShe's a giant worm
>>58295413Its a snake. So it should be rock Poison type
>>58295417Not all snakes are venomous, chud.
>>58295421The ones that matter are, faggot
>>58295413Worms aren't bugs.
>58295413>she
>>58295447Spiders aren't bugsAnonalocaris aren't bugsCentipedes aren't bugs...
>>58295413It's a "wyrm" (dragon serpent) not a "worm"
>>58295417It's not a snake. It's concept and behavior is far more akin to that of worms and Dune popularized the idea of the giant ones so they became common jrpgs enemies in the 80s and 90s>Rock snake pokemonSandshrew isnt a mouse. Blastoise isn't a shellfish
>>58295477>Onix isnt a snake, Sandshrew isnt a mouse. Blastoise isn't a shellfish>He doesnt know Pokemon are based on multiple animals>He doesnt know blastoise's was a translation error and tries to use that in their "argument"
>>58295413Onyx is supposed to be a Wyrm (dragon) so it should be Bug/Dragon
>>58295495Sandshrew isnt based on a mouse at all. Nishida said she envisioned Pikachu as those japanese rice bunnies and the origin of "mouse pokemon" was simply because Tajiri(who wrote the pokedex) thought it looked like a mouse so he classified it as such. The designers intention matters more than whatever Tajiri retroactively interpreted it as. Sandshrew is unequivocally a pangolin, (or at least it more clearly was before Sugimori redesigned it retroactively)Besides, category classifications are not always literal. Blastoise is a turtle/tortoise, not just a shell(its japanese classification since you wanted to be anal)There is semantic overlap between snakes and bugs, the kanji for "snake" includes "bug". Even shuckle which is based on snake wine is bug type
>>58295413Wouldn't have been mad if they had scrapped Onix and used this designROBBED
>>58295413Don't tell me how to fix Onix. I know how to fix Onix. First, let's buff that HP to 505 just like Steelix. Give it Steelix's stats but distribute Attack and Defense to Speed.>HP:75 >Attack:65>Defense:160>Sp. Attack:55>Sp. Defense:65>Speed:90Next, let's fix the ability situation. Dump Weak Armor, it doesn't fit Onix's theme. Give it Earth Eater or Solid Rock instead. Sturdy and Rock Head are fine as basic abilities. Rock Head used to be pretty useless but it was finally given Head Smash recently and is fitting for Onix's design.Lastly, expand it's movepool a bit. Give it Glare and Coil to join the rest of the snakes.
>>58295509Get this man a true
>>58295459>>58295509>>58295726Everything we know about Onix indicates sandworm behavior and theming. Stop with your bullshit.
>>58295764Worms are bugs and bes big like the dragon gyarados. Bug/Dragon.
>>58295764Yet it can learn a shitload of dragon type moves both naturally (Dragon breath) and by other means (including Dragon Dance by TM), its japanese name is partially derived from snake. Plus many snakes burrow into the ground not juts worms. So it's a giant rock snake that can burrow through the ground that breathes dragon breath, not a "sandworm" or other headcanon bullshit
>>58295477>DuneI thought Japanese folklore had giant earthworms too
>>58295459Those are the same word. Worm just started being used colloquially to refer to earthworms and so the wyrm spelling was brought in to refer to dragons. Worm originally means any snake-shaped creature.
>>58296565You're thinking of Dandadan and that's a Mongolian cryptid.
>>58296586Ohh. Yes I was thinking of Dandadan, how could you tell?
>>58295436Pythons and boas matter and they choke you
>>58295720While composing this post I noticed that not a single move introduced in Gen 9 (in which Onix is currently Dexcut) is flavorfully appropriate for Onix. Maybe Salt Cure merely for the fact that it's Rock-type, but I don't really think that's reason enough.>Fun fact: Rock and Ground are the rarest and second rarest move typings in the entire game, respectively.Also, now in the vein of Ursaluna, there is a rare variant of Onix, Crystal Onix, who has Dry Skin as it's sole ability. And maybe it's tilted slightly to be a special attacker. Maybe Onix needs a Rock/Ground alt evolution along the lines of Kleavor
>>58295614This was Gyarados althougheverbeit'stve
>>58296698He literally says so in the filename you moron. The point is that it could have easily filled Onix niche as a single stage
BROCK'S SINKING CITIES WITH A GIANT WORM
>>58296582They WERE the same word (wyrm). Nowadays they refer to different things so are treated as separate words thus not the same word.
>>58296645Only if you sit there like a dumbass and let them. Venomous snakes strike you at blinding speed with little time to react and then let their venom do the work.
>>58295413It's the only justified Rock/Ground type in my opinion besides one other, it's a rock monster that burrows underground and causes earthquakes, Geodude line should be mono Rock, Rhyhorn line should be mono Ground until Rhyperior because the Protector is rock armor, and Larvitar should be mono Rock too
>>58296801it always bothered me as a kid that most rock types were also ground, grass were also poison, flying were also normal, and ghosts were also poison in gen 1.
>>58297718Gen 1 really had a thing of doubling or tripling up on type combos.X2 Rock/Water linesX2 Bug/Poison linesX2 Fire/Flying linesX2 Water/Psychic linesX3 Water/Ice linesX2 Poison/GroundEtc.It makes sense why there would be so many monotypes, but it is surprising they did repeat typings so often with very limited Dex space.
>>58295413Rock/Bug is actually a pretty okay typing. It would be a good combo except for some fucking reason Rock doesn't resist Rock
>>58298146rock slide duel rock slide shootout
Water/NormalFirst he dances and then the funny fat bear dies
>>58297776Its one of those things where gen 1 was designed more like a singleplayer JRPG than a Pokemon game.
>>58298167now I want to start a new file and get this guy because he's awesome
>>58295413Ground/BugRemove Rock entirely, Ground encompasses all that is earthy. The fossils are now Water/Bug and Dragon/Flying
