Brock's Steelix

Brock's Steelix タケシのハガネール Takeshi's Haganeil

File:Brock and Steelix.jpg Brock and Steelix

Debuts in Showdown in Pewter City Caught at Pewter City Evolves in Prior to Grating Spaces Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Pewter Gym

→ This Pokémon spent 403+ episodes as Onix.

Voice actor Japanese English As Onix Unshō Ishizuka As Steelix Unshō Ishizuka

Brock's Steelix (Japanese: タケシのハガネール Takeshi's Haganeil) was the first Pokémon acquired by Brock in the anime, and is his main battling Pokémon in both the anime and games.

In the anime

Its voice actor in both Japanese and English is 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka.

Brock received it as an Onix as a birthday present from his father, Flint, as seen in a flashback in A Wailord of a Time!.

Like most of Brock's Pokémon, Onix received very little screentime in comparison to the Pokémon of the other main characters. This may have been due to its massive size, although it did have an impressive battle against Vicious's Tyranitar in Pokémon 4Ever. Like most of Brock's pre-Hoenn Pokémon, Onix does not have a distinct personality.

Brock ended up giving Onix and two of his other Pokémon to his eldest sibling, Forrest, who took on the role of Gym Leader at Pewter City. When Brock returned to the gym in Grating Spaces, Onix had evolved into a Steelix under Forrest's care.

• Brock'sOnix Bind.gif

  Onix battling Ash's Pikachu

• SteelixDragonBreath.jpg

  Steelix using DragonBreath

Moves used

• Tackle
• Dig
• Bind
• Rock Throw
• Iron Tail
• DragonBreath

In the games

Onix has appeared in every game that Brock has appeared in, and it's Brock's main Pokémon in each of those games.

Trivia

• This is Brock's second Template:Type2 Pokémon he has owned, the other one being Forretress.
• Onix took the longest of all Pokémon in the anime to evolve after its introduction, taking at least 403 episodes (in A Real Cleffa-Hanger, Brock went to the Gym), and at most 446 episodes (in Grating Spaces, Brock was surprised to see it) to become a Steelix.
• Steelix is the first Pokémon of Ash's friends to evolve off-screen, others later include May's Glaceon, Venusaur, and Wartortle.
• Meowth once beat Steelix when it was an Onix by throwing buckets of water over it. In the games, this is not a legal way to beat an Onix.
• Ironically, Brock ends up raising another Onix in the summer school arc.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Onix and Steelix.

Brock's Pokémon
On hand:	Steelix	Forretress	Ludicolo	Marshtomp	Croagunk	Blissey
At Pewter Gym / Home:	Geodude	Crobat	Sudowoodo	Comfey
Returned:	Vulpix
Caught for someone else:	Tauros
Temporary:	Hoothoot	Totodile	Ninetales	Shiftry	Staravia	Torterra
	Aipom	Magnemite	Onix	Feraligatr
Befriended:	Uxie
Ride Pokémon:	Charizard
Adventures only:	Kabutops	Graveler
Electric Tale only:	Golem	Vileplume
Pocket Monsters only:	Pikachu