>>30055974>It's signature move being 2-turn was also a huge turn-offIt's one turn, it just has negative priority and has an added effect if your opponent attacks you with a contact move (burn status).
>>30056922Yeah, it's fine for an early game boss enemy but that thing is really a shit. If you Growl it a couple times, Tackle and Bind won't do shit, so the only way it deals real damage to you is by using Bide, and we all know how to deal with that (don't attack while it's charging up). If it uses Screech and you start fearing Tackle/Bind again, just switch (which is why it's useful to have a full team of six by this point). And if you really feel like wasting time on grinding, even Charmander lays it low as soon as it learns Ember, because Onix's Special is just that shit. To speak nothing of the other two starter choices or Confusion Butterfree (also of note, Butterfree doesn't learn Confusion until lv12 in Red/Blue, so once again more grinding involved if you're not feeling the death-by-a-thousand-Tackles strat)
