Omanyte (Pokémon)

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Omanyte オムナイト Omnite #138
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Rock Water Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Spiral Pokémon
Abilities Swift Swim or Shell Armor Shell Armor Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #138 Johto #220 Hoenn #293 Sinnoh Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'4" Imperial 0.4 m Metric 1'4"/0.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 16.5 lbs. Imperial 7.5 kg Metric 16.5 lbs./7.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Water 1 and Water 3 groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 120 Battle Exp.: 1201*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=omanyte|ndex=138|name=Omanyte }}

Omanyte (Japanese: オムナイト Omnite) is a Rock/Water-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue

Although long extinct, in rare cases, it can be genetically resurrected from fossils.

Pokémon Yellow

An ancient Pokémon that was recovered from a fossil. It swims by cleverly twisting its 10 tentacles about.

Pokémon Gold

Revived from an ancient fossil, this Pokémon uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water

Pokémon Silver

This Pokémon from ancient times is said to have navigated the sea by adeptly twisting its 10 tentacles.

Pokémon Crystal

In prehistoric times, it swam on the sea floor, eating plankton. Its fossils are sometimes found.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Omanyte is one of the ancient and long- since-extinct Pokémon that have been regenerated from fossils by people. If attacked by an enemy, it withdraws itself inside its hard shell.

Pokémon Emerald

One of the ancient and long-since-extinct Pokémon that have been regenerated from fossils by humans. If attacked, it withdraws into its hard shell.

Pokémon FireRed

A prehistoric Pokémon that lived in the primordial sea, it swims by twisting its 10 tentacles about.

Name origin

Omanyte's name is a corruption of ammonite, the name of the extinct creature on which it is based.

The proto-type name for Omanyte was "Ess," the first two letters in "escargo" (the French word for Snail) with an additional "s."

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 35		95 - 142	180 - 274
Attack: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Defense: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Atk: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Sp. Def: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Speed: 35		36 - 95	67 - 185
Total: 355	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature. This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 90.

Type effectiveness

RBY

Under normal battle conditions in Generation I, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × None

Weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × None

Immune to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × None

Resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × None

Notes:

Later versions

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Immune to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ½× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

In the anime

Ash first encountered Omanyte in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon along with all the other Generation I fossil Pokémon. A dynamite blast woke up the fossil Pokémon living deep beneath Grandpa Canyon. They chased Ash and Team Rocket around until an Aerodactyl showed up and scared them off.

Omanyte and it's evolved form, Omastar, were discovered to be living in the Ruins of Alph and moved to a museum in Fossil Fools.

External links

Article on Wikipedia

In other languages

• German: Amonitas
• French: Amonita
• Korean: 암나이트 Amnaiteu

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