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arbok
#024

Arbok

Cobra Pokémon

Poison

The pattern on its belly is for intimidation. It constricts foes while they are frozen in fear.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 95
Defense 69
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 79
Speed 80
Total 448

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

arbok Arbok Lv. 22

Moves

Details

Category Cobra Pokémon
Height 3.5 m
Weight 65.0 kg
Base Exp 157
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground ,Dragon

Sprites

arbok Front Front
arbok Back Back
arbok Front Shiny Front Shiny
arbok Back Shiny Back Shiny
arbok Official Art Official Art
arbok Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 12.5%
Coil
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb / Shuca Berry
Ability
Intimidate / Shed Skin
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Moves
Poison Jab / Gunk Shot
Fire Fang / Coil / Sucker Punch
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Shed Skin
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Arbok's unassuming stats belie one of the most interesting setup Pokemon in PU. Coil elevates Arbok to a surprisingly hard-hitting wallbreaker that can be difficult to deal with. Arbok has two great abilities; Intimidate gives it plenty of opportunities to set up, while Shed Skin grants it longevity. A useful Poison typing allows Arbok to set up on certain would-be threats like Vileplume and Close Combat Monferno. Arbok can also utilize a Choice Scarf to become a revenge killer with interesting utility in the form of Switcheroo while bluffing the much more common Coil set. Arbok's stats do keep it down however, as without a Coil boost or Choice Scarf, it can be underwhelming both offensively and defensively.

Most Used Moves

Gunk Shot
63.1%
Coil
62.3%
Glare
37.8%
Protect
28.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
13.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc