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arbok
#024

Arbok

Cobra Pokémon

Poison

The pattern on its belly appears to be a frightening face. Weak foes will flee just at the sight of the pattern.

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

Locations

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

nu Usage: 0.7%
Offensive Coil
Item
Life Orb / Lum Berry
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Arbok's wide offensive movepool alongside Coil makes it a potent setup sweeper. Arbok can also surprise the opposing team thanks to its access to a plethora of coverage moves such as Seed Bomb, Earthquake, Aqua Tail, and Sucker Punch. In particular, Seed Bomb makes Arbok a very good physical sweeper, allowing it to break past Quagsire, a common deterrent to physical setup sweepers due to Unaware and Scald. Arbok also has decent physical bulk when bolstered by Intimidate, allowing it to take advantage of its Fighting-type resistance and softening physical hits in general. Arbok also has access to one of the best boosting moves in the game in Coil, boosting its Attack, Defense, and accuracy all at once. However, Arbok relies heavily on Sucker Punch to hit faster threats such as Mesprit, Archeops, and Xatu. Its average Speed means that it struggles against more offensive teams as well. Arbok is also specially frail, as it has no way of boosting its Special Defense. Lastly, it is easily checked by Quagsire, Rhydon, or Mawile if it lacks the appropriate coverage move.

Most Used Moves

Coil
96.5%
Gunk Shot
96.5%
Rest
6.6%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
29.6%
Life Orb
16.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc