#023

Ekans

Snake Pokémon

Poison

The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.

Base Stats

HP 35

Attack 60

Defense 44

Sp. Atk 40

Sp. Def 54

Speed 55

Total 288

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

ground 2x psychic 2x

Resistant to

fighting ½x poison ½x bug ½x grass ½x fairy ½x

Abilities

Intimidate Shed Skin Unnerve (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Ekans

→

Arbok Lv. 22

Moves

Locations

Kalos Route 14

Details

Category Snake Pokémon

Height 2.0 m

Weight 6.9 kg

Base Exp 58

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 255

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Grassland

Egg Groups Ground ,Dragon

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.5%

Coil Sweeper

Moves

Coil

Gunk Shot

Earthquake

Sucker Punch / Glare

Item

Berry Juice / Eviolite

Ability

Intimidate / Shed Skin

Nature

Careful

EVs

HP 156

Def 84

SpD 244

Strategy Overview

Although it is outclassed defensively by most other Poison-type Pokemon, Ekans has an expansive and rather unique movepool, which includes the rare Coil and Glare, as well as a larger offensive presence after boosts. Its typing grants it nice resistances to Fighting-, Fairy-, and Poison-type moves and Shed Skin is a fantastic counter to common status ailments. However, without a Coil boost, Ekans has disappointing stats and a mediocre offensive presence which can make it easy to play around.