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ariados
#168

Ariados

Long Leg Pokémon

BugPoison

It attaches silk to its prey and sets it free. Later, it tracks the silk to the prey and its friends.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 90
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 70
Speed 40
Total 400

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Long Leg Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 33.5 kg
Base Exp 140
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

ariados Front Front
ariados Back Back
ariados Front Shiny Front Shiny
ariados Back Shiny Back Shiny
ariados Official Art Official Art
ariados Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu
Baton Pass
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Insomnia
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
Spe 252
Toxic Spikes Lead
Moves
Sucker Punch / Shadow Sneak
Poison Jab / Bug Bite
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Insomnia
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Ariados appears nearly useless; its typing is both common and poor, giving it redundant STAB coverage and a weakness to Stealth Rock. Its stats are all mediocre except for its Attack, and even then it lacks the physical movepool to take advantage of it. It's hard to imagine why anyone would want to use Ariados given these flaws, but it does have one thing going for it: it is one of only two Pokemon in UU capable of Baton Passing a trapping move. Successfully trapping an opponent whom one of your Pokemon can set up on will often lead to an easy victory. Access to Toxic Spikes and a useful ability in Insomnia gives Ariados further value as a supporting Pokemon. It can't do much on its own, but on a team built around its strengths, Ariados is nigh-irreplaceable.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc