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araquanid
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Araquanid

Water Bubble Pokémon

WaterBug

It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown.

Base Stats

HP 68
Attack 70
Defense 92
Sp. Atk 50
Sp. Def 132
Speed 42
Total 454

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

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Details

Category Water Bubble Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 82.0 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 100
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1 ,Bug

Sprites

araquanid Front Front
araquanid Back Back
araquanid Front Shiny Front Shiny
araquanid Back Shiny Back Shiny
araquanid Official Art Official Art
araquanid Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Offensive Sticky Web
Item
Figy Berry / Waterium Z
Nature
Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 168
Def 88

Strategy Overview

Above average special bulk coupled with a good defensive typing allows Araquanid to take most neutral STAB attacks comfortably, making it a good offensive tank. Thanks to Water Bubble, Araquanid can deal reasonable amounts of damage with its Water STAB attacks despite its low base Attack, and check common Intimidate users such as Incineroar and Landorus-T and Fire-types such as Mega Charizard Y. It is also able to provide permanent speed control with Sticky Web and protect its allies with Wide Guard support. Unfortunately, Araquanid's low Speed stat means it almost always takes damage before doing anything useful. It also competes with other more popular bulky Water-types such as Tapu Fini, Volcanion, and Suicune for a spot on teams. Furthermore, a shallow movepool and a lack of coverage options also make Araquanid a rather predictable Pokemon. Its low base Attack also means that Araquanid cannot deal any significant damage besides with Liquidation.

Most Used Moves

Protect
92.2%
Bug Bite
28.9%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc