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araquanid
#752

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

Forms

Evolution Chain

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Locations

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

Waterium Z
Item
Waterium Z
Nature
Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
Def 4

Strategy Overview

Araquanid is one of the most effective Trick Room attackers in the metagame thanks to its good bulk and natural offensive prowess with Water Bubble. Notably, its strong Hydro Vortex allows it to hit typically defensive Pokemon for great damage, hitting Snorlax and Porygon2 for 75% of their health and wiping out just about any other neutral hit. Araquanid's Water Bubble also allows it to ignore burns from the likes of Mimikyu and Arcanine, helping it keep up its physical prowess long into the game. Araquanid does have its shortcomings, however; its desire to use Water-type moves means that Gastrodon completely shuts it down, and it matches up poorly against the likes of Tapu Fini and Kartana, making it less effective against balance teams with good defensive synergy. Equally, after it has used its Z-Move, it is less effective at tackling the likes of Snorlax and Porygon2. Its typing also makes it vulnerable to some of the most common Z-Move users, notably Tapu Koko and Gigalith.

Most Used Moves

Protect
89.0%
Bug Bite
72.0%
Toxic
11.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc