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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

pu Usage: 5.7%
Offensive Coil
Item
Black Sludge / Shuca Berry
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Thanks to its nice typing, access to Coil, and array of strong attacks such as Gunk Shot and Earthquake, Arbok is a very potent threat in the PU metagame. Arbok also has access to priority in Sucker Punch, allowing it to pick off weakened foes and KO many faster Pokemon after a Coil boost. Furthermore, some good defensive capabilities in its access to Intimidate and its pure Poison typing allow Arbok to check Pokemon such as Roselia and absorb Toxic Spikes. However, without the help of Intimidate along with Coil, Arbok is fairly frail and susceptible to even neutral attacks such as Floatzel's Waterfall and Stoutland's Return. Arbok also requires a good amount of support to weaken checks such as Misdreavus.

Most Used Moves

Coil
95.3%
Gunk Shot
94.5%
Rest
20.6%
Glare
4.9%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc