#24

Arbok

The Cobra Pokémon

This Pokémon has a terrifically strong constricting power. It can even flatten steel oil drums. Once it wraps its body around its foe, escaping is impossible.

Base stat total: 508
Height: 3.5 m
Weight: 65 kg
Catch rate: 90

Base stats

508 total

HP 90 321 384

Atk 105 221 339

Def 84 183 293

SpA 65 149 251

SpD 84 183 293

Spe 80 176 284

At level 100, from no EVs and a hindering nature to 252 EVs and a beneficial one. Every Pokémon here has perfect IVs, so they are not part of the spread — except Speed, which the Iron Pill can drop to zero.

Type matchups

defending

Takes more

Ground 2×

Takes less

Poison ½× Ghost ½× Grass ½× Dark ½×

No effect

Psychic 0×

The other 12 types deal normal damage. Full chart

Abilities

3 selectable · 3 innate

Main choose one, switch any time Merciless Always crits poisoned, paralyzed, or slowed foes. Ambush Guaranteed critical hit on first turn. Intimidate Lowers the foe's Attack.

Innate always active, all of them Solenoglyphs Biting moves have a 50% chance to badly poison the target. Shed Skin Heals the body by shedding. Coil Up On entry, gives +1 priority once to the first biting move used.

Evolution line

Ekans BST 288

Arbok BST 508 Level · 22

Changed from vanilla

Type Poison Poison Dark

Hit Points 60 90 +30

Attack 95 105 +10

Defense 69 84 +15

Special Defense 79 84 +5

Main abilities kept Intimidate new Merciless Ambush now innate Shed Skin removed Unnerve

Innates added Solenoglyphs Coil Up

Details

Height: 3.5 m
Weight: 65 kg
Gender: 50% male · 50% female
Egg groups: Field, Dragon
Egg cycles: 20
Catch rate: 90
Base exp: 157
Growth rate: Medium Fast
EV yield: 2 Atk
Base friendship: 50
Wild held item: —
Colour: Purple

Moves

6 level-up · 0 egg · 105 teachable

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pwr	Acc	PP
1	Wrap	Normal	Physical	35	100	20
	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	40	100	35
10	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	40	100	35
17	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
27	Glare	Normal	Status	—	100	30
36	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
47	Acid	Poison	Special	70	100	20

No egg moves.

Move	Type	Cat	Pwr	Acc	PP
Acid	Poison	Special	70	100	20
Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100	20
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10
Attract	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Beat Up	Dark	Physical	1	100	10
Belch	Poison	Special	120	100	10
Bide	Normal	Physical	1	∞	10
Bind	Normal	Physical	35	100	20
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100	15
Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
Captivate	Fairy	Special	65	100	20
Coil	Poison	Status	—	∞	20
Confide	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	∞	10
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100	20
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Double Team	Normal	Status	—	∞	15
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10
Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	80	100	15
Fissure	Ground	Physical	1	30	5
Frustration	Dark	Physical	75	100	10
Gastro Acid	Poison	Status	—	100	10
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
Glare	Normal	Status	—	100	30
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
Haze	Ice	Status	—	∞	30
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	80	100	15
Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100	20
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	90	100	10
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	20
Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100	5
Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
Mega Drain	Grass	Special	40	100	15
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	70	100	10
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	1	100	15
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100	15
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	40	100	35
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	60	100	10
Protect	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100	15
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
Rage	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	∞	5
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	∞	5
Return	Normal	Physical	102	100	20
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
Scale Shot	Dragon	Physical	25	90	20
Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90	10
Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	130	100	10
Slam	Normal	Physical	95	100	20
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10
Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95	15
Snatch	Dark	Status	—	∞	10
Snore	Normal	Special	85	100	15
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
Spit Up	Normal	Special	1	100	10
Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	∞	5
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
Swallow	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100	10
Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	80	100	15
Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	∞	20
Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20
Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
Wrap	Normal	Physical	35	100	20

Where to find it

Not in any wild encounter table. Evolve Ekans instead.