Competitive Information for Ariados [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ariados? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Ariados is an astounding Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Ariados out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Ariados is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 208 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab / Poison Sting
- Bug Bite / Leech Life
- Sucker Punch / Pursuit
Physical Sweeper Ariados (Insomnia)
Ariados is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ariados from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Ariados's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Insomnia, Ariados cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Ariados steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Bug-type move (Ariados recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ariados? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 208 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab / Poison Sting
- Bug Bite / Leech Life
- Sucker Punch / Pursuit
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ariados (Insomnia)
Ariados is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ariados from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Ariados's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Insomnia, Ariados cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Ariados steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Bug-type move (Ariados recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ariados learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Ariados can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Ariados
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Ariados's stats
- Agility
Most notable and possible best moves for Ariados
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ariados in Diamond and Pearl
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