Competitive Information for Araquanid (totem) [Sun/Moon]
Water / Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Araquanid-totem? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Araquanid is a remarkable Water and Bug-typed Pokemon. Araquanid is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Araquanid is weak to Electric, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Leech Life / X-Scissor
- Return / Facade
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Araquanid-Totem (Water Bubble)
Araquanid is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Araquanid's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Bubble, Araquanid's water power is 2x; it can't be burned; fire power against it is halved. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Waterium Z equipped to it, if Araquanid has a water move, this item allows it to use a water z-move.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Araquanid is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Araquanid-totem? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Leech Life / X-Scissor
- Return / Facade
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Araquanid-Totem (Water Bubble)
Araquanid is an astounding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Araquanid's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Bubble, Araquanid's water power is 2x; it can't be burned; fire power against it is halved. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Waterium Z equipped to it, if Araquanid has a water move, this item allows it to use a water z-move.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Araquanid is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Araquanid-totem 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 Araquanid-totem can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Araquanid-totem
- 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: Protect, Magic Coat, Wide Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Araquanid-totem's stats
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Araquanid-totem
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Araquanid-totem in Sun and Moon
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