Competitive Information for Araquanid [Sun/Moon]
Water / Bug
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Water Absorb ability are immune to Water attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Araquanid? 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.
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Araquanid is a notable Water and Bug-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Araquanid when battling in the 7th generation meta. Araquanid is weak to Electric, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Mago Berry
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Magic Coat
- Sticky Web / Leech Life
- Toxic / Poison Jab
Physical Tank Araquanid (Popular/Trending)
Araquanid is a stupendous Physical Tank. It was designed to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Araquanid from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Water Bubble, Araquanid's water power is 2x; it can't be burned; fire power against it is halved.
♦ Magic Coat is a status move (bounces back certain non-damaging moves).
♦ Sticky Web is a status move (lowers speed of grounded foes by 1 stage on switch-in).
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Water Absorb
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 (Water Absorb)
Araquanid is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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 Absorb, Araquanid heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ 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 good 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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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Poison Jab / Sleep Talk
- Leech Life
- Toxic / Rest
Araquanid Physical Tank (Araquaband)
Araquanid is popular Physical Tank. This moveset attempts to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Choice Band will increase the damage of Araquanid's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Water Bubble, Araquanid's water power is 2x; it can't be burned; fire power against it is halved.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Sleep Talk is a status move (Araquanid must be asleep. uses another known move).
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Rest is a status move (Araquanid sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Araquanid? 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.
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Water Absorb
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 (Water Absorb)
Araquanid is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It 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 Absorb, Araquanid heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ 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 substantial 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 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 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
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- 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's stats
- Iron Defense
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Araquanid
- Ice Beam
- Leech Life
- Liquidation
- Lunge
- Magic Coat
- Mirror Coat
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Sticky Web
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Araquanid in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 248/252/0/0/8/0/ )
- Brave Nature ( 248/252/8/0/0/0/ )
- Optimize Araquanid's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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