Competitive Information for Arbok [Sun/Moon]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Arbok? 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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Arbok is popular Poison-typed Pokemon. Arbok are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Arbok's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Life Orb / Toxic Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 24 Hp / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot / Poison Jab
- Aqua Tail
- Fire Fang
- Coil
Physical Sweeper Arbok (Popular/Trending)
Arbok is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Arbok's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Toxic Orb will poison Arbok at the end of the turn. With Intimidate, on switch-in Arbok lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Fire Fang is a physical 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Coil is a status move (raises Arbok's attack, defense, accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Throat Chop / Double-Edge
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Arbok (Intimidate)
Arbok is a sensational Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Arbok's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Arbok lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. Throat Chop was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Arbok's last move failed).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Coil
- Gunk Shot
- Rest
- Earthquake
Arbok Special Wall (Kobra)
Arbok is a fabulous Special Wall. It's meant to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Shed Skin, Arbok has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Gunk Shot is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Rest is a status move (Arbok sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Arbok? 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: Groundium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Brutal Swing / Double-Edge
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Arbok (Intimidate)
Arbok is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Arbok's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Arbok lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. Brutal Swing was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Arbok 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 Arbok 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 Arbok
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Toxic
Moves that boost Arbok's stats
- Coil
- Curse
- Rage
- Skull Bash
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Arbok
- Aqua Tail
- Coil
- Dragon Tail
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Glare
- Gunk Shot
- Ice Fang
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Snatch
- Switcheroo
- Thief
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Arbok in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 24/252/0/0/0/232/ )
- Impish Nature ( 176/44/252/0/0/36/ )
- Optimize Arbok's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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