Competitive Information for Araquanid [Sword/Shield]
Water / Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Araquanid? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Araquanid is a remarkable Water and Bug-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Araquanid show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Araquanid is weak to Electric, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Mystic Water / Weakness Policy
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Leech Life
- Protect
- Wide Guard
Physical Tank Araquanid (Popular/Trending)
Araquanid is a pretty decent Physical Tank. This moveset attempts to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Araquanid is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Water Bubble, Araquanid's water power is 2x; it can't be burned; fire power against it is halved.
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Araquanid this turn).
♦ Wide Guard is a status move (protects allies from multi-target moves this turn).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Leech Life / X-Scissor
- Crunch / Bite
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Araquanid (Water Absorb)
Araquanid is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. 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.
♦ 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 hefty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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 an extraordinary Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a large 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).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Araquanid? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Leech Life / X-Scissor
- Crunch / Bite
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Araquanid (Water Absorb)
Araquanid is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. 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.
♦ 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 hefty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Araquanid
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit Up
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Wide Guard
Optimize Araquanid's EVs for Sword/Shield
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