Competitive Information for Araquanid [Sword/Shield]
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 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 decent Water and Bug-typed Pokemon. Araquanid is a pretty usual Pokemon to see in Generation 8. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. 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 Def
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Crunch
- Leech Life / Skitter Smack
- Protect
Physical Tank Araquanid (Popular/Trending)
Araquanid is a pretty decent Physical Tank for single battles. It is primarily designed to take a mighty 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. With a Mystic Water equipped to it, Araquanid's water-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Araquanid this turn).
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Item: Mystic Water / Weakness Policy
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Scald
- Giga Drain
- Protect
- Wide Guard
Special Tank Araquanid (Popular/Trending)
Araquanid is a pretty decent Special Tank for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks 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. With a Mystic Water equipped to it, Araquanid's water-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-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).
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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
Physical Sweeper Araquanid (Water Absorb)
Araquanid is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries 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 make the target flinch).
◆ 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.
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison 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 a sensational Physical Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a great 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 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
Ability: Water Bubble
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Leech Life
- Wide Guard
- Protect
Doubles Physical Tank Araquanid (Popular VGC)
Araquanid is a remarkable Physical Tank for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. It attempts to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. 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.
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Araquanid recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Wide Guard is a status move (protects allies from multi-target moves this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Araquanid this turn).
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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 pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was 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 make the target flinch).
◆ 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.
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison 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 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: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, 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
- Crunch
- Giga Drain
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Leech Life
- Liquidation
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Skitter Smack
- Toxic
- Wide Guard
Common Effort Values for Araquanid in Sword and Shield
- Brave Nature ( 252/252/4/0/0/0 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0 )
- Optimize Araquanid's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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