Competitive Information for Arbok [X/Y]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Arbok? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Arbok is pretty popular Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Arbok out in the 6th generation battlefield. Arbok's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Sucker Punch / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Arbok (Intimidate)
Arbok is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Arbok from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Arbok's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Intimidate, on switch-in Arbok lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. Sucker Punch 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).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ 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).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty 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 an outstanding Special Wall. This moveset is designed to take a hefty 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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Sucker Punch / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Arbok (Intimidate)
Arbok is a notable Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Arbok from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Arbok's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Intimidate, on switch-in Arbok lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage. Sucker Punch 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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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 X/Y. 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 XY 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: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Toxic
Moves that boost Arbok's stats
- Coil
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Arbok
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Arbok in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Arbok's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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