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Arbokin Pokémon Polished Crystal

poison

Pokédex Entry

Cobra Pokémon

To intimidate foes, it spreads its chest wide and makes eerie sounds by expelling air from its mouth.

Arbok in Pokémon Polished Crystal

Johtonian Arbok is #24 in the Pokédex for Pokémon Polished Crystal. This page covers its poison typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it.

Type
Poison
Dex
#052 Johto Dex · #024 National
Abilities
Intimidate(Primary)

Lowers the foe's Attack stat.

Shed Skin(Secondary)

May heal its own status problems.

Unnerve(Hidden)

Prevents foes from eating Berries.

Growth Rate
Medium Fast
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
ground, dragon
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
90
pokeball
Poké Ball8.9%
greatball
Great Ball12.1%
ultraball
Ultra Ball14.9%
Base Exp
147
EV Yield
2 Attack
Wild Held Items
Weak To
ground ×2psychic ×2
Resists
grass ×0.5fighting ×0.5poison ×0.5bug ×0.5fairy ×0.5

Evolution Chain

Note, you can always call Professor Elm with the Pokemon you are trying to evolve as first in your party. This was a feature that was added specifically to Polished Crystal. If the information on this page seems incorrect, please try calling Professor Elm.


Base form
Level up Ekans to Lv. 22

How to Obtain

This form of Arbok has no wild encounters recorded in this game. Evolve ekans to get one.

Evolution Moves (1)

Moves learned upon evolving into Arbok.

Crunchdark
PWR80ACC100PP15
An attack that may lower Defense.

Level Up Moves (15)

WrapLevel: 1normal
PWR15ACC90PP20
Traps the foe for 2-5 turns.
LeerLevel: 1normal
PWR0ACC100PP30
A move that lowers the foe's Defense.
Poison StingLevel: 4poison
PWR15ACC100PP35
An attack that may poison the foe.
BiteLevel: 9dark
PWR60ACC100PP25
An attack that may cause flinching.
GlareLevel: 12normal
PWR0ACC100PP30
A move that may paralyze the foe.
ScreechLevel: 17normal
PWR0ACC85PP40
Sharply lowers the foe's Defense.
AcidLevel: 20poison
PWR40ACC100PP30
An attack that may lower Sp.Def.
DisableLevel: 27normal
PWR0ACC100PP20
Disables the foe's most recent move.
PursuitLevel: 32dark
PWR40ACC100PP20
Heavily strikes switching Pokémon.
Poison JabLevel: 39poison
PWR80ACC100PP20
An attack that may poison the foe.
Leech LifeLevel: 44bug
PWR80ACC100PP10
Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
Iron TailLevel: 48steel
PWR100ACC75PP15
An attack that may lower Defense.
HazeLevel: 51ice
PWR0ACC100PP30
Eliminates all stat changes.
Bulk UpLevel: 56fighting
PWR0ACC100PP20
Raises the user's Atk and Def.
Gunk ShotLevel: 63poison
PWR120ACC80PP5
An attack that may poison the foe.

Egg Moves (4)

Crunchdark
PWR80ACC100PP15
An attack that may lower Defense.
Disablenormal
PWR0ACC100PP20
Disables the foe's most recent move.
Pursuitdark
PWR40ACC100PP20
Heavily strikes switching Pokémon.
Scary Facenormal
PWR0ACC100PP10
Sharply lowers the foe's Speed.

TM/HM Moves (28)

Curseghost
PWR0ACC100PP10TM03
Works differently for Ghost-types.
Toxicpoison
PWR0ACC90PP10TM06
A Poison move with increasing damage.
Bulk Upfighting
PWR0ACC100PP20TM08
Raises the user's Atk and Def.
Venoshockpoison
PWR65ACC100PP10TM09
Damage doubles if foe is poisoned.
Hidden Powertypeless
PWR70ACC100PP15TM10
The type varies with the Pokémon.
Sunny Dayfire
PWR0ACC100PP5TM11
Boosts Fire-type moves for 5 turns.
Hyper Beamnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM15
1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest
Protectnormal
PWR0ACC100PP10TM17
Foils attack that turn. It may fail.
Rain Dancewater
PWR0ACC100PP5TM18
Boosts Water-type moves for 5 turns.
Giga Draingrass
PWR75ACC100PP10TM19
Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
Bulldozeground
PWR60ACC100PP20TM21
A Ground attack that lowers Speed.
Iron Tailsteel
PWR100ACC75PP15TM23
An attack that may lower Defense.
Earthquakeground
PWR100ACC100PP10TM26
Tough but useless vs. flying foes.
Returnnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM27
An attack that is based on loyalty.
Digground
PWR90ACC100PP10TM28
1st turn: Burrow 2nd turn: Attack
Double Teamnormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM32
Raises the user's evasiveness.
Sludge Bombpoison
PWR90ACC100PP10TM36
An attack that may poison the foe.
Substitutenormal
PWR0ACC100PP10TM41
Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP.
Facadenormal
PWR70ACC100PP20TM42
Double damage with Psn, Brn, or Prz.
Restpsychic
PWR0ACC100PP5TM44
Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover.
Attractnormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM45
Makes the opposite gender infatuated.
Thiefdark
PWR60ACC100PP25TM46
An attack that may steal a held item.
Rock Sliderock
PWR75ACC90PP10TM48
An attack that may cause flinching.
Leech Lifebug
PWR80ACC100PP10TM50
Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
Dark Pulsedark
PWR80ACC100PP15TM58
An attack that may cause flinching.
Poison Jabpoison
PWR80ACC100PP20TM66
An attack that may poison the foe.
Giga Impactnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM68
1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest
Strengthfighting
PWR80ACC100PP15HM04
A powerful physical attack.

Move Tutor Moves (8)

Aqua Tail(Route 4)water
PWR90ACC90PP10Tutor
Swings tail like a wave in a storm.
Body Slam(Warm Beach Shack)normal
PWR85ACC100PP15Tutor
An attack that may cause paralysis.
Double Edge(Safari Zone North)normal
PWR120ACC100PP15Tutor
A tackle that also hurts the user.
Endure(Warm Beach Shack)normal
PWR0ACC100PP10Tutor
Endures any hit with at least 1HP.
Headbutt(Ilex Forest)normal
PWR70ACC100PP15Tutor
An attack that may cause flinching.
Seed Bomb(Yellow Forest)grass
PWR80ACC100PP15Tutor
Slams a barrage of seeds at the foe.
Sleep Talk(Route 31)normal
PWR0ACC100PP10Tutor
Randomly attacks while asleep.
Swagger(Celadon City)normal
PWR0ACC85PP15Tutor
Causes confusion but raises Attack.

Type Summary

2
Weaknesses
5
Resistances
0
Immunities
11
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Arbok. Use these types to counter it effectively.

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Arbok resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

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