Pokemon Champions Build Guide

Best Ariados Build in Pokemon Champions

Ariados is best used as a disruptive support Pokemon in Pokemon Champions. Its strongest builds focus on priority utility, status and Bug or Poison-type pressure.

Ariados Form

Normal Form

Ariados

Last Updated: Regulation M-2

Page Status: This Ariados build guide will be updated when new Pokemon Champions regulations, items, buffs or nerfs change its best set.

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Best Ariados Builds in Pokemon Champions

Ariados has two main builds in Pokemon Champions. The Focus Sash support build is the safest option, while the offensive utility build gives it more damage.

Build 1: Focus Sash Utility Support

This is the main Ariados build. It uses Focus Sash to survive a hit and provide disruption with status or support moves.

Build 2: Offensive Bug Poison Attacker

This version gives Ariados more direct damage. It works best when your team already has speed control or redirection.

Ariados Stats

Ariados stats are shown below for easy comparison.

Best Items for Ariados

Focus Sash is the safest item because Ariados needs help surviving long enough to use its support moves.

Life Orb improves offensive Ariados sets when the team can protect it from faster attackers.

Best Pokemon to Pair with Ariados

Ariados works best with Pokemon that cover its weaknesses, support its preferred speed control or help it find safer turns.

What Ariados Is Good Against

Ariados is useful against teams that dislike hazards, status and priority pressure. It can also threaten Grass, Psychic and Fairy-type Pokemon with its STAB attacks.

Sucker Punch gives Ariados a way to finish weakened faster targets.

Potential Counters for Ariados

Ariados is threatened by Fire, Flying, Psychic and Rock-type attacks. It is also fragile, so it often relies on Focus Sash to do its job.

Ariados All Moves

Ariados can learn Bug, Poison, Dark and support moves across different Pokemon games. Use the section below to view the full move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Start	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100
1	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100
1	Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	50	100
1	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100
1	String Shot	Bug	Status	–	95
8	Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100
12	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
15	Night Shade	Ghost	Special	–	100
19	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	40	100
23	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80
28	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100
31	Agility	Psychic	Status	–	–
35	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95
41	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
46	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
50	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100
54	Sticky Web	Bug	Status	–	–
59	Toxic Thread	Poison	Status	–	100

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100
TM	Agility	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100
TM	Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100
TM	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100
TM	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100
TM	Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100
TM	Night Shade	Ghost	Special	–	100
TM	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
TM	Pounce	Bug	Physical	50	100
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100
TM	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100
TM	Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	–
TM	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100
TM	Spite	Ghost	Status	–	100
TM	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	50	100
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Toxic	Poison	Status	–	90
TM	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	–	–
TM	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100
TM	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100
TM	X Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Disable	Normal	Status	–	100
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100
Rage Powder	Bug	Status	–	–

Ariados Pokemon Champions Regulation History

This section keeps older Ariados builds available in case a previous regulation returns.

Should You Use Ariados?

Ariados is worth using if your team wants unusual utility, status pressure and Bug or Poison-type coverage.

It is niche, so it works best when the rest of the team is built to benefit from its disruption.

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