Arbok Pokemon Guide

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Arbok Pokemon Guide

Arbok is a classic Poison-type Pokemon from the original generation, known for its intimidating cobra design, disruptive moves, useful abilities and evolution from Ekans. This guide covers Arbok’s stats, best moves, abilities, evolution, shiny form, typing, weaknesses and locations across Pokemon games.

Normal Form

Arbok

Shiny Form

Shiny Arbok

Last Updated: May 2026 | Page Status: This Arbok guide supports current Pokemon games and future updates. Location, moves and availability details will be updated as new Pokemon game data becomes available.

Arbok Guide Contents

Description	Quick Facts
Stats	Best Moves
All Moves	Weaknesses
Evolution	Locations
Abilities	FAQ

Arbok Description

Arbok evolves from Ekans and is a Poison-type Pokemon known for the frightening face-like pattern on its hood. It often plays as a disruptive physical attacker that can spread status, lower opposing stats and pressure foes with Poison and Dark coverage.

Competitive Overview

Is Arbok Good in Competitive?

Arbok is usually a niche competitive Pokemon, but it can be useful when its support moves and abilities are valuable. Intimidate can reduce opposing physical damage, while Glare, Coil and strong Poison-type attacks can give Arbok a role on some teams.

Arbok’s main challenges are its modest bulk and limited offensive stats compared with stronger Poison-type options. It performs best when it can use disruption, status and setup turns rather than trying to trade raw damage immediately.

Arbok Quick Facts

Here are the key facts to know about Arbok, including its type, abilities, height, weight and species information.

Name

Arbok

National Dex

#0024

Type

Poison

Species

Cobra Pokemon

Height

11’06” / 3.5 m

350 cm

Weight

143.3 lbs / 65.0 kg

65 kg

Abilities

Intimidate, Shed Skin, Unnerve

Arbok Stats

Arbok has balanced attacking stats with enough Speed to threaten slower targets. Its best roles usually rely on disruption, physical Poison attacks and ability support rather than pure stat dominance.

Attack

Defense

Special Attack

Special Defense

Speed

Arbok Best Moves Across Pokemon Games

Arbok’s best moves often combine Poison damage, status pressure, setup and coverage. These are some of Arbok’s most useful and recognizable moves across Pokemon games.

Gunk Shot

A high-power Poison-type attack that gives Arbok strong same-type damage.

Poison Jab

A reliable physical Poison-type move with better accuracy than Gunk Shot.

Glare

A valuable status move that can paralyze opponents and create speed control for Arbok’s team.

Coil

A setup move that boosts Attack, Defense and accuracy, helping Arbok use stronger attacks more safely.

Crunch

Dark-type coverage that helps Arbok hit Psychic and Ghost-type Pokemon.

Earthquake

Strong Ground-type coverage for Steel, Rock, Poison, Fire and Electric-type Pokemon.

Sucker Punch

Priority coverage that can let Arbok pick off weakened attacking opponents.

Fire Fang

Useful coverage against Steel, Bug, Grass and Ice-type Pokemon.

Arbok All Moves

Arbok can learn Poison, Dark, Normal, Ground and elemental fang moves across different Pokemon games. Use the section below to view Arbok’s move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Start	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
1	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
1	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
1	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95
1	Leer	Normal	Status	–	100
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100
1	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95
1	Wrap	Normal	Physical	15	90
12	Glare	Normal	Status	–	100
17	Screech	Normal	Status	–	85
20	Acid	Poison	Special	40	100
27	Spit Up	Normal	Special	–	100
27	Stockpile	Normal	Status	–	–
27	Swallow	Normal	Status	–	–
32	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100
39	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100
44	Gastro Acid	Poison	Status	–	100
48	Belch	Poison	Special	120	90
51	Haze	Ice	Status	–	–
56	Coil	Poison	Status	–	–
63	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100
TM	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
TM	Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100
TM	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
TM	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100
TM	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90
TM	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
TM	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80
TM	Haze	Ice	Status	–	–
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95
TM	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100
TM	Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100
TM	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100
TM	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95
TM	Mud Slap	Ground	Special	20	100
TM	Pain Split	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
TM	Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100
TM	Rain Dance	Water	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
TM	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
TM	Scale Shot	Dragon	Physical	25	90
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	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	Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95
TM	Spite	Ghost	Status	–	100
TM	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95
TM	Toxic	Poison	Status	–	90
TM	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	–	–
TM	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100
TM	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100
Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
Spite	Ghost	Status	–	100
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	–	100

Arbok Typing, Weaknesses and Resistances

Arbok is a Poison-type Pokemon. This gives it useful resistances to Fighting, Poison, Bug, Grass and Fairy-type moves, but it is weak to Ground and Psychic-type attacks.

Type

Poison

Weaknesses

Ground and Psychic

Resistances

Fighting, Poison, Bug, Grass and Fairy

Immunity

None

Arbok Abilities

Arbok’s abilities help it disrupt physical attackers, recover from status or stop opposing Pokemon from using certain Berries.

Intimidate

Lowers the opposing Pokemon’s Attack when Arbok enters battle. This can help Arbok and its team handle physical attackers.

Shed Skin

Gives Arbok a chance to heal from status conditions, helping it stay active through poison, burn, paralysis, sleep or freeze.

Unnerve

Prevents opposing Pokemon from eating Berries while Arbok is on the field.

Arbok Evolution

Arbok evolves from Ekans. The full Arbok evolution line is Ekans and Arbok.

Stage 1

Ekans

Poison type Pokemon icon

Starting form

Stage 2

Arbok

Poison type Pokemon icon

Evolves from Ekans at Level 22

Where to Find Arbok in Pokemon Games

Arbok’s availability changes depending on the Pokemon game. In many games, Arbok is obtained by catching Ekans and evolving it at Level 22, while some games require trading, transferring or migration.

Generation 1: Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Red	Evolve Ekans at Level 22.
Pokemon Blue	Trade from Pokemon Red or Yellow.
Pokemon Yellow	Evolve Ekans at Level 22.

Generation 2: Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Gold	Trade from another game.
Pokemon Silver	Evolve Ekans at Level 22 or catch Arbok where available.
Pokemon Crystal	Evolve Ekans at Level 22 or trade from another game.

Generation 3: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Ruby	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Sapphire	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Emerald	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon FireRed	Evolve Ekans at Level 22.
Pokemon LeafGreen	Trade from Pokemon FireRed.

Generation 4: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Diamond	Evolve Ekans at Level 22 after obtaining Ekans through the dual-slot feature or trade.
Pokemon Pearl	Evolve Ekans at Level 22 after obtaining Ekans through the dual-slot feature or trade.
Pokemon Platinum	Evolve Ekans at Level 22 after obtaining Ekans through the dual-slot feature or trade.
Pokemon HeartGold	Trade from Pokemon SoulSilver or another compatible game.
Pokemon SoulSilver	Evolve Ekans at Level 22 or catch Arbok where available.

Generation 5: Black, White, Black 2 and White 2

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Black	Transfer from a previous generation or trade.
Pokemon White	Transfer from a previous generation or trade.
Pokemon Black 2	Transfer from a previous generation or trade.
Pokemon White 2	Transfer from a previous generation or trade.

Generation 6: X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon X	Transfer from another game or trade.
Pokemon Y	Transfer from another game or trade.
Pokemon Omega Ruby	Trade or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire	Trade or migrate from another game.

Generation 7: Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Let’s Go

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Sun	Transfer through Pokemon Bank or trade.
Pokemon Moon	Transfer through Pokemon Bank or trade.
Pokemon Ultra Sun	Transfer through Pokemon Bank or trade.
Pokemon Ultra Moon	Transfer through Pokemon Bank or trade.
Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu	Trade from Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee.
Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee	Evolve Ekans at Level 22.

Generation 8: Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends: Arceus

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Sword	Transfer through Pokemon HOME when supported.
Pokemon Shield	Transfer through Pokemon HOME when supported.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond	Evolve Ekans at Level 22.
Pokemon Shining Pearl	Evolve Ekans at Level 22.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus	Not available in this game.

Generation 9: Scarlet, Violet and Legends Z-A

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Scarlet	Transfer through Pokemon HOME when supported.
Pokemon Violet	Transfer through Pokemon HOME when supported.
Pokemon Legends Z-A	Found in Wild Zone 10 during day and night. Available as an Alpha Pokemon in Wild Zone 10.

Generation 10: Pokemon Winds and Waves

Game	Where to Find Arbok
Pokemon Winds and Waves	Coming soon once official location, encounter or transfer information is confirmed.

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Arbok FAQ

Here are quick answers to common questions about Arbok. This FAQ is visible on-page content only and does not use FAQ schema markup.

What type is Arbok?

Arbok is a Poison-type Pokemon.

What is Arbok weak against?

Arbok is weak to Ground and Psychic-type moves.

What does Arbok evolve from?

Arbok evolves from Ekans at Level 22.

What are Arbok’s abilities?

Arbok’s abilities are Intimidate, Shed Skin and Unnerve.

What are Arbok’s best moves?

Arbok’s best moves often include Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Glare, Coil, Crunch, Earthquake, Sucker Punch and Fire Fang.

Is Arbok good in Pokemon?

Arbok can be useful as a niche Poison-type Pokemon with Intimidate, Glare, Coil and physical coverage, but it is usually not one of the strongest competitive Poison-types.

How do you get Arbok?

The most common way to get Arbok is to evolve Ekans at Level 22. In some games, Arbok must be traded, transferred or migrated from another game.

Is Arbok in Pokemon Legends Z-A?

Yes, Arbok can be found in Wild Zone 10 in Pokemon Legends Z-A. Alpha Arbok is also available in Wild Zone 10.

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