Ariados
#0168

Ariados

Ariados
BugPoison
📏 1.1 m ⚖️ 33.5 kg 🎯 90 · Average difficulty

It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively.

Ariados is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Fire, Flying, Psychic and Rock, and resists five types. Its base stats add up to 400: the highest is Attack (90) and the lowest is Speed (40).

It is the second stage of its evolution line, along with Spinarak. Its abilities are Swarm and Insomnia, and its Hidden Ability is Sniper. It is in the Bug egg group and can breed with 92 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 20 moves by level-up and 43 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100
HP 70
250-344
Attack 90
166-306
Defense 70
130-262
Sp. Atk 60
112-240
Sp. Def 70
130-262
Speed 40
76-196
TOTAL 400
EVs on defeat: Attack +2

ABILITIES

Swarm

Powers up Bug-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.

Insomnia

The Pokémon's insomnia prevents it from falling asleep.

Sniper (hidden)

If the Pokémon's attack lands a critical hit, the attack is powered up even further.

BREEDING

GroupsBug
Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Breeds with92

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 20 moves
Start Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20
Lv. 1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35
Lv. 1 Absorb Grass Special 20 100% 25
Lv. 1 String Shot Bug Status — 95% 40
Lv. 1 Focus Energy Normal Status — — 30
Lv. 1 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20
Lv. 1 Fell Stinger Bug Physical 50 100% 25
Lv. 8 Infestation Bug Special 20 100% 20
Lv. 12 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10
Lv. 15 Night Shade Ghost Special — 100% 15
Lv. 19 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100% 30
Lv. 23 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15
Lv. 28 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5
Lv. 31 Agility Psychic Status — — 30
Lv. 35 Pin Missile Bug Physical 25 95% 20
Lv. 41 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100% 10
Lv. 46 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20
Lv. 50 Cross Poison Poison Physical 70 100% 20
Lv. 54 Sticky Web Bug Status — — 20
Lv. 59 Toxic Thread Poison Status — 100% 20

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

💥 WEAK x2 / x4

Firex2Flyingx2Psychicx2Rockx2

🛡️ RESISTS x0.5 / x0.25

Grassx¼Fightingx¼Poisonx½Bugx½Fairyx½

EVOLUTION LINE

Spinarak #0167 Spinarak
Lv. 22 ▶ Ariados #0168 Ariados
◀ #0167 Spinarak