Arbok (Pokémon)
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| Arbok アーボック Arbok | |
 Artwork from FR/LG | |
| National Dex | #024 |
|---|---|
| Johto Dex | #051 |
| Hoenn Dex | #226 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R-152 |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Type | Poison |
| Species | Cobra Pokémon |
| Height | 11′06″ (3.5m) |
| Weight | 143.3 lbs. (65.0kg) |
| Abilities | Intimidate |
| Shed Skin | |
| Egg groups | Ground |
| Dragon | |
| Time to hatch | 5,120 steps |
| Effort yield | 2 Atk |
| Exp. yield | 147 base exp. |
| Lv100 at | 1,000,000 exp. |
| Gender | 50% ♀ / 50% ♂ |
| Pokédex color | Purple |
| Catch rate | 90 |
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Arbok (Japanese: アーボック Arbok) is a Poison-type Pokémon.
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Biology
Physiology
A reptilian with purple scales over most of its body. It has lost the rattle it had on its tail as an Ekans. Like a cobra, it can spread out its ribs into a hood. On its "hood", it has a design much like an angry face. The frightening patterns on its belly have been studied. Six variations have been confirmed.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
It has a nasty bite with deadly venom. Terrifically strong, it is capable of crushing opponents by coiling its body around them and constricting. It can even flatten steel oil drums. If it encounters an enemy, it raises its head, intimidating the opponent with the frightening pattern on its body.
Behavior
Rather vicious, Arbok are territorial. They lash out at intruders with long fangs tipped with deadly venom. With a vengeful nature, it won't give up a chase after prey or an opponent, no matter how far, once it targets it prey.
Habitat
Arbok live in grassy savannas and plains.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Jessie had an Arbok that she obtained as an Ekans. It was her primary battling Pokémon until A Poached Ego, when she set it free along with James's Weezing to protect a wild group of Ekans and Koffing.
In The Ultimate Test, Ash had used an Arbok in the Pokémon League Entrance Exam, against the instructor's Jolteon.
In the manga
Koga and Agatha both have Arbok as important parts of their teams in Pokémon Special. In Pokémon Special, the pattern on an Arbok's belly may give an Arbok special abilities. With the help of Agatha's smoke, Agatha's Arbok had the ability to switch between a bunch of different patterns (see Issue 71), a speed boosting pattern, an attack boosting pattern, and a Invulnerability Pattern that repels poisons, Koga's Arbok, on the other hand, only has one pattern, which was a Regnerative pattern that allows it to regnerate any part of its body as long as the head remains intact. According to Pokémon Yellow, that leaves two patterns left undiscovered (if Koga's is the standard one).
Pokémon Special Pokédex entry (issue 71): It is rumored that the ferocious warning markings in its belly differ from area to area.
An Arbok is one of the antagonists in Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure.
Jesse's Arbok appeared several times in the Electric Tale of Pikachu.
In the TCG
- Main article: Arbok (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Arbok is part of Team AWD, a team that pursues the challenges of Zero Isle.
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| I | Red | It is rumored that the ferocious warning markings on its belly differ from area to area. |
| Blue | ||
| Yellow | The frightening patterns on its belly have been studied. Six variations have been confirmed. | |
| Stadium | If it encounters an enemy, it raises its head, intimidating the opponent with the frightening pattern on its body. | |
| II | Gold | Transfixing prey with the face-like pattern on its belly, it binds and poisons the frightened victim. |
| Silver | With a very vengeful nature, it won't give up the chase, no matter how far, once it targets its prey. | |
| Crystal | To intimidate foes, it spreads its chest wide and makes eerie sounds by expelling air from its mouth. | |
| Stadium 2 | Transfixing prey with the face like pattern on its belly, it binds and poisons the poisoned victim. | |
| III | Ruby | This Pokémon is terrifically strong in order to constrict things with its body. It can even flatten steel oil drums. Once Arbok wraps its body around its foe, escaping its crunching embrace is impossible. |
| Sapphire | This Pokémon is terrifically strong in order to constrict things with its body. It can even flatten steel oil drums. Once Arbok wraps its body around its foe, escaping its crunching embrace is impossible. | |
| Emerald | This Pokémon has a terrifically strong constricting power. It can even flatten steel oil drums. Once it wraps its body around its foe, escaping is impossible. | |
| FireRed | The pattern on its belly appears to be a frightening face. Weak foes will flee just at the sight of the pattern. | |
| LeafGreen | It is rumored that the ferocious warning markings on its belly differ from area to area. | |
| IV | Diamond | The pattern on its belly is for intimidation. It constricts foes when they are frozen in fear. |
| Pearl | The pattern on its belly is for intimidation. It constricts foes when they are frozen in fear. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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| I | Pokémon Red and Blue | Uncommon | Route 23 and Unknown Dungeon (Red only) |
| Pokémon Yellow | None | Trade | |
| II | Pokémon Gold and Silver | Few | Routes 3, 4, 22, 28 (Silver only) |
| Pokémon Crystal | Few | Routes 3, 4, 26, 27, 28, 42, and Mt. Silver | |
| III | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | None | Trade |
| Pokémon Emerald | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | Common | Route 23 and Cerulean Cave (FireRed only) | |
| Pokémon Colosseum | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | One | Cipher Key Lair (Shadow) | |
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Rare | Great Marsh (dongle method: FireRed) |
| Pal Park | Forest |
In side games
| Game | Location |
|---|---|
| Pokémon Trozei | Secret Storage 18 Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Evolve from Ekans |
| Pokémon Ranger | Sekra Mountain Range |
Base stats
| HP: | 60 | |
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| Attack: | 85 | |
| Defense: | 69 | |
| Special: | 65 | |
| SpAtk: | 65 | |
| SpDef: | 79 | |
| Speed: | 80 |
The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.
Type effectiveness
| Weakness | Resistance | |
|---|---|---|
In Generation I, the effectiveness of bug-type moves is 200.
Learnset
Arbok is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
| Move | Type | Cat. | Father |
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| Beat Up | 
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| Sneasel, Weavile |
| Disable | 
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| Psyduck, Golduck |
| Poison Fang | 
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| Seviper |
| Poison Tail |
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| Seviper |
| Pursuit |
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| Rattata, Raticate Tauros Dunsparce Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Zangoose |
| Scary Face |
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| Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Raticate Rhyhorn, Rhydon Tauros Flareon Snubbull, Granbull Ursaring Donphan Poochyena, Mightyena Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Rhyperior Mamoswine |
| Slam |
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| Pikachu Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Sentret, Furret Wooper, Quagsire Phanpy Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile |
| Spite | 
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| Dunsparce |
By tutoring
Special moves
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Arbok knows Shadow Half and Shadow Rush as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Refresh after being purified.
Side game data
| Pokémon Pinball | ||
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| Acquisition: Evolve |
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| Pokémon Trozei! | ||
| Rarity: Rare |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | ||
| Body size: 1 | Recruit Rate: Evolve | Friend Area: Wild Plains |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | Don't mistake this pattern as my real face! | |
| 26%-50% HP | This isn't good. My HP's down to half. | |
| 1%-25% HP | I'm in pain... I'm ready to fall... | |
| Level Up | Leveled up! Watch me intimidate foes! | |
| Pokémon Ranger | ||
| Group:
| Loops: 6 | Minimum Experience: - |
| Poké Assist:
| Field Move: None | Maximum Experience: - |
| Arbok will try to avoid capture by spitting devastating blobs of poison. | ||
Evolution
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Level 22
Arbok
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Sprites
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| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back |
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| II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | ||
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back |
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| Image:Spr 3r 024 s.png | Image:Spr 3e 024 s.gif | Image:Spr 3f 024 s.png | Image:Spr b g3 024 s.png | |||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Back | |||
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For other sprites and images, please see Arbok images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- In the most infamous Pokémon Trainer's Choice, Arbok was claimed to evolve into Seviper.
- In Generation I games, Arbok seemed to have a pattern on its back. This was later dropped.
- In Generation II, the "face" on Arbok's chest pattern changed. It stayed that way for Generation III, but it changed back to its original design in Generation IV. This supports the Pokédex entry saying how there are different pattern designs.
Origin
- It is likely that its design was based upon a cobra.
- Arbok may also be based on a sea snake because, in the episode "The Misty Mermaid" Jessie's Arbok battled completely under water without coming up for air, as well as exhibiting exceptional swimming ability.
Name origin
Its name is the word cobra spelled backwards and with k instead of c.
In other languages
- German: Arbok
- French: Arbok - Cobra means the same in French as in English.
- Korean: 아보크 Abokeu
- Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 阿柏怪 Á Bó Gůai - Transliteration of Ekans's Japanese name, Arbo. The last character, 怪, means freak or demon.
Related articles
External links
- Article on Wikipedia
- Poison Sting, the fanlisting for Arbok at The Anime Fanlistings Network
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