Ekans (Pokémon)

Ekans アーボ Arbo
Artwork from FR/LG
Pronunciation	eck-ehns [1]
Type	Poison
Species	Snake Pokémon
Kanto Dex National Dex	#023
Johto Dex	#050
Hoenn Dex	#225*
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-151
Almia Browser	R—
Height	6′07″ (2.0m)
Weight	15.2 lbs. (6.9kg)
Abilities	Intimidate or Shed Skin
Egg groups	Ground/Dragon
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 Atk
Exp. yield	62 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Purple
Catch rate	255
Footprint
Body style
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Ekans (Japanese: アーボ Arbo) is a Poison-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Arbok at level 22.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 In the TFG 6 Game data 6.1 NPC appearances 6.2 Pokédex entries 6.3 Game locations 6.3.1 In side games 6.4 Base stats 6.5 Type effectiveness 6.6 Learnset 6.6.1 By leveling up 6.6.2 By TM/HM 6.6.3 By breeding 6.6.4 By tutoring 6.6.5 TCG-only Moves 6.7 Side game data 6.8 Evolution 6.9 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.1.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 Related articles 10 External links 11 Notes

Biology

Physiology

This reptilian Pokémon resembles a snake (its English name even being an anagram of the word "snake" spelled backward while other languages use an anagram of the word "boa"). It has a rattle at the tip of its tail, and is mostly purple while its underbelly, eyes, rattle, and the "bands" on it are yellow.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Ekans are able to detach their jaws to swallow large prey whole, although this makes their bodies heavy.

Behavior

Like actual snakes, Ekans will lash out with a bite when frightened by anything it sees as a threat. If one happens to be bitten by a young Ekans, they are lucky. As an Ekans doesn't possess the ability to add poison to its bite until after it evolves into an Arbok, though this last bit of information clashes with Ekans's dungeon phrase.

Habitat

Ekans live in grassy savannas and plains.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Ekans' favorite food is eggs from Pidgey and Spearow nests.

In the anime

Jessie had an Ekans that eventually evolved into an Arbok.

A poacher had captured a bunch of Ekans in AG006.

Ekans was part of "Team Meanies" in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate! Special. Gengar commanded the Poisonous Snake Pokémon to eat all the berries Team Go-Getters collected. At one point, Ekans was incorrectly referred to as Arbok by Gengar. While this was an intentional error that Ekans rebuked in the original version (due to the similarities in the Japanese names), this came across as a general mistake in the dub and was corrected in reairings of the episode.

In the manga

Koga has an Ekans in Pokémon Special.

A twin pair of Ekans are antagonists in Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure.

In the TCG

Main article: Ekans (TCG)

In the TFG

One Ekans figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Ekans

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ekans is a member of Team Meanies. It attempted to climb Wish Cave with Medicham but collapsed on the first floor.

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.
	Blue
	Yellow	The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.
	Stadium	Slithers silently through grass, searching for its favorite food--Pidgey and Spearow eggs.
II	Gold	It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.
	Silver	It always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful, but harmless.
	Crystal	It flutters the tip of its tongue to seek out the scent of prey, then swallows the prey whole.
	Stadium 2	It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.
III	Ruby	Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.
	Sapphire	Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.
	Emerald	An Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. This position allows it to quickly respond to an enemy from any direction with a threat from its upraised head.
	FireRed	A very common sight in grassland, etc. It flicks its tongue in and out to sense danger in its surroundings.
	LeafGreen	Moving silently and stealthily, it eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.
IV	Diamond	It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.
	Pearl	It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
I	Red	Blue	Few	Routes 4, 11, and 23
	Yellow		None	Trade
II	Gold	Silver	Few	Routes 3, 4, 32, and 33
	Crystal		Few	Routes 3, 4, 32, 33, and 42
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Trade
	Emerald		None	Trade
	FireRed	LeafGreen	Common	Routes 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, and 23
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		None	Trade
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Dongle	Route 212 (FireRed)
	Platinum		Dongle	Route 212 (FireRed)
	Pal Park			Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei!	Huge Storage 4 Endless Level 51 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Western Cave (3F-5F)
Pokémon Ranger	Olive Jungle
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Shimmer Desert (1F-9F)

Base stats

HP:	35
Attack:	60
Defense:	44
Special:	40
SpAtk:	40
SpDef:	54
Speed:	55

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Ground : 2×  Psychic : 2×	Fighting : ½×  Poison : ½×  Bug : ½×  Grass : ½×		Normal : 1×  Flying : 1×  Rock : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Steel : 1×  Fire : 1×  Water : 1×  Electric : 1×  Ice : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×
Notes: In Generation I, the effectiveness of  Grass-type  moves is ½×, and the effectiveness of  Bug-type  moves is 2×.

Learnset

Ekans is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Wrap	Normal	Physical	15	85%	20	Tough	0
Start	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
4	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100%	35	Smart	2 ♥♥
9	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
12	Glare	Normal	Status	—	75%	30	Tough	2 ♥♥
17	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	22
20	Acid	Poison	Special	40	100%	30	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
25	Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Tough	0
25	Swallow	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	0
25	Spit Up	Normal	Special	—	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
28	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
33	Gastro Acid	Poison	Status	—	100%	10	Beauty	0
36	Haze	Ice	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
41	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	70%	5	Cool	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	60	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—%	25	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100%	15	Tough	0
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10	Tough	0
TM49	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10	Cool	1 ♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20	Smart	0
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Sneasel, Weavile Houndour, Houndoom	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	10	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
Psyduck, Golduck	Disable	Normal	Status	—	80%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Seviper	Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
Seviper	Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100%	25	Smart	2 ♥♥
Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20	Smart	1 ♥
Charmander, Charmeleon Charizard Raticate Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior Tauros Flareon Snubbull, Granbull Ursaring Donphan Poochyena, Mightyena Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Mamoswine	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	90%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
Pikachu, Raichu Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Sentret, Furret Wooper, Quagsire Phanpy, Donphan Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Dunsparce	Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Gastro Acid	Poison	Status	—	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	70%	5	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100%	15	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

TCG-only Moves

• Bind

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 12.4%	Friend Area: Wild Plains
Phrases
51%-100% HP	The poison in my fangs is wicked!
26%-50% HP	My HP's gone down to half.
1%-25% HP	Help... I'm running out of poison...
Level Up	Yesss! I leveled up! I'll do my best!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 5	Minimum Experience: 28
Poké Assist:	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 42
If it spots a Capture Disc, Ekans will slither straight toward it.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 0.5%	IQ Group: C

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level 22	First evolution
	Ekans  Poison		Arbok  Poison

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			Image:Spr 3e 023 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 023.png
			Image:Spr 4p 023 s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Ekans images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Ekans was originally going to use its Japanese name,"Arbo", as its English name.
• In The Power of One, it is shown that Ekans can swim, though it hasn't been able to learn Surf in any released game yet.
• An Ekans was originally going to be featured in Pokémon Snap, shown in an early test shot of an environment that was ne