Arbok (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Arbok (disambiguation).

Arbok Cobra Pokémon アーボック Arbok #024 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Poison Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Intimidate or Shed Skin Cacophony Cacophony Unnerve Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 90 (20.1%)
Breeding Egg Groups Field and Dragon Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 11'06" 3.5 m Arbok 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 143.3 lbs. 65.0 kg Arbok 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 147 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 157 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Arbok 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Arbok (Japanese: アーボック Arbok) is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Ekans starting at level 22.

Biology

Internal anatomy of Arbok, as seen in That Awful Arbok

Arbok is a serpentine Pokémon that resembles a cobra. It has narrow eyes and several sharp teeth. Just below its head is a large hood with a face-like pattern. This pattern has over 20 possible variations. The pattern typically has two red and yellow eyespots outlined in black, a wide black streak resembling an upturned mouth, and a black V-shaped stripe above the eyespots.

Arbok is capable of crushing opponents by coiling its body around them and squeezing them tightly. It can even flatten steel oil drums. If it encounters an enemy, it raises its head, mimics, and stuns the opponent using the frightening pattern on its body. It can also make eerie sounds by expelling air from its mouth. It has been stated that if any part of Arbok's body except for the head is cut off, it can regrow the rest of its body again in a matter of a few weeks. It also has the ability to detect vibrations as shown in the anime. Arbok has been known to be capable of spending long periods underwater and surviving in aquatic environments. One particular Arbok could change its pattern at any time to increase power to different stats and get invulnerability to status conditions, if the pattern is uncovered.

Arbok is territorial. It lashes out at intruders with long fangs tipped with deadly venom. Vengeful in nature, it will not give up a chase once it targets its prey or an opponent, no matter how far. It makes its home in grassy savannas and plains, but it can also be found in forests and desolate wastelands alongside its pre-evolved form Ekans. In the wild, it hunts smaller Pokémon such as Wooper, and also preys on Pidgey and Spearow Eggs. When hunting, it uses the pattern on its hood to immobilize prey, then it begins constricting them, and it finally poisons the target to finish them off and eat them. It is also capable of paralyzing opponents with its former signature move, Glare.

In the anime

Main series

Arbok in the anime

Major appearances

Jessie's Arbok

Jessie had an Arbok that she obtained as an Ekans. It evolved from Ekans in Dig Those Diglett!, thus marking the species' debut. It was extremely loyal to her and was her primary battling Pokémon until A Poached Ego!, when she set it free along with James's Weezing so it could protect a wild group of Ekans and Koffing.

Other

In The Ultimate Test, Ash used an Arbok in the Pokémon League Entrance Exam. It went up against the instructor's Jolteon and ultimately lost.

Minor appearances

An Arbok appeared as an image in the dubbed version of The Ultimate Test.

In Pikachu's Vacation, an Arbok was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In The Power of One, multiple Arbok sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A wild Arbok appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Ring Masters, an Arbok competed in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference.

In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent an Arbok to the school's underage students for use in lessons.

An Arbok appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In What I Did for Love!, a Coordinator's Arbok participated in the Performance Stage of the Gardenia Contest.

An Arbok appeared in a flashback in Pace - The Final Frontier!.

An Arbok appeared in a fantasy in The Keystone Pops!.

In One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!, the Pokémon Summer Academy lent an Arbok to one of the students for the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.

An Arbok appeared in a fantasy in A Keeper for Keeps?.

In I Choose You!, an Arbok fell under the control of Marshadow.

An Arbok appeared in a flashback in A Timeless Encounter!, where it was seen in a picture.

In Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!, a Trainer's Arbok watched as Professor Kukui announced the completion of Manalo Stadium.

A Trainer's Arbok appeared in Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered!.

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  Prof. Oak's Pokémon Lecture: Arbok from Carrying On!

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  Prof. Oak's Pokémon Lecture: Arbok from Carrying On!

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  Prof. Oak's Pokémon Lecture: Arbok from Carrying On!

Pokémon Origins

Arbok in Pokémon Origins

In File 1: Red, an Arbok was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.

In File 4: Charizard, Red caught an Arbok.

Pokémon Generations

Arbok in Pokémon Generations

Agatha briefly used an Arbok against Blue's Rhydon in The Challenger, but it lost.

In a flashback in The Legacy, a Team Rocket Grunt used an Arbok to help Team Rocket invade the Goldenrod Radio Tower.

In the manga

Arbok in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Ash & Pikachu

Main article: Jessie's Arbok

In Ash & Pikachu, which is based on the anime, Arbok appears with Jessie in her travels.

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Main article: Jessie's Arbok

Jessie's Arbok appears in The Electric Tale of Pikachu. Like in the anime, it is her primary Pokémon that she uses in battle.

Magical Pokémon Journey

Arbok in Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Arbok (MPJ)

Arbok is one of the supporting characters in Magical Pokémon Journey. Originally an enemy of the main cast, he along with the Ekans Brothers befriend Hazel and her Pokémon.

In Even an Arbok Falls in Love!, he gets a crush on Wigglytuff and goes to Jynx as well as Hazel and friends for advice. At the end of the chapter, he confesses his love to Wigglytuff and gives her one of his molted skins.

Pokémon Adventures

Arbok debuted in That Awful Arbok!, under the ownership of Koga.

Koga and Agatha both have Arbok as important parts of their teams in Pokémon Adventures. Agatha's first appeared in Muk Raking. In Pokémon Adventures, 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 several different patterns: a standard pattern, a speed-boosting pattern, an attack-boosting pattern, and an invulnerability pattern that repels poisons. Koga's Arbok instead has only one pattern, which is a regenerative pattern that allows it to regenerate any part of its body as long as the head remains intact.

Crystal caught an Arbok on her way to Professor Elm's Lab in Three Cheers for Chikorita.

An Arbok appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Team Rocket General Ariana has an Arbok that appeared in Dealing With A Koffing Fit. She was able to overcome Bonee's Bone Club with ease.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, an Arbok appeared at the Safari Zone, which Silver attempted to capture.

An Arbok belonging to an Aether Foundation Employee first appeared in Play the Melody That Echoes in the Altar.

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  Arbok's invulnerability pattern

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  Arbok's speed pattern

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  Arbok's attack pattern

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

An Arbok appeared in A Match For Pokémon.

An Arbok appeared in The Challenge at Celadon University!.

An Arbok appeared in The Terrible Twins, Rin & Ran, under the ownership of Ran. It reappeared in GDZ44.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Professor Oak owns an Arbok, which debuted in Save the Pokémon Zoo!!.

An Arbok belonging to Giovanni made a cameo in Good-Bye, Pikachu?!.

In the TCG

Main article: Arbok (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Arbok appears as a Spirit.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Arbok is part of Team AWD, a team that pursues the challenges of Zero Isle.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Team AWD are shown in the Team Charm Special Episode, being the major antagonists of the story.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Berry (100%)
Yellow*
FireRed	LeafGreen	Poison Barb (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Generations I-VI

Generation VII onward

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Arbok is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM19 TM19 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM23 TM23 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TM26 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM28 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM36 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM41 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM66 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM79 TM79 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM83 TM83 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM84 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM96 TM96 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arbok Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arbok Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Beat Up Dark Physical — 100% 10 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20 Poison Fang Poison Physical 50 100% 15 Poison Tail Poison Physical 50 100% 25 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10 Slam Normal Physical 80 75% 20 Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5 Switcheroo Dark Status — 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Arbok in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Arbok in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arbok Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arbok Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Anime-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team 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 Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group: Poison Poké Assist: Poison Field move: None Loops: 6 Min. exp.: 64 Max. exp.: 84 Browser entry R-152 Arbok will try to avoid capture by spitting devastating blobs of poison.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.1 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 77 Base Defense: 54 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★ Move: Venoshock Attack: ★★★ Ability 1: Intimidate Ability 2: Shed Skin Ability 3: Frighten Defense: ★★★ Speed: ★★★ Evolves from Ekans when its Attack is 59 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Dōsan and Yazaemon
Pokémon Battle Trozei Poison Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Poison Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #694 Poison Leaves the foe poisoned.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 167 Base Defense: 153 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Bite, Acid, Dragon Tail* Charged Attacks: Dark Pulse, Sludge Wave, Gunk Shot, Acid Spray*, Frustration‡, Return‡
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #045 It must take some serious skill to sleep so securely on tree branches in the jungle! Arbok also displays the face-like pattern on its hood when it wants to intimidate foes.

Evolution

Unevolved Ekans  Poison

Level 22 →

First evolution Arbok  Poison

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

Generation VIII HOME

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

Trivia

Arbok with a face pattern, as seen in the Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD

• The face-like pattern on Arbok's chest has differences between games. Its appearance in Generation I, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and from Generation IV onward differs from the variants shown in Generation II and in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. This supports Pokédex text which notes differences between Arbok in different areas; however, its markings in Johto- and Hoenn-based remakes differ from those in the original games set in those regions.
  • Other media have featured additional variations. In Pokémon Adventures, Arbok can change their own patterns, as done by Agatha's Arbok. The Dark Arbok card from the TCG depicts another pattern.

Origin

Arbok seems to be based on the Indian cobra due to its venomous bite and hood markings. It may also be based on the king cobra, which is the world's largest venomous snake. Its powerful constriction is reminiscent of boas, anacondas, and pythons. Its frightening face-like belly patterns may be inspired by masks or face paint. The fact that it is in the Dragon Egg Group and its ability to learn Glare may be a reference to the legendary basilisk, a venomous, serpentine dragon said to be able to kill people with its stare.

Name origin

Arbok may be cobra spelled backwards (replacing the c with a k).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese アーボック Arbok Cobra spelled backwards, with a k instead of a c French Arbok Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Arbok Same as English/Japanese name German Arbok Same as English/Japanese name Italian Arbok Same as English/Japanese name Korean 아보크 Abok Same as English/Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 阿柏怪 Ābóguài Transliteration of Japanese name, with the character for "freak" added at the end Cantonese Chinese 阿柏怪 Ábaakgwaai Transliteration of Japanese name, with the character for "freak" added at the end

More languages Hebrew ארבוק Arbok Transcription of English name Hindi आरबॉक Arbok Transcription of English name Lithuanian Arbokas From English name Russian Арбок Arbok Transcription of English name Thai อาร์บอก Abok Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Jessie's Arbok
• Arbok (MPJ)
• Team AWD

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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