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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Araquanid in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Araquanid, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
Araquanid - Related Guides | |
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Blueberry #91 | Type | |
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Araquanid | ||
Abilities | ||
Water Bubble Water Absorb (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Water Bubble | Decreases the damage taken from Fire-type moves by 50% and increases the damage of Water-type moves by 100% before adding STAB. The user can't get burned. | |
Water Absorb (Hidden) |
The user restores up to 25% of its max HP instead of taking damage when hit with Water-type moves. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 68 | 438 |
Atk | 70 | 471 |
Def | 92 | 185 |
SpAtk | 50 | 585 |
SpDef | 132 | 21 |
Speed | 42 | 663 |
Total | 454 | 445 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 175 | 175 | 143 | 143 | 128 |
Atk | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Def | 158 | 144 | 112 | 100 | 87 |
SpAtk | 112 | 102 | 70 | 63 | 49 |
SpDef | 202 | 184 | 152 | 136 | 123 |
Spd | 103 | 94 | 62 | 55 | 42 |
Best Natures | ||
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Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Sticky Web Lead | ★★★★ |
Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | Atk 252 / Def 4 /Spe 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 143 / Atk 134 / Def 113 / Sp. Def 152 / Spe 94 |
Ability | Water Bubble |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash / Mystic Water |
Moveset | ・
Liquidation
・ Leech Life ・ Sticky Web ・ Magic Coat |
Sticky Web lead that is difficult to knockout thanks to its natural bulk. Water Bubble increases its Water-type attacks and prevents it from getting burned. Can counter opposing leads with Magic Coat. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Water Bubble |
Focus Sash
Mystic Water |
The Ability chosen for this build is Water Bubble. This ability doubles Araquanid's Water-type attack's base power. It also halves the damage of Fire-type attacks dealt to Araquanid and prevents it from getting burned.
This build can use either a Focus Sash or a Mystic Water. Focus Sash allows Araquanid to survive on hit while Mystic Water is used to further power up Araquanid's Water-type attacks.
Liquidation | Leech Life |
Sticky Web | Magic Coat |
Liquidation is Araquanid's strongest Water-type STAB attack since it becomes a 170 BP attack thanks to Water Bubble.
Leech Life allows Araquanid to heal back some health which can reactivate its Focus Sash if it's holding one.
Sticky Web is used to give Araquanid's team a form of speed control by lowering the Speed of grounded Pokemon on the opponent's side by one stage.
Magic Coat is used to reflect back certain status moves. This is important to prevent opposing leads from shutting down Araquanid with moves like Taunt or Encore and to bounce back hazards like Stealth Rocks or Toxic Spikes.
Steel Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Steel is the best Tera Type for this build because it helps Araquanid shed its weaknesses. It also doesn't have to worry about Fire-type attacks since Water Bubble will halve the damage.
Best Steel Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
A full 252 EVs are placed into its Attack and Speed to make Araquanid hit as hard and fast as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put in its Defense to help round out its bulk.
An Adamant nature is preferred to further increase Araquanid's damage output.
Mirror Coat | Araquanid has a very high Sp. Def and Mirror Coat can punish opposing special attackers by reflecting back the damage they do to Araquanid. |
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Damage Dealt by Araquanid |
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Item: Hearthflame Mask | Liquidation 124 ~ 147 (79.4 ~ 94.2%) Guaranteed 2HKO OHKOs if Ogerpon Teras |
Item: Assault Vest | Liquidation 186 ~ 218 (98.4 ~ 115.3%) 81.3% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Focus Sash | Leech Life 120 ~ 144 (77.4 ~ 92.9%) Guaranteed 2HKO 41.9 ~ 50.3% HP Recovered |
Damage Received by Araquanid |
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Item: Cornerstone Mask | Ivy Cudgel 206 ~ 246 (144 ~ 172%) Guaranteed 2HKO after Focus Sash |
Ability:
Technician
Item:
Assault Vest
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Technician Boosted Dual Wingbeat 144 ~ 172 (100.6 ~ 120.2%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Choice Specs | Thunderbolt 174-206 (121.6 - 144%) Guaranteed 2HKO after Focus Sash |
These calculations were made with Araquanid holding a Focus Sash. Any Water-type attacks would do more damage if it were holding Mystic Water.
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Physically Offensive Araquanid | ★★★★ |
Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 175 / Atk 134 / Def 113 / Sp. Def 152 / Spe 62 |
Ability | Water Bubble |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Mystic Water |
Moveset | ・
Liquidation
・ Leech Life ・ Wide Guard ・ Protect |
Good offensive and defensive coverage in its Bug/Water typing. Water Bubble increases its Water-type attacks and prevents it from getting burned. Effective Wide Guard user that is also difficult to KO. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Water Bubble | Life Orb |
The Ability chosen for this build is Water Bubble. This ability doubles Araquanid's Water-type attack's base power. It also halves the damage of Fire-type attacks dealt to Araquanid and prevents it from getting burned.
This build makes use of Life Orb to increase Araquanid's further damage output.
Liquidation | Leech Life |
Sticky Web | Magic Coat |
Liquidation is Araquanid's strongest Water-type STAB attack since it becomes a 170 BP attack thanks to Water Bubble.
Leech Life allows Araquanid to heal back some valuable health and allow it to stay in battle longer.
Wide Guard is used to protect Araquanid's team from spread attacks, such as Earthquake, Rock Slide, Expanding Force, and Heat Wave.
Protect can help Araquanid on turns where it is in danger of getting targetted and knocked out.
Water Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Water Tera gives Araquanid some added firepower to its Water-type Attacks, allowing Liquidation to deal even more damage. THis can also remove its weaknesses to Flying and Rock.
A full 252 EVs are placed into its Attack and HP to make Araquanid bulky and physically offensive. The extra 4 EVs are put in its Defense to help round out its physical defense, so that it can better take attacks such as Iron Hands' Wild Charge.
An Adamant nature is preferred to further increase Araquanid's damage output.
Bug Bite | A less powerful Bug-type STAB, that can consume an opponent's held Berry. |
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While Araquanid might be very bulky, it can still be easily threatened by Pokemon faster than it. Be wary of moves like Taunt or Encore that can shut Araquanid down if the opponent predicts your move correctly.
As a Sticky Web lead, Araquanid would want to be paired with teammates that heavily benefit from having the enemy's Speed decreased.
Hazards Lead | Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Araquanid | Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask) | Gholdengo |
Araquanid is used to set up Sticky Web for its allies that cannot normally boost their own Speed. This will help them outspeed Pokemon that are normally faster than them.
Hearthflame Ogerpon can become a very dangerous threat once the opponent's Speed is lowered. With an Attack boost once it Terastallizes, only the fastest Pokemon in the game can have a hope of knocking Ogerpon out before it knocks them out.
Gholdengo is also a fantastic Pokemon that can take advantage of the opponent's speed being lowered. Gholdengo can normally only outspeed fast Pokemon with a Choice Scarf, but with Sticky Web, it is free to hold other items instead.
Physical Attacker | Support / Special Attacker |
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Araquanid | Landorus (Therian Forme) |
Support | Physical Attacker |
Cresselia | Iron Hands |
Landorus Therian can deal with Rock and Electric-type Pokemon that Araquanid may have trouble with, which it can threaten with fast and powerful super-effective damage.
Iron Hands matches up favorably against Flying-types that may give Araquanid a difficult time. Cresselia can set up Trick Room for both Araquanid and Iron Hands, while Landorus can use U-Turn to get out of battle before Trick Room goes up.
Pokemon | Description |
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Scizor | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Naturally outspeeds Araquanid. ・Has Technician boosted Dual Wingbeat, bypassing Araquanid's Focus Sash. ▶️ Scizor Best Movesets |
Dragonite | Ranking: ★★★★
・Resists both of Araquanid's STABs. ・Can freely set up Dragon Dance boosts in front of Araquanid. ▶️ Dragonite Best Movesets |
Ogerpon (Cornerstone Mask) | Ranking: ★★★★
・Forces to Araquanid to Terastallize or it'll get OHKO'd by Ivy Cudgel. ・Can lock Araquanid into the last move it used with Encore. ▶️ Cornerstone Ogerpon Best Movesets |
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