Ekans
ArbokCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #561 · 9 votes · median D
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Rank #556 · 14 votes · median C
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Endless
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Rank #84 · 7 votes · median D
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Tier history
6 recorded changes · 9 votes
9 recorded changes · 14 votes
7 recorded changes · 7 votes
Game data
Abilities
- Intimidate
When the Pokémon enters a battle, it intimidates opposing Pokémon and makes them cower, lowering their Attack stats.
- Shed Skin
The Pokémon has a 30% chance of curing its own status conditions at the end of every turn by shedding its skin.
- UnnerveHidden
Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.
The Pokémon has ⅓ of its max HP restored when it switches out of battle.
Egg moves
- Power WhipGrassPhysical120 pow · 85%
The user violently whirls its vines, tentacles, or the like to lash the target.
- Dragon DanceDragonStatus— · —
The user vigorously performs a mystic, powerful dance that boosts its Attack and Speed stats.
- Sucker PunchDarkPhysical70 pow · 100%
This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.
- Shed TailNormalStatus— · —Rare egg move
The user creates a substitute for itself using ½ of its max HP before switching places with a party Pokémon in waiting.
Base stats
Ekans · BST 288
Arbok · BST 448
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-2 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Ekans eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 50
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Ekans needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.