Ariados

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Ariados Long Leg Pokémon #035
Type Bug Poison Unknown Unknown
Abilities Swarm or Insomnia		Hidden Ability Sniper
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female		Catch rate 90 (11.8%)
Breeding Egg group Bug Hatch time 4080 steps
Height 1.1 m 3'07" m m m		Weight 33.5 kg 73.9 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg {{{weight2-lbs}}} lbs {{{weight3-kg}}} kg {{{weight3-lbs}}} lbs {{{weight4-kg}}} kg {{{weight4-lbs}}} lbs
Base experience yield 140		Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 2 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
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   Red		Base friendship 70
Cry

Ariados is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon. It evolves from Spinarak at level 22.

Pokédex entry

Pokédex entry Its feet are tipped with tiny hooked claws that enable it to scuttle on ceilings and vertical walls. It constricts its foe with thin and strong silk webbing.

Biology

Physiology

(From Bulbapedia)Ariados is a Pokémon that resembles a spider. It has a red body with black stripes and markings on its rear that form a face. In the center of its head is a small, white horn. Additionally, it also has small purple eyes and a pair of white mandibles. Ariados has four yellow legs with purple stripes; long, pointed growths on its back appear to be remnants of its fifth and sixth legs. Ariados's feet are tipped with tiny hooked claws that enable it to scuttle on ceilings and vertical walls. It spins a single strand of a special string endlessly out of its rear. The string can also be spun from its mouth; however, it is hard to tell which end is which. Rather than making a nest in one specific spot, it wanders to hunt aggressively after darkness falls. It will attach silk to its prey and set it free. Later, it tracks the silk to the prey and its friends. It spews thread on prey before biting into them with its fangs. Ariados makes its nest in the depths of the forest. Ariados and its pre-evolution Spinarak are the only known Pokémon that can learn Toxic Thread.

Game locations

Availability None evolve Spinarak Common Uncommon Fossil Rare One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Rare Always

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 70	130 - 177	250 - 344
Attack: 90	85 - 156	166 - 306
Defense: 70	67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp.Atk: 60	58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp.Def: 60	58 - 123	112 - 240
Speed: 40	40 - 101	76 - 196
Total: 390   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Moves

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35 1 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20 1 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 15 1 Constrict Normal Physical 10 100% 35 1 String Shot Bug Status — 95% 40 5 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 15 8 Constrict Normal Physical 10 100% 35 12 Leech Life Bug Physical 20 100% 15 15 Night Shade Ghost Special Varies 100% 15 19 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100% 30 23 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15 28 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 80 100% 5 37 Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 41 Pin Missile Bug Physical 25 90% 20 46 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100% 10 50 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20 55 Cross Poison Poison Physical 70 100% 20

A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Ariados obtained at level 1 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ariados Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ariados

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM09 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM81 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 Bounce Flying Physical 08585 085}}85% 5 Bug Bite Bug Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15 Flash Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 Hone Claws Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 Infestation Bug Physical 02020 100}}100% 20 Secret Power Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 Signal Beam Bug Special 07575 100}}100% 15 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ariados Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ariados

By Breeding

By breeding

Father   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Ariados Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ariados Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ariados

Evolution

Unevolved Spinarak  Bug  Poison

lv 22 →

First evolution Ariados  Bug  Poison

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Trivia

Design Origin

(From Bulbapedia) Ariados's appearance is based on the Myrmarachne formicaria spider, but with the prosoma (thorax and head area) and opisthosoma (abdominal area) reversed, fitting with its Pokédex entry. Its ability to spin string from its mouth and its signature move likely refer to spitting spiders, which spit venomous silk from their chelicerae to capture prey.

Name Origin

(From Bulbapedia) Ariados may be named after the Greek myth of Theseus and Ariadne, wherein Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of twine before he entered the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur, so that he may trail the strand behind him and find his route back to her. Ariados may also be a combination of arachnid (Latin for spider) and 脅す odosu (to threaten) or dos (Spanish for two, used possibly because it has two stingers, or because it is the second form in its evolutionary line).

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