What type is Ariados?

Ariados is a dual Bug/Poison type Pokémon.

What is Ariados weak to?

Ariados is Bug/Poison. It takes 2× from Fire, Flying, Psychic and Rock.

No. 0168 · Gen 2

Adamant: Hits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Hit ARIADOS with Fire, Flying, Psychic and Rock for 2× damage.

2×Super effective

½×Not very effective

¼×Barely scratches it

In Pokémon GO: Fire deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Ariados gives 2 Attack EVs.

Your game

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

Type	Move	Kind	Power
Normal	Hyper Beam	Special	150
Bug	Megahornsame type	Physical	120
Grass	Solar Beam	Special	120
Poison	Sludge Wavesame type	Special	95
Dark	Foul Play	Physical	95
Psychic	Psychic	Special	90
Flying	Bounce	Physical	85
Ground	Dig	Physical	80
Steel	Smart Strike	Physical	70
Ghost	Hex	Special	65
Electric	Electroweb	Special	55

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.