No. 0023 · Gen 1
Ekans weakness and type
Hit EKANS with Ground and Psychic for 2× damage.
Moves against Ekans
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
In Pokémon GO: Ground deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart
Test a matchup against EkansAbilities
- IntimidateNo change to type matchups
- Shed SkinNo change to type matchups
- UnnerveNo change to type matchups
Base stats
- HP35
- Attack60
- Defense44
- Sp. Atk40
- Sp. Def54
- Speed55
- Total288
Best nature
AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Ekans gives 1 Attack EV.
Calculate Ekans's statsHow Ekans evolves
EkansPoison- Level 22
ArbokNo evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Ekans can hit with
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 | Skull Bash | Physical | 130 |
| Poison | Gunk Shotsame type | Physical | 120 |
| Ground | Earthquake | Physical | 100 |
| Steel | Iron Tail | Physical | 100 |
| Water | Aqua Tail | Physical | 90 |
| Psychic | Psychic Fangs | Physical | 85 |
| Dark | Crunch | Physical | 80 |
| Grass | Seed Bomb | Physical | 80 |
| Bug | Leech Life | Physical | 80 |
| Rock | Rock Slide | Physical | 75 |
| Fire | Fire Fang | Physical | 65 |
| Dragon | Scale Shot | Physical | 25 |
Type counters to Ekans
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.
