Spinarak

No. 0167 · Gen 2

Spinarak weakness and type

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

Moves against Spinarak

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

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

Test a matchup against Spinarak

Abilities

  • SwarmNo change to type matchups
  • InsomniaNo change to type matchups
  • SniperNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack60
  • Defense40
  • Sp. Atk40
  • Sp. Def40
  • Speed30
  • Total250

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 Spinarak gives 1 Attack EV.

Calculate Spinarak's stats

How Spinarak evolves

SpinarakBugPoison
All evolutions

What Spinarak 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.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
BugMegahornsame typePhysical120
GrassSolar BeamSpecial120
PoisonSludge Wavesame typeSpecial95
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
PsychicPsychicSpecial90
FlyingBouncePhysical85
GroundDigPhysical80
GhostHexSpecial65
ElectricElectrowebSpecial55

Type counters to Spinarak

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.