Fearow, Rapidash, and Arcanine all give Arbok a good deal of trouble, so Omanyte is an essential partner for its ability to check all of them. It's also easily overwhelmed by multiple faster opponents. Arbok isn't completely helpless against faster threats, as it can try to tank a hit and retaliate with paralysis, but it still often loses due to Glare's low accuracy and the possibility of critical hits or secondary effects like burn. Drowzee is an excellent partner for its ability to check these threats and has the added benefit of spreading paralysis of its own. Abra also 2HKOes Arbok with Psychicm and is rarely OHKOed by Arbok's Hyper Beam. Since Arbok is useless when paralyzed, its worst matchups are against faster Thunder Wave users, namely Abra and Staryu. Hyper Beam is Arbok's strongest attack against targets that are not weak to Earthquake, serving as a decently powerful finisher against foes like Pinsir and Machamp. Earthquake hits Gastly and Rock-types for super effective damage and serves as coverage against top threats like Nidoqueen and Rapidash.
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While spammable, these moves have low accuracy, and Wrap may give sleeping targets free turns to wake. The combination of Wrap and Glare is Arbok's primary draw, as the former immobilizes slower foes, letting it pivot around them or chip them down, while the latter lets it spread paralysis, making more foes vulnerable to its Wrap. Thus, despite its useful tools, players should generally avoid using Arbok.
Even if it can get in against a slower threat, Arbok has may just miss twice and get KOed without accomplishing anything. Arbok is also very unreliable-Wrap is only as accurate as Fire Blast, while Glare is even worse at 74.6%.
If Arbok finds itself on the receiving end of paralysis, it's practically dead weight to it's team. Arbok's Speed isn't that great either, as common foes like Rapidash, Arcanine, and Fearow outpace it-teams typically have no shortage of Pokemon that outspeed Arbok. Combined with its mediocre bulk and Attack, this leaves Arbok struggling to dish out damage while taking significant damage from most threats in return. Its terrible Poison typing gives it no notable resistances, weaknesses to common Ground- and Psychic-type attacks, and no useful STAB moves. However, this is where Arbok's positive traits end. Against faster foes, Arbok can use Glare to paralyze them and continue using Wrap. It can outspeed and Wrap metagame staples like Nidoqueen and Porygon. Access to Glare and Wrap combined with its solid base 80 Speed gives Arbok the smallest of niches in PU.
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