#023 Ekans
Ekans
Male: 50%   Female: 50%
Types
Poison -
Name Number Japanese Name
Ekans 023 Arbo
Pronunciation Species
ECK-EHNS Snake Pokémon
Name Meaning
SNAKE spelled backwards.
Height Weight
6' 7" 2.01 m 15.0 lb 6.75 kg
Evolutions
Ekans Level 22⇨ Arbok
Pokedex Entries
Red Blue Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as PIDGEY and SPEAROW, whole.
Yellow The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.
Stadium Slithers silently through grass, searching for its favorite food--PIDGEY and SPEAROW eggs.
Gold Stadium 2 It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become to heavy to move, however.
Silver It always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful but harmless.
Crystal It flutters the tip of its tongue to seek out the scent of prey, then swallows the prey whole.
Locations Found Time Rarity
Blue Must trade from Red, Gold, Silver, or Crystal NA None
Red Routes 4, 8, 9, 11, 23 NA Many
Yellow Must trade from Red, Gold, Silver, or Crystal NA None
Gold Goldenrod City (Buy at Game Corner) Any Prize
Silver Routes 3, 4, 32, 33 Any Many
Crystal Routes 3, 4, 32, 33, 42, Johto (Headbutt) Mostly morn. or day Many
How to Catch
Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B R: X            
Yellow              
G/S S: X           X     G: X
Crystal X     X X   X      
Weaknesses (Defense)
Normal = x1 Fire = x1 Water = x1 Electric = x1 Grass = x0.5 Ice = x1
Fighting = x0.5 Poison = x0.5 Ground = x2 Flying = x1 Psychic = x2 Bug =
GSC: x0.5
RBY: x 2
Rock = x1 Ghost = x1 Dragon = x1 Dark = x1 Steel = x1
G S C
Total Weaknesses= 2/17
Total Resistances= 4/17
Defense Ratio= 1 : 2 ⇨ 50%
R B Y
Total Weaknesses= 3/15
Total Resistances= 3/15
Defense Ratio= 1 : 1 ⇨ 100%
GSC vs RBY: This pokémon has one less weakness and one more resistance in GSC than in RBY. So this pokémon has a better defense ratio in GSC.
Advantages (Offense)
Normal = Normal Fire = Normal Water = Normal Electric = Normal Grass = Good Ice = Normal
Fighting = Normal Poison = Bad Ground = Bad Flying = Normal Psychic = Normal Bug =
GSC: Normal
RBY: Good
Rock = Bad Ghost = Bad Dragon = Normal Dark = Normal Steel = No Effect
Total Advantages (GSC)= 1/17
Total Disadvantages (GSC)= 5/17
Offensive Ratio (GSC)= 1:5 (Adv : Dis) ⇨ 20%
Total Advantages (RBY)= 2/15
Total Disadvantages (RBY)= 4/15
Offensive Ratio (RBY)= 1:2 (Adv : Dis) ⇨ 50%
Natural Learned Attacks
Note: Attacks in white are physical attacks, Attacks in blue are special attacks, and Attacks in yellow are techniques with no direct damage. To view what an attack/ability is Click Here for Red/Blue/Yellow or Click Here for Gold/Silver/Crystal. (Opens in new window)
Y R B G S C Attacks Type
  - Wrap NRM
- Leer NRM
10 9 Poison Sting PSN
17 15 Bite NRM (RBY) / DRK (GSC)
24 23 Glare NRM
31 29 Screech NRM
38 37 Acid PSN
  43 Haze ICE
Moves Learned from Move Tutor (Crystal)
None
TM/HM Capibilities - Gold/Silver/Crystal         (Move cursor over TM/HMs and hold it to find out what it is)
TM 01 TM 02 TM 03 TM 04 TM 05 TM 06 TM 07 TM 08 TM 09 TM 10
TM 11 TM 12 TM 13 TM 14 TM 15 TM 16 TM 17 TM 18 TM 19 TM 20
TM 21 TM 22 TM 23 TM 24 TM 25 TM 26 TM 27 TM 28 TM 29 TM 30
TM 31 TM 32 TM 33 TM 34 TM 35 TM 36 TM 37 TM 38 TM 39 TM 40
TM 41 TM 42 TM 43 TM 44 TM 45 TM 46 TM 47 TM 48 TM 49 TM 50
HM 01 HM 02 HM 03 HM 04 HM 05 HM 06 HM 07  
TM/HM Capibilities - Red/Blue/Yellow
TM 01 TM 02 TM 03 TM 04 TM 05 TM 06 TM 07 TM 08 TM 09 TM 10
TM 11 TM 12 TM 13 TM 14 TM 15 TM 16 TM 17 TM 18 TM 19 TM 20
TM 21 TM 22 TM 23 TM 24 TM 25 TM 26 TM 27 TM 28 TM 29 TM 30
TM 31 TM 32 TM 33 TM 34 TM 35 TM 36 TM 37 TM 38 TM 39 TM 40
TM 41 TM 42 TM 43 TM 44 TM 45 TM 46 TM 47 TM 48 TM 49 TM 50
HM 01 HM 02 HM 03 HM 04 HM 05  
Breeding Information (GSC Feature Only)
Note: When ever a pokémon "Family" is mentioned, it means all of the pokémon that are related by evolution. The lowest level adult pokémon of a Family are always used in front of the word "Family". (for example: the Chikorita Family refers to Chikorita, Bayleef, and Meganium)
Breeding Groups: Group 7 - Ground Pokémon Group 13 - Dragon Pokémon
Pokémon Compatibility:
Egg Moves: Beat Up Mate with a male Sneasel.
Pursuit Mate with a male Dunsparce, Rattata/Raticate, Tauros, or Umbreon.
Slam Mate with a male from Dratini, Pikachu, Sentret, or Wooper Family.
Spite Mate with a male Dunsparce.
Crunch (C) Mate with a male from Girafarig or Houndour Family.
Stats Base Min-Max (L100) GSC
%ile
GSC
Rank
RBY
%ile
RBY
Rank
Hit Points: 35
243-273 13.57% 41/45 14.72% 38/42
Attack: 60
188-218 34.46% 28/49 30.85% 28/45
Defense: 44
156-186 19.80% 41/55 18.41% 36/44
Speed: 55
178-208 32.66% 32/47 29.14% 30/42
Special Attack (G S C): 40
148-178 15.87% 37/46  
Special Defense (G S C): 54
176-206 29.14% 31/41
Special (R B Y): 40
148-178   14.72% 24/29
Total: G S C: 288 R B Y: 234 G S C:
1089-1269
R B Y:
913-1063
12.54% 69/87 8.88% 55/65

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