Is Spinarak Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Spinarak is a Safari Zone Bug/Poison that evolves into Ariados at 22. AbilitySwarm boosts Bug at low HP. Dustox and Beautifly are native alternatives. Ariados has decent Attack but the typing loses against most of Emerald's bosses.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Spinarak's weaknesses hard.
Tate & Liza's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Spinarak in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 33, uncommon). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 45PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 53PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Spinarak to Ariados
Spinarak evolves into Ariados at Level 22. You get it at Level 33, past Level 22, so it evolves into Ariados the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 63PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Spinarak in Emerald
Spinarak mirrors Ledyba exactly: an uncommon level 33 catch found only inside the Safari Zone. The two bugs share the same plot, so a single trip can net both if the encounter rolls go your way.
1 location to catch Spinarak
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Spinarak in E
- Step 2Evolve into AriadosBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spinarak egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Spinarak catch rates for Emerald by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Spinarak in Emerald
Spinarak turns up in the Safari Zone grass as an uncommon encounter, so pace the tiles and inspect each one, grinding out the same long full-odds wait for a shiny. Compare Shiny Spinarak odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Spinarak Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Emerald with Spinarak preloaded.
Spinarak Weakness
Spinarak's Bug/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. The Bug/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Spinarak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Spinarak
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x298-351%KO Aerial Ace 2x91-109%KO Rock Tomb 2x78-91% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x273-322%KO | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x224-265%KO Fly 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Typhlosion builds →Overheat 2x293-345%KO Aerial Ace 2x70-83% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x284-335%KO Rock Slide 2x99-117%KO | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Magcargo builds →Overheat 2x252-297%KO Rock Tomb 2x60-70% | ||
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Spinarak Evolutions
Spinarak is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Ariados. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 150 total stats over Spinarak. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spinarak easily with 37 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Disable, Psybeam and 3 more to offspring.
E Spinarak Best Moveset
Bug/Poison pre-evolution with AbilityInsomnia for sleep immunity. 60 Attack and no meaningful coverage. The moveset offers nothing at competitive level.
Best Build
Spinarak best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Signal Beam
- Agility
- Endure
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Baton Pass and Disable from the egg pool give Spinarak something extra.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The web it spins can be considered its second nervous system. It is said that a SPINARAK determines its prey by the tiny vibrations it feels through the web.
Spinarak Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Spinarak?
See the Locations section above for where to find Spinarak in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Spinarak from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Spinarak easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In Emerald, for a casual playthrough, Spinarak works as a placeholder. Bug/Poison coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Ariados. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Spinarak appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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