Adnokana

**Adnokana (Japanese: アーボスク / Arbossk)** is a dual-type Poison/Steel Pokémon, and is one of the original Fakemon created for Pokémon Vega, Procyon, and Deneb. It is exclusive to Procyon.

It evolves from Arbok starting at level 44. It is the final evolution of Ekans.

## Overview

Unlike Weezing, who had brief success in some higher tiers in some later Generations, Arbok was never able to find success, despite being popular with its meme "Charbok!". The very low base stats Arbok has, even with a +10 Attack buff from Sun and Moon and Coil, really did not help at all. However, in Vega, Arbok got a new evolution known as Adnokana.

Adnokana gained a Steel typing, removing the Psychic weakness that had plagued Arbok for so long in exchange for a Fire and a 4x Ground weakness. Poison/Steel is a pretty resilient type combination defensively, resisting a whole host of types. Poison/Steel resist a whooping 11 types. However, the glowup in stats really helped a lot. +23 Speed allowed Adnokana to get the jump on the 100s Speed tier. While its HP remained the same, it gained a lot of Attack, jumping up to 112, and both Defenses are raised by 10, letting it tank hits well alongside its resilient defensive typing. However, Poison/Steel offensively was not potent back then, as Poison and Steel do not hit much super effectively other than Ice, Rock, and Grass types. In addition, there are a select few type combinations that resist both Poison and Steel, despite Adnokana having Coil boosted STAB Metal Blast and Gunk Shot. Ergo, it had to drop one of its STAB moves to have room for a coverage option, like Earthquake, Crunch, Shadow Clamp, Icicle Crash, or Fire Fang to hit specific targets. In addition, Adnokana now has the stats to use both Intimidate and Shed Skin effectively. Intimidate makes it more resilient on the physical side while Shed Skin has a chance of removing status. It helps recover off of Rest when using a Coil set or Will-O-Wisp burns.

In Procyon and Deneb, things have changed Adnokana for the better. Fairy types have joined the fray, which happen to be weak to both Steel and Poison. Adnokana can use either Poison move or Steel move to send Fairies packing. However, since Jawile is the only Fairy who's not weak to either Steel or Poison, with Jawile being neutral to Steel, Adnokana can forgo running Poison STAB in favor of hitting all Fairies with Steel move. Poison typing allows it to not only be immune to Toxic, but also make it a wall against Fairies who lack a Fire or Ground move to get around Adnokana. Second, Adnokana gained +10 Attack in reflecting on Arbok's buff in Sun and Moon, making it more potent offensively than before. At max Attack investment, Adamant Adnokana's Metal Blast now hits harder than Kingambit's Iron Head unless if there's 4 fainted team members via Supreme Overlord. A Jolly Mega Metagross does less than max Attack Adnokana while an Adamant one does more, but the issue is that Mega Metagross has Accuracy issues with Meteor Mash while Adnokana does not with 1 Coil up.

The new items added in Procyon and Deneb make Adnokana more diverse. Choice Scarf to get the jump on the higher and faster Mons in the game. Black Sludge is a useful Leftovers alternative that can punish Trick users. Life Orb for consistent and strong damage at the cost of its health. Assault Vest lets it tank both attacking fronts well, despite its HP being the lowest stat. Shuca Berry allows it to survive 1 Earthquake reliably with Intimidate or Coil. Type Gems to give either of its STAB a huge boost while making it take less damage from Knock Off.

The downside of Adnokana is that a lot of the good coverage it can have, like Earthquake, Sucker Punch, and Aqua Tail, are locked behind breeding. Also, it lacks Rest to recover off damage in a given battle to synergize with Shed Skin. It is susceptible to burn, even if it runs Shed Skin. Lastly, even with Fairies, Poison and Steel are not potent type coverage together, especially against opposing Steel types. Still, for being a fanmade Arbok evolution, Adnokana is no slouch both offensively and defensively. Even with Eviolite Arbok, Adnokana's typing and stat gains far outweighs over using Eviolite Arbok.

## Base Stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.
* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

## Moves

### By a Prior Evolution

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Adnokana
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Adnokana

## Trivia

### Name Origin

Like its' preevolutions, Adnokana is *anaconda* backwards with the c replaced by a k.