Spidops
Spidops is a Bug-type Pokémon, the Trap Pokémon, number 918 (#0918) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 16.5 kg.
Spidops is the Trap Pokémon, a net-casting spider that stands like a person and strings its territory with tough, sticky threads. The Pokédex says its prey is dealt with before it has even noticed Spidops.
How to pronounce Spidops
Spidops is pronounced SPY-dops. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Spidops said out loud:
In Japanese it is ワナイダー (Wanaider).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Spidops is a net-casting spider that stands in a humanoid pose, 1.0 m tall and 16.5 kg, with eight slender legs bunched into pairs. Its body is mainly a beige-brown, with pine green on the face, arms and chest, and the chest pattern looks like a vest or overalls. It has large black eyes and pedipalps that look like a moustache, and its cylindrical abdomen is banded in white silk like a spool of thread.
Behaviour
Spidops is a covert ambush hunter. The Pokédex says it clings to branches and ceilings by its threads and moves silently, and Bulbapedia adds that it spins a net between its upper legs to smother prey. Bulbapedia also says it spars with its rival Scyther to protect its Tarountula young.
Habitat
The Pokédex names no habitat. Serebii lists it in Paldea's forest and bamboo biomes, in parts of East, North and West Province, Tagtree Thicket and Socarrat Trail.
Powers
Its signature move is Silk Trap, which shields it and lowers the Speed of any attacker that makes direct contact; Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon can learn it. It also uses Sticky Web, Circle Throw, Throat Chop and Struggle Bug. Its Ability is Insomnia, with Stakeout hidden. With base Defense 92 and Special Defense 86 it is a slow, sturdy blocker.
Name origin
Spidops may combine 'spider', 'spy' and 'ops' (operations), and possibly Deinopis, a genus of ogre-faced spiders. The Japanese name is Wanaider (ワナイダー), possibly wana ('trap'), 'spider' and Schneider, German for 'tailor'.
Design inspiration
Spidops may be based on ogre-faced or net-casting spiders, which keep their legs bunched in pairs and cast nets. Its wooden-puppet look suggests marionettes, its weaving may nod to cat's cradle, and its eyes and chest plate resemble the gear of special-forces soldiers and film spies. Bulbapedia also notes a possible link to the tsuchigumo, spider-like yōkai from Japanese folklore. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Tarountula evolves into Spidops at level 15.
In the games
Spidops evolves from Tarountula and also appears in 3-star Tera Raid Battles in Scarlet and Violet, where it first appeared. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Spidops debuted in the Horizons episode 'Farewell, Sprigatito?', where it attacked a group of Sprigatito in a flashback and later fought Liko's Sprigatito in the present.
Fun facts
- Spidops shares its Trap Pokémon category with Stunfisk.
- Spidops has a base stat total of 404, a figure Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon shares.
- Bulbapedia counts nine spinnerets on Spidops: one on each of its eight feet and a ninth at the tip of its abdomen.
Base stats
- HP: 60
- Attack: 79
- Defense: 92
- Sp. Atk: 52
- Sp. Def: 86
- Speed: 35
Spidops’s base stat total is 404. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Spidops weak to?
Spidops takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Flying (2×), Rock (2×) moves.
It resists Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×).
Evolution
What does Spidops evolve from?
Spidops evolves from Tarountula at level 15.
Spidops is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Tarountula, Spidops.
Abilities
- Insomnia: Prevents sleep.
- Stakeout (hidden ability): This Pokémon's moves have double power against Pokémon that switched in this turn.
Moves
Moves Spidops learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Silk Trap | Bug | Status | 0 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | String Shot | Bug | Status | — |
| 5 | Struggle Bug | Bug | Special | 50 |
| 8 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 11 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 |
| 14 | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 |
| 19 | Block | Normal | Status | — |
| 24 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — |
| 28 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 33 | Sticky Web | Bug | Status | — |
| 37 | Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — |
| 41 | Circle Throw | Fighting | Physical | 60 |
| 45 | Throat Chop | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 49 | Skitter Smack | Bug | Physical | 70 |
“Evo” means Spidops learns the move the moment it evolves: Silk Trap.
TM moves (44)
Spidops can learn 44 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Struggle Bug, Thief, Trailblaze, Pounce, Facade, Aerial Ace, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Bullet Seed, False Swipe, Brick Break, U-turn, Shadow Claw, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Leech Life, Substitute, X-Scissor, Giga Drain, Reversal, Giga Impact, Bug Buzz, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Bug Bite, Lunge, Pain Split, Electroweb, Skitter Smack, Throat Chop, Upper Hand.
Egg moves (4), which Tarountula can hatch knowing:First Impression, Lunge, Memento, Sucker Punch.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Bug.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 120 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow Then Very Fast (600,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Defense effort values.
- Base experience yield: 141.
Pokédex entries
Spidops covers its territory in tough, sticky threads to set up traps for intruders. (Violet)
It clings to branches and ceilings using its threads and moves without a sound. It takes out its prey before the prey even notices it. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ワナイダー |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Wanaider |
| French | Filentrappe |
| German | Spinsidias |
| Spanish | Spidops |
| Italian | Spidops |
| Korean | 트래피더 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 操陷蛛 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 操陷蛛 |
Trivia
- Highest Defense among Bug types in Gen 9: 92.
- Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
- Heavier than 38% of all Pokémon (16.5 kg).
- Base stat total 404, ranked #631 of 1,025.
- One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 13 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 58 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 120: about 15.7% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Spidops (Pokémon), Serebii: Spidops (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (SPY-dops): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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