Nidoking
No. 0034
Type: Poison / Ground
Nidoking prides itself on its strength. It’s forceful and spirited in battle, making use of its thick tail and diamond-crushing horn.
Base stats
| HP | 81 |
|---|---|
| Attack | 102 |
| Defense | 77 |
| Sp. Attack | 85 |
| Sp. Defense | 75 |
| Speed | 85 |
Total 505
What to answer with
Attacking types that hit what hits it hard, and the best move of each one it learns.
- Grass — Cover 2 weaknesses (Water, Ground) — It learns nothing of that type
- Bug — Covers 1 weakness (Psychic) — Megahorn
- Dark — Covers 1 weakness (Psychic) — Throat Chop
- Electric — Covers 1 weakness (Water) — Thunderbolt
- Fighting — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Superpower
- Fire — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Fire Blast
Abilities
- Poison Point
- Rivalry
- Sheer Force (Hidden)
Evolution line
Moves
- Amnesia
- Attract
- Avalanche
- Beat Up
- Blizzard
- Body Press
- Body Slam
- Brick Break
- Bulldoze
- Counter
- Dig
- Double Kick
- Dragon Pulse
- Dragon Tail
- Drill Run
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Endure
- Facade
- Fire Blast
- Fire Punch
- Flamethrower
- Flatter
- Fling
- Focus Blast
- Focus Energy
- Fury Attack
- Giga Impact
- Headbutt
- Helping Hand
- Hex
- High Horsepower
- Horn Attack
- Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Ice Punch
- Icy Wind
- Iron Tail
- Leer
- Megahorn
- Mega Kick
- Mega Punch
- Mud Shot
- Outrage
- Pay Day
- Peck
- Poison Jab
- Poison Sting
- Protect
- Rain Dance
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Blast
- Rock Slide
- Rock Tomb
- Round
- Sandstorm
- Sand Tomb
- Scorching Sands
- Seismic Toss
- Shadow Ball
- Shadow Claw
- Sleep Talk
- Sludge Bomb
- Sludge Wave
- Smart Strike
- Snore
- Stealth Rock
- Stomping Tantrum
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Sunny Day
- Superpower
- Supersonic
- Surf
- Taunt
- Thief
- Thrash
- Throat Chop
- Thunder
What the optimizer would run
Rules: Gen 9 OU (singles)
- Role
- Setup sweeper
- Ability
- Sheer Force
- Item
- Black Sludge
- Nature
- Jolly
- EVs
- 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
- Moves
- Amnesia, Superpower, Bulldoze, Poison Jab