#034v0.7.3

Nidoking

PoisonGround

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

HP81

Attack102

Defense77

Sp. Atk85

Sp. Def75

Speed85

Total505

Abilities

Poison Point

Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.

Rivalry

The Pokémon's competitive spirit makes it deal more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but less damage to Pokémon of the opposite gender.

Hidden ability

Sheer Force

Removes any additional effects from the Pokémon's moves, but increases the moves' power.

Height1.4 mWeight62.0 kgCapture rate45/255

Type matchups

Incoming damage in Pokebonk, using the client's real multipliers. Values above 1× are weaknesses.

Type chart

Weak to

Ground×1.35Ice×1.35Psychic×1.35Water×1.35Grass×1.08

Resists

Bug×0.8Fairy×0.8Fighting×0.8Rock×0.8Poison×0.64Electric×0.5

Neutral: 7 · Source: types.json

Evolution

Nidoran♂#032Poison
Level 16
Nidorino#033Poison
Item: Moon Stone
Nidoking#034PoisonGround

Moves and learnset

Every level-up move listed for this partner in the game data.

15 moves

Level	Move	Type	Class	Power	Accuracy	PP
0	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
1	Double Kick	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30
1	Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100	25
1	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Peck	Flying	Physical	35	100	35
1	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
1	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100	15
1	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
1	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
1	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
1	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10

Using it in a run

Nidoking spreads 505 base stat points. Its strongest stat is Attack (102) and its weakest is Special Defense (75), so the role that fits depends on how the rest of the run covers that gap.

Under the game's real multipliers it takes increased damage from Ground, Ice and Psychic. It resists Bug, Fairy and Fighting in return. Use that to decide when to circle and when to leave, not to pick a favourite.

Its level-up learnset lists 15 moves; the hardest-hitting is Megahorn at 120 power, available at level 0. That is the point where its damage actually changes.

Capture data

Capture rate: 45/255
Category: Poison/Ground
Height: 1.4 m
Weight: 62.0 kg
Data snapshot: 0.7.3

Stats, types, abilities, learnsets and sprites come from the game's public data files. Sprite art by PMD SpriteCollab (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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