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034 - Nidoking

TypeAbility

(1) Sheer Force
(2) Poison Point
(HA) Rivalry
Defenses
Immune:
0.25x Resist:
0.5x Resist:
Neutral:
2x Weak:
4x Weak:

Evolutions


Nidoran♂
Level 16
Nidorino
Use Moon Stone
Nidoking

Stats

HP
81
ATK +10
102
DEF
77
SPA
85
SPD
75
SPE
85
BST +10
505

Level Up Moves

LevelNamePowerAccuracyPPTypeDamage ClassEffect
1Avalanche6010010Priority: -4. If the target damaged the user this turn and was the last to do so, this move has double power.

pain split does not count as damaging the user.
1Beat UpNone10010Priority: 0. Inflicts typeless regular damage. Every Pokémon in the user's party, excepting those that have fainted or have a major status effect, attacks the target. Calculated stats are ignored; the base stats for the target and assorted attackers are used instead. The random factor in the damage formula is not used. dark Pokémon still get STAB.

This effect breaks through wonder guard.
1Confusion5010020Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to confuse the target.
1DisableNone10020Priority: 0. Disables the target's last used move, preventing its use for 4–7 turns, selected at random, or until the target leaves the field.
1Head Smash150855Priority: 0. User takes 1/2 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
1Mega Kick120755Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage.
1Morning SunNoneNone5Priority: 0. Heals the user for half its max HP.

During sunny day, the healing is increased to 2/3 max HP.

During hail, rain dance, or sandstorm, the healing is decreased to 1/4 max HP.
1Play Rough909010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Attack by one stage.
1Poison Sting3010020Priority: 0. Has a 30% chance to poison the target.
1Smart Strike70None10Priority: 0. Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
25Chip Away7010020Priority: 0. Damage calculation ignores the target's stat modifiers, including evasion.
35Poison Tail8010010Priority: 0. User's critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move. Has a 10% chance to poison the target.
45Megahorn1208510Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage.
58Scorching Sands7010010Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage.

TM Moves

MachineNamePowerAccuracyPPTypeDamage ClassEffect
TM1Hone ClawsNoneNone15Priority: 0. Raises the user's Attack and accuracy by one stage.
TM5RoarNoneNone20Priority: -6. Switches the target out for another of its trainer's Pokémon selected at random. Wild battles end immediately.
TM6ToxicNone9010Priority: 0. Badly poisons the target. Never misses when used by a poison-type Pokémon.
TM9Venoshock6510015Priority: 0. If the target is poisoned, this move has double power.
TM10Hidden Power6010015Priority: 0. Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70.
TM11Sunny DayNoneNone5Priority: 0. Changes the weather to sunshine for five turns.
TM12TauntNone10020Priority: 0. Target is forced to only use damaging moves for the next 3–5 turns, selected at random.
TM13Ice Beam9010010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM14Blizzard110705Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.

During hail, this move has 100% accuracy.
TM15Hyper Beam150905Priority: 0. User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
TM17ProtectNoneNone10Priority: 4. No moves will hit the user for the remainder of this turn. If the user is last to act this turn, this move will fail. Success rate drops by 1/2 on successive attempts.
TM18Rain DanceNoneNone5Priority: 0. Changes the weather to rain for five turns, during which water moves inflict 50% extra damage, and fire moves inflict half damage.
TM21FrustrationNone10020Priority: 0. Power increases inversely with happiness, given by `(255 - happiness) * 2 / 5`, to a maximum of 102. Power bottoms out at 1.
TM23Smack Down5010015Priority: 0. Removes the target's immunity to ground-type damage. This effect removes any existing Ground immunity due to levitate, magnet rise, or telekinesis, and causes the target's flying type to be ignored when it takes Ground damage.

If the target isn't immune to Ground damage, this move will fail.

This move can hit Pokémon under the effect of bounce, fly, or sky drop, and ends the effect of Bounce or Fly.
TM24Thunderbolt9010010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.
TM25Thunder110705Priority: 0. Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.

During rain dance, this move has 100% accuracy.

During sunny day, this move has 50% accuracy.
TM26Earthquake10010010Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage.

If the target is in the first turn of dig, this move will hit with double power.
TM27ReturnNone10020Priority: 0. Power increases with happiness, given by `happiness * 2 / 5`, to a maximum of 102. Power bottoms out at 1.
TM28Dig8010010Priority: 0. User digs underground for one turn, becoming immune to attack, and hits on the second turn.

During the immune turn, earthquake, fissure, and magnitude still hit the user normally, and their power is doubled if appropriate.

The user may be hit during its immune turn if under the effect of lock on, mind reader, or no guard.

This move cannot be selected by sleep talk.
TM30Shadow Ball8010010Priority: 0. Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
TM31Brick Break7510015Priority: 0. Destroys any light screen or reflect on the target's side of the field, then inflicts regular damage.
TM34Sludge Wave9510010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to poison the target.
TM35Flamethrower9010010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
TM36Sludge Bomb9010010Priority: 0. Has a 30% chance to poison the target.
TM37SandstormNoneNone10Priority: 0. Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns. Pokémon that are not ground, rock, or steel take 1/16 their max HP at the end of every turn. Every rock Pokémon's original Special Defense is raised by 50% for the duration of this effect.
TM38Fire Blast110855Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
TM39Rock Tomb609515Priority: 0. Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by one stage.
TM42Facade7010020Priority: 0. If the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, this move has double power.
TM44RestNoneNone10Priority: 0. User falls to sleep for two turns, replacing any existing non-volatile status ailments, and immediately regains all its HP.
TM45Power-Up Punch5010020Priority: 0. Raises the user's Attack by one stage.
TM47Low Sweep6510020Priority: 0. Lowers the target's Speed by one stage.
TM49Echoed Voice5010015Priority: 0. If any friendly Pokémon used this move earlier this turn or on the previous turn, that use's power is added to this move's power, to a maximum of 200.
TM52Focus Blast120705Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
TM59Incinerate6010015Priority: 0. If the target is holding a berry, it's destroyed and cannot be used in response to this move.
TM60QuashNone10015Priority: 0. Forces the target to act last this turn, regardless of Speed or move priority. If the target has already acted this turn, this move will fail.
TM65Shadow Claw7010090Priority: 0. User's critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move.
TM68Giga Impact150905Priority: 0. User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
TM71Stone Edge100805Priority: 0. User's critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move.
TM78Bulldoze6010020Priority: 0. Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by one stage.
TM80Rock Slide759010Priority: 0. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
TM82Dragon Tail609510Priority: -6. Inflicts regular damage, then switches the target out for another of its trainer's Pokémon, selected at random.

If the target is under the effect of ingrain or suction cups, or it has a substitute, or its Trainer has no more usable Pokémon, it will not be switched out. If the target is a wild Pokémon, the battle ends instead.
TM84Poison Jab8010010Priority: 0. Has a 30% chance to poison the target.
TM85Play Rough909010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Attack by one stage.
TM87Rock Climb809510Priority: 0. Has a 20% chance to confuse the target.
TM90SubstituteNoneNone10Priority: 0. Transfers 1/4 the user's max HP into a doll that absorbs damage and causes most negative move effects to fail.
TM94Rock Smash5510015Priority: 0. 100% chance to drop target's Def by one stage. Also boosted by the ability Iron Fist
HM1Cut509530Priority: 0. High Critical Ratio
HM3Surf9010015Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage.

If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
HM4Strength8510010Priority: 0. 10% Raise Attack

Tutor Moves

NamePowerAccuracyPPTypeDamage ClassEffect
Aqua Tail1008510Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage.
Dragon Pulse90None10Priority: 0. Bypasses accuracy checks
Drill Run809510Priority: 0. User's critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move.
Earth Power9010010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by one stage.
Fire Punch7510010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Helping HandNoneNone20Priority: 5. Boosts the power of the target's moves by 50% until the end of this turn.

This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.
Ice Punch7510010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
Icy Wind559515Priority: 0. Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by one stage.
Iron Tail1007515Priority: 0. Has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense by one stage.
Outrage12010010Priority: 0. User is forced to attack with this move for 2–3 turns,selected at random. After the last hit, the user becomes confused.
Sleep TalkNoneNone10Priority: 0. Only usable if the user is sleeping. Randomly selects and uses one of the user's other three moves. Use of the selected move requires and costs 0 PP.
Snore5010015Priority: 0. Only usable if the user is sleeping. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Stealth RockNoneNone20Priority: 0. Spreads sharp rocks around the opposing field, damaging any Pokémon that enters the field for 1/8 its max HP. This damage is affected by the entering Pokémon's susceptibility to rock moves.

rapid spin removes this effect from its user's side of the field.
Super FangNone9010Priority: 0. Inflicts typeless damage equal to half the target's remaining HP.
Superpower1201005Priority: 0. Inflicts regular damage, then lowers the user's Attack and Defense by one stage each.
Thunder Punch7510010Priority: 0. Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.
Uproar9010010Priority: 0. User is forced to use this move for 2–5 turns, selected at random. No Pokemon can sleep during the effect of this move.

Pre-Evolution Moves

Species Method Move
Nidorino Lvl 32 Body Slam
Nidorino Lvl 36 Crunch
Nidorino Lvl 7 Double Kick
Nidorino Lvl 23 Focus Energy
Nidorino Lvl 10 Fury Attack
Nidorino Lvl 1 Growl
Nidorino Lvl 16 Horn Attack
Nidorino Lvl 4 Peck
Nidorino Lvl 13 Poison Fang
Nidorino Lvl 1 Scratch
Nidorino Lvl 56 Sucker Punch
Nidorino Lvl 1 Tail Whip
Nidorino Lvl 52 Take Down

Encounter Locations

Location     Level Spawn Percent
Victory Road Upper Mountainside Shaking Grass 60-65 5.0