Nidoking Profile
- Height
- 1.4 m
- Weight
- 62.0 kg
- Abilities
- Poison Point, Rivalry, Sheer Force (hidden)
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Growth rate
- Medium slow
- Catch rate
- 45 / 255 (18%)
- Gender
- 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
- Introduced
- Generation I
Nidoking Base Stats
Base stats are the starting point — a real Nidoking's stats also depend on its Nature, EVs and IVs.
Attacking Nidoking?
Nidoking Resistances
Avoid these — Nidoking is strong against these attack types
See the full Nidoking weakness guide — best counters included →
Nidoking Evolutions
Lv. 16
Moon Stone
Nidoking Moves
Star up to 4 moves to build a battle set, then open the Party battle planner to see which Pokémon and move beats any opponent.
| ★ | Move | Type | Category | Learn | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megahorn | Bug | Physical | Lv. 0 | 120 | 85% | 10 | |
| Double Kick | Fighting | Physical | Lv. 1 | 30 | 100% | 30 | |
| Earth Power | Ground | Special | Lv. 1 | 90 | 100% | 10 | |
| Flatter | Dark | Status | Lv. 1 | — | 100% | 15 | |
| Focus Energy | Normal | Status | Lv. 1 | — | — | 30 | |
| Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | Lv. 1 | 15 | 85% | 20 | |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | Lv. 1 | — | — | 20 | |
| Horn Attack | Normal | Physical | Lv. 1 | 65 | 100% | 25 | |
| Leer | Normal | Status | Lv. 1 | — | 100% | 30 | |
| Peck | Flying | Physical | Lv. 1 | 35 | 100% | 35 | |
| Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | Lv. 1 | 80 | 100% | 20 | |
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | Lv. 1 | 15 | 100% | 35 | |
| Sludge Wave | Poison | Special | Lv. 1 | 95 | 100% | 10 | |
| Toxic | Poison | Status | Lv. 1 | — | 90% | 10 | |
| Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | Lv. 1 | — | — | 20 | |
| Attract | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | 100% | 15 | |
| Avalanche | Ice | Physical | TM / HM | 60 | 100% | 10 | |
| Blizzard | Ice | Special | TM / HM | 110 | 70% | 5 | |
| Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | TM / HM | 75 | 100% | 15 | |
| Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | TM / HM | 60 | 100% | 20 | |
| Cut | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 50 | 95% | 30 | |
| Dig | Ground | Physical | TM / HM | 80 | 100% | 10 | |
| Double Team | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 15 | |
| Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | TM / HM | 85 | 100% | 10 | |
| Earthquake | Ground | Physical | TM / HM | 100 | 100% | 10 | |
| Endure | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Facade | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 70 | 100% | 20 | |
| Fire Blast | Fire | Special | TM / HM | 110 | 85% | 5 | |
| Flamethrower | Fire | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 15 | |
| Fling | Dark | Physical | TM / HM | — | 100% | 10 | |
| Focus Blast | Fighting | Special | TM / HM | 120 | 70% | 5 | |
| Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | TM / HM | 150 | 100% | 20 | |
| Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 150 | 90% | 5 | |
| Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | TM / HM | 150 | 90% | 5 | |
| Ice Beam | Ice | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 10 | |
| Iron Tail | Steel | Physical | TM / HM | 100 | 75% | 15 | |
| Protect | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Rain Dance | Water | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Rest | Psychic | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Roar | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 20 | |
| Rock Climb | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 90 | 85% | 20 | |
| Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | TM / HM | 75 | 90% | 10 | |
| Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | TM / HM | 40 | 100% | 15 | |
| Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | TM / HM | 60 | 95% | 15 | |
| Sandstorm | Rock | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | TM / HM | 80 | 100% | 15 | |
| Shadow Claw | Ghost | Physical | TM / HM | 70 | 100% | 15 | |
| Shock Wave | Electric | Special | TM / HM | 60 | — | 20 | |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 10 | |
| Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 20 | |
| Stone Edge | Rock | Physical | TM / HM | 100 | 80% | 5 | |
| Strength | Normal | Physical | TM / HM | 80 | 100% | 15 | |
| Substitute | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 10 | |
| Sunny Day | Fire | Status | TM / HM | — | — | 5 | |
| Surf | Water | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 15 | |
| Swagger | Normal | Status | TM / HM | — | 85% | 15 | |
| Taunt | Dark | Status | TM / HM | — | 100% | 20 | |
| Thief | Dark | Physical | TM / HM | 60 | 100% | 25 | |
| Thunder | Electric | Special | TM / HM | 110 | 70% | 10 | |
| Thunderbolt | Electric | Special | TM / HM | 90 | 100% | 15 | |
| Torment | Dark | Status | TM / HM | — | 100% | 15 | |
| Water Pulse | Water | Special | TM / HM | 60 | 100% | 20 |
Nidoking Questions & Answers
- What is Nidoking weak to?
- Nidoking takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Psychic (2×), Water (2×), and Ice (2×) type attacks.
- What is Nidoking resistant to?
- Nidoking takes reduced damage from Poison (¼×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Fairy (½×), and Rock (½×) type attacks and is immune to Electric type attacks.
- What is Nidoking strong against?
- Nidoking's Poison and Ground type attacks are super effective against Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, Grass, Electric, and Fairy Pokémon.
- What type is Nidoking?
- Nidoking is a Poison/Ground-type Pokémon.
- What are Nidoking's base stats?
- Nidoking has a base stat total of 505 — HP 81, Attack 102, Defense 77, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 75, Speed 85.