#0034

Nidoking

#0034Generation I

Nidoking

Drill Pokémon

Poison Ground

Height 1.4 m

Weight 62 kg

Role Physical Attacker

Top 21% Attack of all Pokémon

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It uses its powerful tail in battle to smash, constrict, then break the prey's bones.

Base stats

HP0

▸ 73%

Attack0

▸ 79%

Defense0

▸ 61%

Sp. Atk0

▸ 69%

Sp. Def0

▸ 58%

Speed0

▸ 71%

Base stat total

Top 27% overall

Top 25% among Poison

Type defenses

Damage Nidoking takes by type.

2× damage

Water Ice Ground Psychic

½× damage

Fighting Bug Rock Fairy

¼× damage

Poison

Immune

Electric

Abilities

Poison Point

Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Rivalry

Increases damage inflicted to 1.25× against Pokémon of the same gender, but decreases damage to 0.75× against the opposite gender.

Sheer ForceHidden

Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

Evolution line

Nidorino

Moon Stone

Nidoking

Moves (134)

Move	Type	Cat.	Pow	Acc	PP	Learn
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20	Lv. 1
Double Kick	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30	Lv. 1
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10	Lv. 1
Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100	15	Lv. 1
Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30	Lv. 1
Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20	Lv. 1
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20	Lv. 1
Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100	25	Lv. 1
Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30	Lv. 1
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10	Lv. 1
Peck	Flying	Physical	35	100	35	Lv. 1
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20	Lv. 1
Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35	Lv. 1
Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10	Lv. 1
Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20	Lv. 1
Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35	Lv. 1
Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10	Lv. 1
Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10	Lv. 1
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20	Lv. 1
Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	Lv. 23
Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20	machine
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10	tutor
Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15	machine
Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100	10	machine
Beat Up	Dark	Physical	—	100	10	machine
Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10	machine
Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5	machine
Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100	10	machine
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15	machine
Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15	machine
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20	machine
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20	machine
Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20	machine
Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20	machine
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10	machine
Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30	machine
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40	machine
Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5	machine
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10	machine
Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15	machine
Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15	machine
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10	machine
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10	machine
Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10	tutor
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5	machine
Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10	machine
Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100	15	machine
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10	machine
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	machine
Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85	5	machine
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	15	machine
Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30	5	machine
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15	tutor
Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10	machine
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5	machine
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20	machine
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20	machine
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20	machine
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5	machine
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15	machine
Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10	machine
Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15	machine
High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10	machine
Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15	machine
Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	—	30	5	machine
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5	machine
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10	machine
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15	machine
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15	machine
Incinerate	Fire	Special	60	100	15	machine
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15	machine
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5	machine
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20	machine
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10	machine
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15	machine
Mud Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10	machine
Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15	machine
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10	tutor
Pay Day	Normal	Physical	40	100	20	machine
Power Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20	machine
Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10	machine
Quash	Dark	Status	—	100	15	machine
Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20	machine
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5	machine
Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20	machine
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5	machine
Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20	machine
Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20	machine
Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10	machine
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20	machine
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10	machine
Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15	machine
Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15	machine
Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15	machine
Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15	machine
Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10	machine
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10	tutor
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	machine
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20	machine
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15	machine
Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15	machine
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20	machine
Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	130	100	10	machine
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10	machine
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10	machine
Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15	machine
Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	—	10	machine
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15	machine
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20	machine
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10	tutor
Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5	machine
Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15	machine
Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	20	machine
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10	machine
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	5	tutor
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5	machine
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10	tutor
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5	tutor
Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15	machine
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15	machine
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20	machine
Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20	machine
Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25	machine
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15	tutor
Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10	machine
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15	machine
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15	machine
Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15	machine
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10	tutor
Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20	machine
Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10	machine
Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25	machine
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20	machine
Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15	machine

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Base stats

Type defenses

Abilities

Evolution line

Moves (134)

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