Nidoking

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#034  -  Nidoking

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#034	Nidoking
Types Poison Ground	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Poison Point Ability 2 Rivalry Hidden Ability Sheer Force
Rarity Tier   Uncommon	Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)
Base stats HP 81 Atk 92 Def 77 Sp.Atk 85 Sp.Def 75 Spd 85 Base-stat total: 495
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 3 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 3
Base Experience   195	Gender Ratio     100%
Height   1.4m	Weight   62kg

Nidoking is a Poison- and Ground-type Pokémon.

Having evolved from Nidorino when contactually exposed to a Moon Stone, Nidoking is the final stage of Nidoran Male's evolutionary line.

Its evolutionary line is the feminine gender counterpart of Nidoqueen's.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Cerulean Cave B1F	64-68	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mirage Island Lake	65-70	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 120	35-40		Day			Uncommon
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
0	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
1	Double Kick	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30
1	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
1	Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100	15
1	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
1	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100	25
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
1	Peck	Flying	Physical	35	100	35
1	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
1	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
23	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
35	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10
Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM210	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM90	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100	10
	TM259	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
	TM292	Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100	10
	TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
	TM11	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
	TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM18	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
	TM73	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
	TM72	Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM71	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
	TM70	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10
	TM300	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
	TM63	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
	TM313	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
	TM59	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100	15
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85	5
	TM97	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	15
	TM27	Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30	5
	TM85	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
	TM141	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
	TM145	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
	TM274	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30
	TM98	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM99	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
	TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
	TM102	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
	TM200	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM184	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM324	High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
	TM331	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
	TM07	Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	—	30	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
	TM103	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
	TM106	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
	TM160	Incinerate	Fire	Special	60	100	15
	TM107	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
	TM05	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
	TM01	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
	TM275	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM187	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
	TM109	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM317	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
	TM16	Pay Day	Normal	Physical	40	100	20
	TM143	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
	TM167	Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM162	Quash	Dark	Status	—	100	15
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM55	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM194	Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
	TM00	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM48	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
	TM114	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
	TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM217	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
	TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM19	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
	TM80	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
	TM115	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
	TM134	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
	TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM86	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
	TM155	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10
	TM156	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
	TM164	Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	—	10
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	TM150	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
	TM195	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
	TM149	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM17	Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	25
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM276	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM62	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM329	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
	TM126	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
	TM127	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM294	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
	TM326	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
	TM282	Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20
	TM158	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
	TM12	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
	TM128	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
	TM240	Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	15
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Beat Up	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
Charm	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100	20
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30
Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80	5
Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	—	30	5
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100	25
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10
Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Ground Ice Psychic Water
1× Neutral to	Dark Dragon Fire Flying Ghost Grass Normal Steel
½× Resistant to	Bug Fairy Fighting Rock
¼× Highly resistant to	Poison
0× Immune to	Electric

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Nidoking
• 
  Pink Nidoking
• 
  Valentine Nidoking

External Links

• Nidoking's Bulbapedia
• Nidoking's Serebii