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
[[|]]	-					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	Move	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		Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM94		Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
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
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
—		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
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
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
HM01		Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
HM04		Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM03		Surf	Water	Special	90	100	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.
• Refer 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:
4× Super-weak to	Shadow
2× Weak to	Water Ice Ground Psychic
1× Neutral to	Normal Fire Grass Flying Ghost Dragon Dark Steel
½× Resistant to	Fighting Bug Rock Fairy
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