Nincada

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#290	Nincada
Types Bug Ground	Generation   III
Abilities Ability 1 Compound Eyes Hidden Ability Run Away
Rarity Tier   Rare	Catch rate   255/255 (33.33%)
Base stats HP 31 Atk 45 Def 90 Sp.Atk 30 Sp.Def 30 Spd 40 Base-stat total: 266
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1
Base Experience   65	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   0.5m	Weight   5.5kg

Nincada is a Bug and Ground type Pokémon.

It evolves into Ninjask at level 20 and, if a party slot is vacant and at least 1 Pokeball is in the players bag, it will also evolve into Shedinja, giving you two Pokémon.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Bug Catching Area	15-19			Night		Rare
Bug Catching Multiplayer Area	15-19			Night		Rare
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 4	28-32		Day			Rare
Pokemon Tower 6F	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Rare
Route 116	6-9	Morning	Day	Night		Rare
Uncanny Path	25-30	Morning	Day	Night		Rare
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Bosses

• Possible reward from Bugsy

Moves

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
5	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25
9	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
13	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
17	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
21	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
25	Mind Reader	Normal	Status	—	—	5
29	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
33	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40
37	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	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.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	—	100	5
Gust	Flying	Special	40	100	35
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
Silver Wind	Bug	Special	60	100	5
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.

TMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM80	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
	TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM104	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
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.

TM Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
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.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	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. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2×  Weak to	1×  Neutral to	½×  Resistant to	0×  Immune to
Fire Flying Ice Water	Bug Dark Dragon Fairy Ghost Grass Normal Rock Steel	Fighting Ground Poison	Electric
All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• Shiny Nincada
  Shiny Nincada
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  Halloween Nincada