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Nidoran-M, a Poison type Pokémon, official artwork

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Nidoran-M: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Nidoran-M is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (57) and Speed (50), with a base stat total of 273.

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What is Nidoran-M weak to?

How much damage Nidoran-M takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGroundPsychic
0.5×ResistsBugFairyFightingGrassPoison

Nidoran-M takes super-effective damage from Ground, Psychic. It resists Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Poison.

Best moveset for Nidoran-M

Nidoran-M has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Head SmashRock150
  • Skull BashNormal130
  • BlizzardIce110
  • ThunderElectric110

Best nature for Nidoran-M

Adamant. Nidoran-M is a physical attacker (57 Attack vs 40 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Poison Point30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be poisoned.
  • RivalryThis Pokemon's attacks do 1.25x on same gender targets; 0.75x on opposite gender.
  • HustleThis Pokemon's Attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.

Evolution line

Nidoran-M
Nidorino
Nidoking
Full learnset (80 moves; tap to expand)

Nidoran-M is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Head SmashRock15080%Physical
Skull BashNormal130100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
ThrashNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Iron TailSteel10075%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Drill RunGround8095%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
Chip AwayNormal70100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Horn AttackNormal65100%Physical
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
Shock WaveElectric60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
ConfusionPsychic50100%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
Poison TailPoison50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Echoed VoiceNormal40100%Special
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Double KickFighting30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
RageNormal20100%Physical
Fury AttackNormal1585%Physical
Poison StingPoison15100%Physical
Beat UpDark?100%Physical
BideNormal?-Physical
CounterFighting?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Horn DrillNormal?30%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Super FangNormal?90%Physical
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
CurseGhost--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
DetectFighting--Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
FlatterDark-100%Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
MimicNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SupersonicNormal-55%Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status
Venom DrenchPoison-100%Status