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Nidorina, a Poison type Pokémon, official artwork

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Nidorina: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Nidorina is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (70) and Defense (67), with a base stat total of 365.

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What is Nidorina weak to?

How much damage Nidorina takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGroundPsychic
0.5×ResistsBugFairyFightingGrassPoison

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

Best moveset for Nidorina

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

  • Skull BashNormal130
  • BlizzardIce110
  • ThunderElectric110
  • Iron TailSteel100

Best nature for Nidorina

Careful or Bold. Nidorina's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

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-F
Nidorina
Nidoqueen
Full learnset (79 moves; tap to expand)

Nidorina is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Skull BashNormal130100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%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
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
Chip AwayNormal70100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
Shock WaveElectric60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
Poison FangPoison50100%Physical
Poison TailPoison50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Echoed VoiceNormal40100%Special
PursuitDark40100%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Double KickFighting30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
RageNormal20100%Physical
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
Poison StingPoison15100%Physical
Beat UpDark?100%Physical
BideNormal?-Physical
CounterFighting?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Super FangNormal?90%Physical
AttractNormal-100%Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
CharmFairy-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
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--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
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status
Venom DrenchPoison-100%Status