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Nidorino, a Poison type Pokémon, official artwork

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Nidorino: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Nidorino is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (72) and Speed (65), with a base stat total of 365.

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What is Nidorino weak to?

How much damage Nidorino takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGroundPsychic
0.5×ResistsBugFairyFightingGrassPoison

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

Best moveset for Nidorino

Nidorino 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 Nidorino

Adamant. Nidorino is a physical attacker (72 Attack vs 55 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)

Nidorino 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