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Nincada, a Bug and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Nincada: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Nincada is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (90) and Attack (45), with a base stat total of 266.

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What is Nincada weak to?

How much damage Nincada takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFireFlyingIceWater
0.5×ResistsFightingGroundPoison
0×Immune toElectric

Nincada takes super-effective damage from Fire, Flying, Ice, Water. It resists Fighting, Ground, Poison and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Nincada

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

  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • Solar BeamGrass120
  • Bug BuzzBug90
  • DigGround80

Best nature for Nincada

Adamant. Nincada is a physical attacker (45 Attack vs 30 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

Evolution line

Nincada
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Full learnset (54 moves; tap to expand)

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

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Bug BuzzBug90100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
Feint AttackDark60-Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
Silver WindBug60100%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
GustFlying40100%Special
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
BideNormal?-Physical
Final GambitFighting?100%Special
FlailNormal?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
ConfideNormal--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
FlashNormal-100%Status
HardenNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
MimicNormal--Status
Mind ReaderNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
String ShotBug-95%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status