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nidoran-m
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Nidoran M

Poison Pin Pokémon

Poison

It scans its surroundings by raising its ears out of the grass. Its toxic horn is for protection.

Base Stats

HP 46
Attack 57
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 40
Speed 50
Total 273

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Poison Pin Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 9.0 kg
Base Exp 55
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 235
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Monster ,Ground

Sprites

nidoran-m Front Front
nidoran-m Back Back
nidoran-m Front Shiny Front Shiny
nidoran-m Back Shiny Back Shiny
nidoran-m Official Art Official Art
nidoran-m Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Mixed Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Hustle
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 224
Def 36
SpA 40
Spe 200

Strategy Overview

Nidoran-M is the definition of "unique" in Little Cup thanks to a few uncommon characteristics. Firstly, it is one of the only Pokemon to get the ability Hustle, which allows it to fire off physical attacks with great power at the cost of a little accuracy. Secondly, Nidoran-M's access to useful obscure moves such as Thunderbolt allows it to pick off certain Pokemon who would normally be very threatening to it such as Slowpoke. Poison typing grants Nidoran-M the ability to switch into different Fighting-type moves and attack. This typing also means that it can absorb Toxic Spikes, which, while not very common, can be a pain for most offensive teams to deal with. While its stats are sub-par, Nidoran-M is definitely a threatening Pokemon and it should be treated as such.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc