Nidoqueen
Drill Pokémon
NIDOQUEEN’s body is encased in extremely hard scales. It is adept at sending foes flying with harsh tackles. This POKéMON is at its strongest when it is defending its young.
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Strategy Overview
This analysis was written well over a decade ago. The following content is no longer accurate about this Pokemon's place in the metagame and the ADV OU metagame in general.
Nidoking is better suited for most competitive teams because of his higher Speed and offenses, in addition to Megahorn, all of which let him better pulverize opposing teams. However, Nidoqueen is much better at using Counter due to her greater bulk. Nidoqueen also more effectively takes advantage of her resistances, but you should still be wary of these nasty weaknesses to Earthquake, Psychic, Ice Beam, and Surf.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc