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nidoqueen
#031

Nidoqueen

Drill Pokémon

PoisonGround

Its entire body is armored with hard scales. It will protect the young in its burrow with its life.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 92
Defense 87
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 85
Speed 76
Total 505

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Drill Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 60.0 kg
Base Exp 227
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

nidoqueen Front Front
nidoqueen Back Back
nidoqueen Front Shiny Front Shiny
nidoqueen Back Shiny Back Shiny
nidoqueen Official Art Official Art
nidoqueen Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 1.3%
Support
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Although she is often overlooked for her offensive male counterpart, Nidoqueen has proven herself to be a reliable member on defensive teams. Her unique Poison / Ground typing gives her useful resistances to Rock-, Fighting-, and Bug-type attacks as well as an immunity to Electric-type attacks. Combine these resistances with very solid 90 / 87 / 85 defenses and an immunity to Toxic, and Nidoqueen will find herself with numerous opportunities to switch in and set up Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock. However, Nidoqueen lacks the stats to use her expansive offensive movepool effectively, and lacks recovery outside of Rest, so having a teammate to buffer any Water-, Ice-, and Psychic-type attacks aimed at Nidoqueen will be required and will greatly increase her longevity, allowing her to continuously support your team.

Most Used Moves

Protect
33.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
33.2%
Damp Rock
20.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc