#290
Nincada
Trainee Pokémon
BugGround
It grows underground, sensing its surroundings using antennae instead of its virtually blind eyes.
Base Stats
HP 31
Attack 45
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 30
Speed 40
Total 266
Type Effectiveness
Resistant to
Immune to
Abilities
Held Items
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Trainee Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 5.5 kg
Base Exp 53
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
lc
Physical Tank
Item
Oran Berry
Nature
Relaxed
EVs
HP 188
Atk 80
Def 200
SpD 36
Strategy Overview
Nincada is, in a nutshell, completely outclassed. Its offensive stats and Special Defense are weak, and its movepool is very, very shallow. Although it possesses a Ground typing, it doesn't even get Earthquake, a move that would improve it exponentially. What it does have, however, is a great Defense stat, in addition to resistances to Ground and Fighting, two very common attacking types. Even so, Nincada wishes it could be another Anorith, but the sad truth is, it doesn't even come close.
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc