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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

Locations

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

lc
Mixed Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Rivalry
Nature
Rash / Naive
EVs
Atk 64
SpA 200
SpD 36
Spe 200

Strategy Overview

Although Nidoran-M may have very mediocre stats, they are just good enough to let it function at an acceptable level. Nidoran-M does not have the most impressive defensive stats in Little Cup, so it should always be focusing on offense rather than defense. Poison is also a poor offensive type, meaning Nidoran-M doesn't get a good STAB move to reliably hurt the opponent. Access to Sucker Punch, one of the strongest priority attacks in the game, is a blessing for Nidoran-M, but sadly it isn't very powerful due to Nidoran-M's disappointing Attack stat. Despite its unsatisfactory stats overall, Nidoran-M has access to Rivalry, which gives it an Attack boost when it's against male Pokemon, and a fair movepool that prevents it from being completely outclassed by other Pokemon.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc