#290

Nincada

Trainee Pokémon

BugGround

NINCADA lives underground for many years in complete darkness. This POKéMON absorbs nutrients from the roots of trees. It stays motionless as it waits for evolution.

Base Stats

HP 31

Attack 45

Defense 90

Sp. Atk 30

Sp. Def 30

Speed 40

Total 266

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

flying 2x fire 2x water 2x ice 2x

Resistant to

fighting ½x poison ½x ground ½x

Immune to

electric 0x

Abilities

Compound Eyes Run Away (Hidden)

Held Items

Soft Sand 5%

Evolution Chain

Nincada

→

Ninjask Lv. 20

Shedinja Shed

Moves

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 Usage: 0.0%

Final Gambit

Moves

Item

Eviolite

Nature

Naive

EVs

HP 188

Atk 76

Def 36

Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Nincada is a poor choice for Little Cup due to bad stats, an absolutely horrible movepool that can't hurt most foes, and a bad typing. Because of this, Nincada is outclassed by other Ground-types such as Onix and Mudbray that both offer more utility and power for any prospective team.