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nidoran-m
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Nidoran M

Poison Pin Pokémon

Poison

Its large ears are always kept upright. If it senses danger, it will attack with a poisonous sting.

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 Usage: 0.0%
Hone Claws
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Hustle
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 220
Def 36
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

While Nidoran-M may look worthwhile due to Hustle boosting its attack, it suffers from a terrible Speed stat, poor defenses, and a horrible offensive typing. Even with its high Attack, Nidoran-M is unable to break through a majority of walls without several Attack boosts and is heavily reliant on Sucker Punch to hit faster targets, which is easily exploitable by the bevy of faster Fighting- and Dark-types in the tier. Because of this, other, stronger wallbreakers such as Croagunk, Rufflet, and Pawniard are much more useful, as they have much better speed, bulk, and STAB attacks to allow them to to break through opposing teams.

Most Used Moves

Drill Run
99.7%
Return
0.2%
Toxic
0.2%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
99.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc