Nidoran M
Poison Pin Pokémon
Its large ears are always kept upright. If it senses danger, it will attack with a poisonous sting.
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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.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc