Nidoking

Pokédex number	034	Gender ratio	100% male	Growth rate	Medium Slow
Category	Drill Pokémon	Steps to hatch	5355	Base EXP yield	223
Base friendship	70	Egg groups	Field, Monster

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Type	Poison Ground
Weaknesses	GROUND WATER PSYCHIC ICE
Resistances	FIGHTING ROCK BUG FAIRY
Double resistances	POISON
Immunities	ELECTRIC

Abilities	Name	Description
Regular Abilities	Poison Point	Attackers making direct contact may be poisoned.
Regular Abilities	Rivalry	Deals more damage to a target of the same gender.
Hidden Ability	Sheer Force	Removes added effects, boosting according moves.

Pokédex entry	A Nidoking's thick tail packs enormously destructive power capable of toppling a metal transmission tower. Once it goes on a rampage, there is no stopping it.
Cry
Height	5′7″ / 1.4 m	Weight	1367 lb / 62.0 kg	Catch Rate	45
Wild held items	None
Eggs hatch into	Nidoran♀ (50% chance), Nidoran♂ (50% chance)

Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense	Total
Base stats	81	102	77	85	85	75	505
EV yields	0	3	0	0	0	0	3

Evolution

Nidoran♂

→ Level up to at least level 16

Nidorino

→ Use a Moon Stone

Nidoking

Moves

Learnt by levelling up

Level	Move
1	Megahorn
1	Peck
1	Focus Energy
1	Double Kick
1	Poison Sting
23	Chip Away
35	Thrash
43	Earth Power
58	Megahorn

Learnt from a pre-evolution

Pre-evolution	Move	Method
Nidoran♂	Amnesia	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Beat Up	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Confusion	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Counter	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Disable	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Endure	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Head Smash	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Poison Tail	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Supersonic	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Take Down	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Venom Drench	Egg Move
Nidoran♂	Leer	Level 1
Nidoran♂	Fury Attack	Level 19
Nidoran♂	Horn Attack	Level 21
Nidoran♂	Toxic Spikes	Level 31
Nidoran♂	Flatter	Level 33
Nidoran♂	Captivate	Level 43
Nidoran♂	Horn Drill	Level 45
Nidorino	Leer	Level 1
Nidorino	Fury Attack	Level 20
Nidorino	Horn Attack	Level 23
Nidorino	Toxic Spikes	Level 35
Nidorino	Flatter	Level 38
Nidorino	Captivate	Level 50
Nidorino	Horn Drill	Level 58

Learnt from TMs/TMXs

Item	Move
TM05	Roar
TM06	Toxic
TM09	Venoshock
TM10	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day
TM12	Taunt
TM13	Ice Beam
TM14	Blizzard
TM15	Hyper Beam
TM17	Protect
TM18	Rain Dance
TM21	Frustration
TM23	Smack Down
TM24	Thunderbolt
TM25	Thunder
TM26	Earthquake
TM27	Return
TM30	Shadow Ball
TM31	Brick Break
TM32	Double Team
TM34	Sludge Wave
TM35	Flamethrower
TM36	Sludge Bomb
TM37	Sandstorm
TM38	Fire Blast
TM39	Rock Tomb
TM41	Torment
TM42	Facade
TM44	Rest
TM45	Attract
TM46	Thief
TM48	Round
TM49	Echoed Voice
TM52	Focus Blast
TM56	Fling
TM60	Quash
TM65	Shadow Claw
TM67	Smart Strike
TM68	Giga Impact
TM71	Stone Edge
TM78	Bulldoze
TM80	Rock Slide
TM82	Dragon Tail
TM84	Poison Jab
TM87	Swagger
TM88	Sleep Talk
TM90	Substitute
TM94	Secret Power
TM98	Power-Up Punch
TM100	Confide
TMX1	Cut
TMX3	Surf
TMX4	Strength
TMX7	Rock Smash
TMX9	Rock Climb

Learnt from Move Tutors

Encounter rates

Area ID	Area name	Encounter method	Level range	Rate
895	Neoteric Isle	Grass	113–135	10 %
783	Victory Road	Cave	90–98	4 %
852	New World	Grass	107–113	2 %
812	Victory Road	Cave	90–98	4 %
813	Victory Road	Cave	90–98	4 %
796	Victory Road	Cave	88–96	10 %
798	Victory Road	Cave	88–96	10 %
794	Charous Path	Grass	93–100	2 %

Appearances in Trainer teams

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Level 37, no item, male, 70 friendship
Poison Point/Rivalry/Sheer Force (?)
Hardy nature

Moves

Megahorn (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	115	88	70	76	76	69
EVs	55	55	55	55	55	55
IVs	10	10	10	10	10	10

Level 52, no item, male, 70 friendship
Poison Point/Rivalry/Sheer Force (?)
Hardy nature

Moves

Megahorn (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	161	126	100	108	108	98
EVs	78	78	78	78	78	78
IVs	10	10	10	10	10	10

Level 62, no item, male, 70 friendship
Poison Point/Rivalry/Sheer Force (?)
Hardy nature

Moves

Megahorn (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	191	150	119	129	129	117
EVs	85	85	85	85	85	85
IVs	10	10	10	10	10	10

Level 85, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Hardy nature

Moves

Earthquake (10 PP)
Fire Punch (15 PP)
Thunder Punch (15 PP)
Poison Jab (20 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	259	204	162	175	175	158
EVs	85	85	85	85	85	85
IVs	10	10	10	10	10	10

Level 36, no item, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Jolly nature

Moves

Thrash (10 PP)
Double Kick (30 PP)
Poison Tail (25 PP)
Chip Away (20 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	120	94	76	90	73	74
EVs	54	54	54	54	54	54
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 46, no item, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Bashful nature

Moves

Thrash (10 PP)
Throat Chop (15 PP)
Poison Tail (25 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	152	120	97	105	105	96
EVs	69	69	69	69	69	69
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 46, no item, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Bashful nature

Moves

Thrash (10 PP)
Throat Chop (15 PP)
Poison Tail (25 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	152	120	97	105	105	96
EVs	69	69	69	69	69	69
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 55, no item, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Adamant nature

Moves

Earthquake (10 PP)
Throat Chop (15 PP)
Poison Jab (20 PP)
Megahorn (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	171	184	106	150	103	104
EVs	4	252	0	252	0	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 83, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Modest nature

Moves

Earth Power (10 PP)
Blizzard (5 PP)
Thunder (10 PP)
Flamethrower (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	254	180	158	224	246	155
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 130, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Modest nature

Moves

Earth Power (16 PP)
Blizzard (8 PP)
Thunder (16 PP)
Flamethrower (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	392	279	245	348	382	240
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Assault Vest, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Timid nature

Moves

Ice Beam (16 PP)
Hidden Power (24 PP)
Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Flamethrower (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	304	216	190	295	269	186
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 141, holding Synthetic Seed, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Calm nature

Moves

Amnesia (20 PP)
Flamethrower (15 PP)
Blizzard (5 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	511	302	354	289	288	286
EVs	252	0	252	4	0	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Hasty nature

Moves

Thunder (16 PP)
Earth Power (16 PP)
Rock Slide (16 PP)
Sludge Wave (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	304	240	171	295	269	186
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 120, no item, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Hasty nature

Moves

Thunder (16 PP)
Earth Power (16 PP)
Rock Slide (16 PP)
Sludge Wave (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	325	249	170	312	284	185
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	0	0	0	0	0	0

Level 76, no item, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Hardy nature

Moves

Smart Strike (10 PP)
Megahorn (10 PP)
Thunder (10 PP)
Earth Power (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	232	183	145	157	157	142
EVs	85	85	85	85	85	85
IVs	10	10	10	10	10	10

Level 125, holding Elemental Seed, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Modest nature

Moves

Ice Beam (16 PP)
Water Pulse (32 PP)
Thunderbolt (24 PP)
Earth Power (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	357	250	216	315	346	211
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	15	15	15	15	15	15

Level 140, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Modest nature

Moves

Earth Power (16 PP)
Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Ice Beam (16 PP)
Flamethrower (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	508	379	352	374	411	346
EVs	252	252	252	252	252	252
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 140, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Modest nature

Moves

Earth Power (16 PP)
Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Ice Beam (16 PP)
Flamethrower (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	508	379	352	374	411	346
EVs	252	252	252	252	252	252
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 117, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Timid nature

Moves

Flamethrower (15 PP)
Earth Power (10 PP)
Sludge Wave (10 PP)
Ice Beam (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	353	251	221	344	313	216
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Elemental Seed, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Modest nature

Moves

Sludge Bomb (16 PP)
Water Pulse (32 PP)
Thunderbolt (24 PP)
Earth Power (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	303	216	191	269	295	186
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 73, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Timid nature

Moves

Amnesia (20 PP)
Blizzard (5 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)
Flamethrower (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	224	158	140	216	197	137
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Elemental Seed, male, 70 friendship
Sheer Force
Timid nature

Moves

Ice Beam (16 PP)
Earth Power (16 PP)
Venoshock (16 PP)
Flamethrower (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	303	216	190	295	269	187
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	4
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Appearances in battle facilities

Holding Life Orb; Sheer Force; Timid nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Holding Life Orb; Sheer Force; Modest nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Holding Life Orb; Sheer Force; Adamant nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	252	0	252	0	0

Holding Leftovers; Sheer Force; Modest nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	252	0	0	0	252	0

Holding Choice Band; Poison Point; Jolly nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	252	0	252	0	0