Nidoran♂

No. 0032 · Gen 1

Nidoran♂ weakness and type

Hit NIDORAN♂ with Ground and Psychic for 2× damage.

Moves against Nidoran♂

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Ground deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Poison PointNo change to type matchups
  • RivalryNo change to type matchups
  • HustleNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP46
  • Attack57
  • Defense40
  • Sp. Atk40
  • Sp. Def40
  • Speed50
  • Total273

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Nidoran♂ gives 1 Attack EV.

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How Nidoran♂ evolves

Nidoran♂Poison
All evolutions

What Nidoran♂ can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
RockHead SmashPhysical150
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
IceBlizzardSpecial110
ElectricThunderSpecial110
SteelIron TailPhysical100
PoisonSludge Bombsame typeSpecial90
GroundEarth PowerSpecial90
DarkSucker PunchPhysical70
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
WaterWater PulseSpecial60
PsychicConfusionSpecial50
FightingRock SmashPhysical40
FlyingPeckPhysical35

Type counters to Nidoran♂

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.