Nihilego

No. 0793 · Gen 7

Nihilego weakness and type

Hit NIHILEGO with Ground for 4× damage. Water, Psychic and Steel also deal 2×.

Moves against Nihilego

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

In Pokémon GO: Ground deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Beast BoostNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP109
  • Attack53
  • Defense47
  • Sp. Atk127
  • Sp. Def131
  • Speed103
  • Total570

Best nature

TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

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

Defeating Nihilego gives 3 Sp. Def EVs.

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What Nihilego 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 Smashsame typePhysical150
PoisonGunk Shotsame typePhysical120
ElectricThunderSpecial110
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
PsychicPsychicSpecial90
NormalBody SlamPhysical85
SteelIron HeadPhysical80
FairyDazzling GleamSpecial80
GhostHexSpecial65

Type counters to Nihilego

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.