Nincada

No. 0290 · Gen 3

Nincada weakness and type

Hit NINCADA with Fire, Water, Ice and Flying for 2× damage.

Moves against Nincada

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

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

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Abilities

  • Compound EyesNo change to type matchups
  • Run AwayNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP31
  • Attack45
  • Defense90
  • Sp. Atk30
  • Sp. Def30
  • Speed40
  • Total266

Best nature

ImpishRaises its best defense and drops Sp. Atk, which it won't use.

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

Defeating Nincada gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Nincada evolves

NincadaBugGround
  • Level 20
  • Appears when Nincada evolves at level 20, with a free party slot and a spare Poké BallBD/SP, Sw/Sh, US/UM, S/M, OR/AS, X/Y, B/W, HG/SS, D/P/PtAppears when Nincada evolves at level 20, with a free party slotFR/LG, R/S/E
All evolutions

What Nincada 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
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
GrassSolar BeamSpecial120
BugBug Buzzsame typeSpecial90
GroundDigsame typePhysical80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
DarkNight SlashPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
SteelMetal ClawPhysical50

Type counters to Nincada

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.