Competitive Information for Female Nidoran [Black/White]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Nidoran-f? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Nidoran is an astounding Poison-typed Pokemon. Nidoran is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Nidoran's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Eviolite / Wide Lens
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Shadow Claw / Double-Edge
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Iron Tail
Physical Sweeper Nidoran-F (Hustle)
Nidoran is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Nidoran is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Nidoran from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nidoran's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Nidoran's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Nidoran's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Shadow Claw was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Poison Point
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Nidoran-F (Poison Point)
Nidoran is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Nidoran is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Nidoran from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nidoran's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Point, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Nidoran will be poisoned.
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Nidoran-f? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Eviolite / Wide Lens
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Shadow Claw / Double-Edge
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Iron Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Nidoran-F (Hustle)
Nidoran is popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Nidoran is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Nidoran from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nidoran's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Nidoran's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Nidoran's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Shadow Claw was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Poison Point
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Nidoran-F (Poison Point)
Nidoran is a stupendous Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Nidoran is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Nidoran from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nidoran's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Point, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Nidoran will be poisoned.
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Nidoran-f learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Nidoran-f can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Nidoran-f
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder Policy
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
Optimize Nidoran-f's EVs for Black/White
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