Competitive Information for Nincada [Black/White]
Bug / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Nincada? 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.
Nincada is an awesome Bug and Ground-typed Pokemon. Nincada is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Nincada is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Night Slash
- Dig
Physical Sweeper Nincada (Compound Eyes)
Nincada is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Nincada is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. 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 Nincada from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nincada's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Nincada's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Nincada steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Nincada? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Night Slash
- Dig
Doubles Physical Sweeper Nincada (Compound Eyes)
Nincada is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Nincada 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 Nincada from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nincada's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Nincada's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Nincada steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Nincada 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 Nincada 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 Nincada
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Optimize Nincada's EVs for Black/White
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