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Competitive Pokemon Red/Blue Movesets and Strategies for Nidoqueen

Base Stats for Nidoqueen

Poison / Ground

Evolutions / Family:
Nidoran-F
Nidorina
Nidoqueen

Weakness Chart for Poison/Ground-type:

Bug

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

2x

0x

0.5x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Water

2x

0.25x

2x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Nidoqueen? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Red/Blue 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 Red/Blue generation metagame.

Common team mates for Nidoqueen in Pokemon Red/Blue:

TaurosSnorlaxClefableJolteonStarmieKadabraHypnoScytherGyaradosPorygon

Nidoqueen is popular Poison and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's a usual sight to see Nidoqueen out in the 1st generation battlefield. There were no known abilities or equippable items back in the Red/Blue Pokemon games. Nidoqueen is weak to Bug, Ground, Ice, Psychic, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Nidoqueen
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Hyper Beam / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide
- Seismic Toss / Double Kick

Physical Sweeper Nidoqueen (Retro)

Nidoqueen is an astounding Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The game was competely different back in Generation 1. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move that deals a extensive amount of damage.
♦ Hyper Beam is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (can't move next turn if target or sub is not koed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 100-base power Normal-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move that deals damage.
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 1-base power Fighting-type move (damage = Nidoqueen's level. can hit ghost types).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).

Species: Nidoqueen
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic

Special Sweeper Nidoqueen (Retro)

Nidoqueen is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Out of the original 151, Nidoqueen was quite something to try to play with in the first generation meta. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.

♦ Blizzard is a special 120-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special 95-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special 65-base power Water-type move (33% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Nidoqueen 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Nidoqueen can perform in Red/Blue. 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 RB Move and Ability Combos for Nidoqueen

Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam

Optimize Nidoqueen's EVs for Red/Blue