What is a good competitive moveset for Nidoran-m? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Nidoran is an interesting Poison-typed Pokemon. Nidoran is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Nidoran can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Nidoran's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Species: Nidoran-M Item: Poisonium Z / Shell Bell Ability: Hustle Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 60 Def / 60 SpD Moveset: - Poison Jab / Poison Tail - Shadow Claw / Sucker Punch - Head Smash / Shadow Claw - Drill Run
Physical Sweeper Nidoran-M (Hustle)
Nidoran is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Hustle, Nidoran's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Shadow Claw or Sucker Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ 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). ♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking). ♦ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Nidoran-m? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Nidoran-M Item: Poisonium Z / Shell Bell Ability: Hustle Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 60 Def / 60 SpD Moveset: - Poison Jab / Poison Tail - Shadow Claw / Sucker Punch - Head Smash / Shadow Claw - Drill Run
Doubles Physical Sweeper Nidoran-M (Hustle)
Nidoran is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Hustle, Nidoran's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Shadow Claw or Sucker Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ 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). ♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking). ♦ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Nidoran-m 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Nidoran-m can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Nidoran-m
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