Competitive Information for Nihilego [Sun/Moon]
Rock / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Nihilego? 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.
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Nihilego is a marvelous Rock and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Nihilego show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Nihilego is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Nihilego is weak to Ground, Psychic, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Thunderbolt
- Power Gem
- Stealth Rock
Special Sweeper Nihilego (Popular/Trending)
Nihilego is a decent Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Nihilego from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Nihilego's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Beast Boost, Nihilego's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Power Gem
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Psychic / Psyshock
Special Sweeper Nihilego (Beast Boost)
Nihilego is a sensational Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Nihilego from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Nihilego's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Nihilego's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Nihilego? 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.
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Item: Poisonium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Dazzling Gleam
- Power Gem
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Nihilego (Beast Boost)
Nihilego is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Nihilego from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Nihilego's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Nihilego's special attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Power Gem
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Nihilego (Beast Boost)
Nihilego is an outstanding Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Nihilego from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Nihilego's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Nihilego's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Nihilego 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 Nihilego 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 Nihilego
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Nihilego's stats
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Nihilego
- Clear Smog
- Dazzling Gleam
- Grass Knot
- Head Smash
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ice
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Power Gem
- Protect
- Reflect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Sludge Bomb
- Sludge Wave
- Stealth Rock
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Toxic Spikes
Common Effort Values for Nihilego in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Nihilego's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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