What is a good competitive moveset for Nincada? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Nincada is an awesome Bug and Ground-typed Pokemon. Nincada is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Nincada can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Nincada is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Nincada Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Compound Eyes Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD Moveset: - Double-Edge / Facade - Leech Life / X-Scissor - Night Slash - Dig
Physical Sweeper Nincada (Compound Eyes)
Nincada is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. The Shell Bell item option is to help Nincada recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Compound Eyes, Nincada's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Nincada is burn/poison/paralyzed). ◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Nincada recovers 50% of the damage dealt). ◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Nincada? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Species: Nincada Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Compound Eyes Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD Moveset: - Double-Edge / Facade - Leech Life / X-Scissor - Night Slash - Dig
Doubles Physical Sweeper Nincada (Compound Eyes)
Nincada is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. The Shell Bell item option is to help Nincada recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Compound Eyes, Nincada's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Nincada is burn/poison/paralyzed). ◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Nincada recovers 50% of the damage dealt). ◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage. ◆ 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).
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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.
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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 Nincada can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Nincada
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Nincada's stats
Harden
Hone Claws
Metal Claw
Most notable and possible best moves for Nincada
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Nincada in Sword and Shield
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