Competitive Information for Nincada [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
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 a decent 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.
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 a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose 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.
◆ 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 decent 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.
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 awesome Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts 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.
◆ 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 great 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Nincada's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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