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Nidoqueen
Drill Pokémon
It pacifies offspring by placing them in the gaps between the spines on its back. The spines will never secrete poison while young are present.
Details
Height1.3 m
Weight60.0 kg
Gender0.0% ♂ · 100.0% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Abilities
Poison Point
Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.
Rivalry
Increases damage inflicted to 1.25× against Pokémon of the same gender, but decreases damage to 0.75× against the opposite gender.
Sheer ForceHidden
Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.
Egg groups: Undiscovered
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
90
Attack
92
Defense
87
Sp. Atk
75
Sp. Def
85
Speed
76
Total
505
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Offensive Utility
- Item
- Life Orb / Black Sludge
- Ability
- Sheer Force
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 48 HP / 252 SpA / 208 Spe
- IVs
- —
Defensive Utility
- Item
- Black Sludge
- Ability
- Sheer Force
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 248 HP / 172 Def / 88 Spe
- IVs
- —
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Nidoqueen can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
24 sprites & renders for Nidoqueen.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Double Kick | Fighting | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Flatter | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Fury Swipes | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Scratch | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Sludge Wave | Poison | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Supersonic | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 20 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tail Whip | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 14 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 23 | Chip Away | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |