#032

Nidoran M

poison

Game Version — applies to the moves, sprite, description, and where-to-find panels below

Description

Poison Pin Pokémon

The horn on a male Nidoran’s forehead contains a powerful poison. This is a very cautious Pokémon, always straining its large ears.

Gender Ratio: 100% Male / 0% Female
Catch Rate: 235
Egg Groups: Monster, Field
Classification: —

Sprites

Normal

Shiny

Base Stats

HP46

Atk57

Def40

SpA40

SpD40

Spe50

Total273

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.

Hustle

Hidden Ability

Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.

Moves Learnt by Level Up

Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl

LevelMoveType1Poison Stingpoison 1Leernormal 5Peckflying 10Focus Energynormal 15Fury Attacknormal 20Toxic Spikespoison 25Double Kickfighting 30Horn Attacknormal 35Helping Handnormal 40Toxicpoison 45Flatterdark 50Poison Jabpoison 55Earth Powerground

Learnable Moves

Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl

MoveMethodTypeAmnesiaEggpsychic AttractTMnormal Beat UpEggdark BlizzardTMice ConfusionEggpsychic CounterEggfighting CutTMnormal DigTMground DisableEggnormal Double KickLevel Upfighting Double TeamTMnormal Earth PowerLevel Upground EndureTMnormal FacadeTMnormal FlatterLevel Updark Focus EnergyLevel Upnormal Fury AttackLevel Upnormal Head SmashEggrock Helping HandLevel Upnormal Horn AttackLevel Upnormal Horn DrillEggnormal Ice BeamTMice Iron TailTMsteel LeerLevel Upnormal PeckLevel Upflying Poison JabLevel UpTMpoison Poison StingLevel Uppoison Poison TailEggpoison ProtectTMnormal Rain DanceTMwater RestTMpsychic Rock SmashTMfighting Shadow ClawTMghost Shock WaveTMelectric Sleep TalkTMnormal Sludge BombTMpoison StrengthTMnormal SubstituteTMnormal Sucker PunchEggdark Sunny DayTMfire SupersonicEggnormal SwaggerTMnormal Take DownEggnormal ThiefTMdark ThrashEggnormal ThunderTMelectric ThunderboltTMelectric ToxicLevel UpTMpoison Toxic SpikesLevel Uppoison Venom DrenchEggpoison Water PulseTMwater

Type Effectiveness

Attacking

Super Effective Against (2×)

grassfairy

Not Very Effective Against (½×)

poisongroundrockghost

No Effect Against

steel

Defending

Weak to (2×)

groundpsychic

Resists (½×)

grassfightingpoisonbugfairy

Where to Find

Not found in the wild in Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl.

Evolution

Nidoran M

→Level 16

Nidorino

→Use Moon Stone

Nidoking

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