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Nidoqueen

Drill Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Nidoqueen

Nidoqueen (shiny)

Height: 1.3 m
Weight: 60.0 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender0.0% ♂ · 100.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP227

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.

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Base stats

HP

90

Attack

92

Defense

87

Sp. Atk

75

Sp. Def

85

Speed

76

Total

505

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.

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

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ice2×

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Offensive Utility

National Dex RU

Moves

Item

Life Orb / Black Sludge

AbilitySheer Force

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

EV spread

HP48

SpA252

Spe▲208

Defensive Utility

National Dex RU

Moves

Item

Black Sludge

AbilitySheer Force

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP248

Def▲172

Spe88

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Nidoqueen

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Let's Go Pikachu

Let's Go Eevee

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Ballimere Lake Frigid Sea Giant's Bed Max Lair

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Ballimere Lake Frigid Sea Giant's Bed Max Lair

Evolution

Nidoran♀

#0029Nidoran♀

Lv. 16

Nidorina

Moon Stone

Moon Stone

Nidoqueen

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Nidoqueen can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sludge WaveSTAB

High HorsepowerSTAB

Earth PowerSTAB

Sludge BombSTAB

Moves

Find a move20 of 20

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Superpower Lowers the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
1	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
1	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
1	Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took.	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
1	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
1	Double Kick Hits twice in one turn.	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30
1	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10
1	Flatter Raises the target’s Special Attack by one stage and confuses the target.	Dark	Status	—	100	15
1	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Sludge Wave Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	95	100	10
1	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	55	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
1	Toxic Spikes Scatters poisoned spikes, poisoning opposing Pokémon that switch in.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
14	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
23	Chip Away Ignores the target’s stat modifiers.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20

Sprites & renders

29 sprites & renders for Nidoqueen.

Official artwork

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Cite this page

“Nidoqueen”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/nidoqueen.

Species data from PokéAPI.