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Nidorina

Poison Pin Pokémon

Poison

If the group is threatened, these Pokémon will band together to assault enemies with a chorus of ultrasonic waves.

In Pokémon GO · 1309 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.8 m

Weight20.0 kg

Gender0.0% ♂ · 100.0% ♀

Catch rate120(24.9%)Moderate

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP128

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.

HustleHidden

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

Egg groups: Undiscovered

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

365

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Psychic2×

Resistant to

Fighting½×

Poison½×

Bug½×

Grass½×

Fairy½×

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

Curse + Moonlight

Moves

Item

Leftovers

EV spread

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Nidorina

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Red

Celadon City Route 11 Safari Zone

Blue

Route 11 Safari Zone

Yellow

Route 23 Route 9 Safari Zone

Gold

Route 13 Route 14 Route 15

Silver

Route 13 Route 14 Route 15

Crystal

Route 13 Route 14 Route 15

FireRed

Safari Zone

LeafGreen

Safari Zone

Diamond

Route 221 Valor Lakefront

Pearl

Route 221 Valor Lakefront

Platinum

Route 221 Valor Lakefront

HeartGold

Johto Safari Zone Route 13 Route 14 Route 15

SoulSilver

Johto Safari Zone Route 13 Route 14 Route 15

Route 11

Let's Go Pikachu

Route 10 Route 23 Route 9

Let's Go Eevee

Route 10 Route 23 Route 9

Red Japan

Celadon City Safari Zone

Green Japan

Safari Zone

Evolution

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Lv. 16

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Moon Stone

#0031Nidoqueen

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
14	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
22	Toxic Spikes Scatters poisoned spikes, poisoning opposing Pokémon that switch in.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
23	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
32	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
41	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
43	Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
47	Super Fang Inflicts damage equal to half the target’s HP.	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
50	Captivate Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
50	Double Kick Hits twice in one turn.	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30
50	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
57	Flatter Raises the target’s Special Attack by one stage and confuses the target.	Dark	Status	—	100	15
58	Poison Fang Has a chance to badly poison the target.	Poison	Physical	50	100	15
64	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
71	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10