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Nidorino

Poison Pin Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Nidorino

Nidorino (shiny)

Height: 0.9 m
Weight: 19.5 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender100.0% ♂ · 0.0% ♀

Catch rate120(24.9%)Moderate

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP128

It’s nervous and quick to act aggressively. The potency of its poison increases along with the level of adrenaline present in its body.

In Pokémon GO · 1393 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

61

Attack

72

Defense

57

Sp. Atk

55

Sp. Def

55

Speed

65

Total

365

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.

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

Egg groups: Monster, Field

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Bug½×

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

Wallbreaker

ZU

Moves

Item

Choice Band

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

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

Where to find Nidorino

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

Red

Blue

Celadon City 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

LeafGreen

Route 11 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

X

Y

Let's Go Pikachu

Route 10 Route 23 Route 9

Let's Go Eevee

Route 10 Route 23 Route 9

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Ballimere Lake Frigid Sea Giant's Bed

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Ballimere Lake Frigid Sea Giant's Bed

Red Japan

Green Japan

Celadon City Safari Zone

Evolution

Nidoran♂

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Lv. 16

Nidorino

Moon Stone

Moon Stone

Nidoking

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Sludge BombSTAB

Moves

Find a move16 of 16

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

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Horn Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	65	100	25
1	Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Flying	Physical	35	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	Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
32	Fury Attack Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
41	Horn Drill Causes a one-hit KO.	Normal	Physical	—	30	5
43	Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
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
64	Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
71	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10

Sprites & renders

29 sprites & renders for Nidorino.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Yellow

Red · Blue

red green japan

Menu Icons

Black · White

Gold

Silver

Crystal

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Platinum

Diamond · Pearl

HeartGold · SoulSilver

X · Y

Menu Icons

ORAS

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Emerald

Ruby · Sapphire

FireRed · LeafGreen

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Ultra Sun · Moon

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

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Cite this page

“Nidorino”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/nidorino.

Species data from PokéAPI.