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Nidorina's Type

POISON

Nidorina's Pokédex #s

National #: 30

Galar #: --

Armor #: --

Crown #: 66

Nidorina's Base Stats

HP:: 70

Attack:: 62

Defense:: 67

Sp. Atk:: 55

Sp. Def:: 55

Speed:: 56

Total:: 365

Misc. Info

Height:: 2'7" (0.8m)

Weight:: 44.1 lbs. (20 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Undiscovered

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,680

EV Yield:: 2 HP

Base EXP:: 128

Catch Rate:: 120

Base Happiness:: 70

Nidorina's Abilities

Here are what abilities Nidorina can possibly have, along with their effects.

Poison Point: 30% chance of poisoning the attacker when Nidorina is damaged by a contact move.

Rivalry: Damage Nidorina does to Pokémon of the same gender is increased by 25%, and reduced by 25% to the opposite gender.

Hustle: Nidorina's Physical-based moves do 50% more damage, but the accuracy of those moves is reduced by 20% of its original amount.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Nidorina's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: GROUND

PSYCHIC

½: GRASS

FIGHTING

POISON

BUG

FAIRY

Nidorina's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Nidorina evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Nidoran ♀: starting form

Nidorina: at level 16

Nidoqueen: use Moon Stone

Nidorina's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Nidorina can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Nidorina learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Poison Sting Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	15	100%	35	One Target
1	Scratch Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Tail Whip Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
15	Fury Swipes Hits the target two to five times in a row.	NORMAL	18	80%	15	One Target
22	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
29	Double Kick Hits the target two times in a row.	FIGHTING	30	100%	30	One Target
36	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
43	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
50	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
57	Flatter Raises the target's Special Attack by one stage and confuses it.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
64	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
71	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Nidorina can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM21	Rest Nidorina restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Nidorina from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM29	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM37	Beat Up Hits once for each conscious Pokémon in the party, doing damage based on its Attack.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Nidorina is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM74	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Stomping Tantrum Power is doubled if Nidorina missed the target last turn.	GROUND	75	100%	10	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Nidorina can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR05	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TR06	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR13	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Nidorina's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR22	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Nidorina's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR32	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR54	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TR57	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TR67	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target
TR91	Venom Drench Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned.	POISON	--	100%	20	Nearby Enemies

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Nidorina can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Nidorina.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Poison Tail 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	50	100%	25	One Target
EGG	Skull Bash Raises Nidorina's Defense by one stage. Charges for a turn, attacks on second turn.	NORMAL	130	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Supersonic Confuses the target.	NORMAL	--	55%	20	One Target
EGG	Take Down Nidorina takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
EGG	Poison Fang Has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target.	POISON	50	100%	15	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Nidorina learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Poison Sting Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	15	100%	35	One Target
1	Scratch Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Tail Whip Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
15	Fury Swipes Hits the target two to five times in a row.	NORMAL	18	80%	15	One Target
22	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
29	Double Kick Hits the target two times in a row.	FIGHTING	30	100%	30	One Target
36	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
43	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
50	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
57	Flatter Raises the target's Special Attack by one stage and confuses it.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
64	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
71	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Nidorina can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM03	Water Pulse Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	WATER	60	100%	20	One Target
TM06	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM13	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TM14	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TM17	Protect Protects Nidorina from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM23	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TM24	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TM28	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Nidorina's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM34	Shock Wave Doesn't miss the target.	ELECTRIC	60	--	20	One Target
TM36	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TM40	Aerial Ace Doesn't miss the target.	FLYING	60	--	20	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Nidorina is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Nidorina restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Nidorina's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM84	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Nidorina's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target
TM96	Strength Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Nidorina can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Nidorina.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Poison Tail 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	50	100%	25	One Target
EGG	Skull Bash Raises Nidorina's Defense by one stage. Charges for a turn, attacks on second turn.	NORMAL	130	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Supersonic Confuses the target.	NORMAL	--	55%	20	One Target
EGG	Take Down Nidorina takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
EGG	Poison Fang Has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target.	POISON	50	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
EGG	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Beat Up Hits once for each conscious Pokémon in the party, doing damage based on its Attack.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Venom Drench Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned.	POISON	--	100%	20	Nearby Enemies

Nidorina's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Nidorina's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Nidorina's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Nidorina is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	250	281	313	344	70
Attack	129	160	192	223	62
Defense	139	170	202	233	67
Sp. Atk	115	146	178	209	55
Sp. Def	115	146	178	209	55
Speed	117	148	180	211	56
Total					365

Where to Find Nidorina in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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If you're looking for where to find Nidorina, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Nidorina in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Nidorina

Can be found as a wandering Pokémon in several spots in the Giant's Bed, located in the Crown Tundra (DLC).

Getting Nidorina By Evolution

Evolves from Nidoran ♀ at level 16.

Location information on where to find Nidorina in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Nidorina

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

The horn on its head has atrophied. It's thought that this happens so Nidorina's children won't get poked while their mother is feeding them.

Shield

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

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

The female has a gentle temperament. It emits ultrasonic cries that have the power to befuddle foes.

Y

When feeding its young, it first chews the food into a paste, then spits it out for the offspring.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

When Nidorina are with their friends or family, they keep their barbs tucked away to prevent hurting each other. This Pokémon appears to become nervous if separated from the others.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

When it senses danger, it raises all the barbs on its body. These barbs grow slower than Nidorino's.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

When it senses danger, it raises all the barbs on its body. These barbs grow slower than NIDORINO's.

HeartGold

When feeding its young, it first chews the food into a paste, then spits it out for the offspring.

SoulSilver

It has a calm and caring nature. Because its horn grows slowly, it prefers not to fight.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

When NIDORINA are with their friends or family, they keep their barbs tucked away to prevent hurting each other. This POKéMON appears to become nervous if separated from the others.

Emerald

When it is with its friends or family, its barbs are tucked away to prevent injury. It appears to become nervous if separated from the others.

FireRed

The female has a gentle temperament. It emits ultrasonic cries that have the power to befuddle foes.

LeafGreen

The female's horns develop slowly. Prefers physical attacks such as clawing and biting.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

When feeding its young, it first chews and tenderizes the food, then spits it out for the offspring.

Silver

It has a calm and caring nature. Because its horn grows slowly, it prefers not to fight.

Crystal

It has a docile nature. If it is threatened with attack, it raises the barbs that are all over its body.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

The female's horn develops slowly. Prefers physical attacks such as clawing and biting.

Yellow

When resting deep in its burrow, its thorns always retract. This is proof that it is relaxed.