Shadow Nidoking
Nidoking's thick tail packs enormously destructive power. With one swing, it can topple a metal transmission tower. Once this Pokémon goes on a rampage, there is no stopping it.
Shadow Nidoking Weaknesses and Strengths
Shadow Nidoking is a dual-type Pokemon of types Poison and Ground. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.
Weak Against | |
Types | Damage |
Ground | 160% |
Psychic | 160% |
Water | 160% |
Ice | 160% |
Resistant Against | |
Types | Damage |
Poison | 39.1% |
Electric | 39.1% |
Fighting | 62.5% |
Bug | 62.5% |
Fairy | 62.5% |
Rock | 62.5% |
Best Moves for Shadow Nidoking in Pokemon GO
Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Shadow Nidoking.
We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).
Fast Move | Charge Move | DPS | CDPS |
---|---|---|---|
Poison Jab | Earthquake | 61.67 | 457.98 |
Poison Jab | Earth Power | 48.33 | 448.16 |
Double Kick | Earth Power | 43.33 | 436.69 |
Double Kick | Earthquake | 56.67 | 433.25 |
Fury Cutter | Earth Power | 40.83 | 429.28 |
Fury Cutter | Earthquake | 54.17 | 426.91 |
Poison Jab | Sludge Wave | 56.25 | 418.82 |
Poison Jab | Return | 65.00 | 416.82 |
Poison Jab | Megahorn | 65.00 | 416.79 |
Iron Tail | Earth Power | 46.97 | 402.53 |
All Moves for Shadow Nidoking
Below are all the moves that Shadow Nidoking can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.
Move | Type | Power | DPS | Duration | Energy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frustration | Charged | 10 | 5 | 2000ms | -33 |
Return | Charged | 35 | 50 | 700ms | -33 |
Earthquake | Charged | 140 | 38.89 | 3600ms | -100 |
Sludge Wave | Charged | 110 | 41.25 | 3200ms | -100 |
Megahorn | Charged | 110 | 50 | 2200ms | -100 |
Earth Power | Charged | 100 | 27.78 | 3600ms | -50 |
Sand Tomb | Charged | 60 | 15 | 4000ms | -33 |
Iron Tail | Quick | 15 | 13.64 | 1100ms | 7 |
Double Kick | Quick | 10 | 10 | 1000ms | 13 |
Poison Jab | Quick | 10 | 15 | 800ms | 7 |
Fury Cutter EliteTM | Quick | 3 | 7.5 | 400ms | 6 |
Best Shadow Nidoking Raid Counters in Pokemon GO
Below you can find the best counters for Shadow Nidoking Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Shadow Nidoking in a raid.
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