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Nidoking Learned Moves, Evolution and Locations

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This is a page about the Pokemon Nidoking in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Learn Nidoking's Moves, Abilities, Rescue Camp, Evolution Chain, and which Dungeons Nidoking can be found in.

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Basic Information

Type

Nidoking
Nidoking Image
Type 1 Type 2
Poison Ground

Ability

Ability Effect
Poison Point When the Pokemon is hit with a contact move, like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker sometimes gets Poisoned.
Rivalry The Pokemon does more damage to targets that share its type.

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Learned Moves

By Level Up

Lv. Move Type Effect
Base Megahorn BugBug It damages an enemy.
Base Peck FlyingFlying It damages an enemy.
Base Focus Energy NormalNormal You'll get the Focus Energy condition, which raises your critical-hit rate.
Base Double Kick FightingFighting It damages an enemy 2 times in a row.
Base Poison Sting PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
23 Chip Away NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The enemy's stat changes in Defense and evasiveness don't affect this attack, regardless of whether the stats were boosted or reduced.
35 Thrash NormalNormal It damages an enemy 2 to 3 times in a row. After that, you'll get Confused.
43 Earth Power GroundGround It damages enemies in the same room. It could also lower their Sp. Def.

By TM

Move Type Effect
Attract NormalNormal It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Blizzard IceIce It damages enemies in the same room. It could also make them Frozen. During Hail, the move never misses!
Brick Break FightingFighting It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Bulldoze GroundGround It damages nearby enemies. It also lowers their Travel Speed.
Confide NormalNormal It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Double Team NormalNormal It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Dragon Tail DragonDragon It damages an enemy and blows the enemy away in a straight line. It causes more damage if the enemy crashes into a wall or a Pokemon.
Earthquake GroundGround It damages all Pokemon in the same room except for you. It can also damage Pokemon that are underground while using Dig.
Echoed Voice NormalNormal It damages enemies. It causes more damage if its used repeatedly. The power also goes up when you use it after a teammate uses it.
Facade NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Fire Blast FireFire It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn.
Flamethrower FireFire It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn.
Fling DarkDark You throw an item in an arc, hitting another Pokemon with it. It causes the same effect as throwing an item at an enemy.
Focus Blast FightingFighting It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Frustration NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Giga Impact NormalNormal It damages an enemy. But it also gives you the Recoil status, which prevents you from doing anything on the next turn.
Hidden Power NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Hyper Beam NormalNormal It damages Pokemon, even those far away, and causes an explosion that also affects the surroundings. Walls and items on the ground will also disappear. But after you use the move, the Recoil prevents you from doing anything on the next turn.
Ice Beam IceIce It fires off a cold beam, damaging a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Frozen.
Poison Jab PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
Protect NormalNormal You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Quash DarkDark It causes an enemy to Flinch.
Rain Dance WaterWater It changes the floor's weather to Rain. The power of Fire-type moves goes down, and the power of Water-type moves goes up.
Rest PsychicPsychic You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Roar NormalNormal It blows an enemy away in a straight line. If the enemy crashes into any Pokemon or a wall, both Pokemon take damage.
Rock Slide RockRock It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Rock Tomb RockRock It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Round NormalNormal It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Sandstorm RockRock It changes the floor's weather to a Sandstorm. Pokemon that can't deal with the weather will keep taking damage.
Shadow Ball GhostGhost It damages even a faraway Pokemon. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Shadow Claw GhostGhost It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Sleep Talk NormalNormal If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Sludge Bomb PoisonPoison It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
Sludge Wave PoisonPoison It damages nearby enemies. It could also make them Poisoned.
Smack Down RockRock It damages an enemy. If the enemy is flying, it will be Grounded, which allows Ground-type moves to hit it. This move also hits a Pokemon that's in the air from using a move like Fly.
Smart Strike SteelSteel It damages an enemy. It never misses.
Stone Edge RockRock It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Substitute NormalNormal You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Sunny Day FireFire It changes the floor's weather to Sunny. The power of Fire-type moves goes up, and the power of Water-type moves goes down.
Surf WaterWater It damages all Pokemon in the same room except you. It can hit a Pokemon with the Dive status.
Swagger NormalNormal It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Taunt DarkDark It makes an enemy Taunted. The taunted Pokemon can't use status moves. The Pokemon can use attack moves, however.
Thief DarkDark It damages an enemy. You'll also steal an item that the enemy has. If you can't carry any more items, your attempt to steal will fail.
Thunder ElectricElectric It can hit an enemy that's in the air from using a move such as Fly. It could also cause Paralysis. During Rain, or Heavy Rain, it never misses. But during Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it's hard to land this move.
Thunderbolt ElectricElectric It damages nearby enemies. It could also cause Paralysis.
Torment DarkDark It has the move the enemy last used Sealed, which prevents the Pokemon from using it. The seal will be removed when the Pokemon goes to the next floor.
Toxic PoisonPoison It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.
Venoshock PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. Its power goes up if the enemy is Poisoned or Badly Poisoned.

By Move Tutor

Tutor Move Type Effect
Aqua Tail WaterWater It damages an enemy.
Dragon Pulse DragonDragon It damages an enemy.
Drill Run GroundGround It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
Earth Power GroundGround It damages enemies in the same room. It could also lower their Sp. Def.
Fire Punch FireFire It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn.
Focus Punch FightingFighting You'll get the Focus Punch condition, focusing your mind and damaging your enemy during the next turn.
Helping Hand NormalNormal It boosts the Attack and Sp. Atk of your teammates in the same room. Their stats return to normal when they go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Ice Punch IceIce It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Frozen.
Icy Wind IceIce It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It also lowers the target's Travel Speed.
Iron Tail SteelSteel It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Defense.
Outrage DragonDragon You go berserk, damaging an enemy 2 to 3 times in a row. After that, you'll get Confused.
Shock Wave ElectricElectric It damages nearby enemies. It never misses.
Snore NormalNormal If you're sleeping, it will be used automatically and will damage enemies around you. It could also make them Flinch. Keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use it while you're wide awake.
Stealth Rock RockRock It turns your tile into an invisible Stealth Rock trap. A Stealth Rock trap damages enemies that step on it. You and your teammates won't take any damage from it.
Super Fang NormalNormal It damages an enemy by halving its existing HP.
Superpower FightingFighting It unleashes awesome power, damaging an enemy but also lowering your Attack and Defense due to fatigue. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Thunder Punch ElectricElectric It damages an enemy. It could also cause Paralysis.
Uproar NormalNormal It damages enemies in the same room. It also causes all Pokemon in the same room to be Sleepless. Sleeping Pokemon will wake up immediately.
Water Pulse WaterWater It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Confused.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon How to Evolve
Nidoran♂Nidoran♂ -
NidorinoNidorino Evolves from Nidoran♂ at Lv. 16
NidokingNidoking Evolves from Nidorino using Evolution Crystals

Can Nidoking Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Nidoking

Dungeons Where Nidoking is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Nidoking's Rescue Camp

Rescue Camp Price
Safari 600

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