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Nincada Learned Moves, Evolution and Locations

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

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Basic Information

Type

Nincada
Nincada Image
Type 1 Type 2
Bug Ground

Ability

Ability Effect
Compound Eyes The Pokemon's accuracy goes up.

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Learned Moves

By Level Up

Lv. Move Type Effect
Base Scratch NormalNormal It damages an enemy.
Base Harden NormalNormal It boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
5 Absorb GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
9 Sand Attack GroundGround It lowers the enemy's accuracy.
13 Fury Swipes NormalNormal It damages an enemy 2 to 5 times in a row.
17 Mud-Slap GroundGround It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's accuracy.
21 Metal Claw SteelSteel It damages an enemy. It could also boost your Attack. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
25 Mind Reader NormalNormal You'll get the Sure Shot status, which makes your moves hit the enemy without fail.
29 Bide NormalNormal You'll get the Bide status for a little while, and then you'll damage an enemy. The more damage you take while biding, the greater the damage you can cause.
33 False Swipe NormalNormal It damages an enemy. If you knock an enemy out with it, they will be more likely to join you on your adventure!
37 Dig GroundGround You'll get the Digging condition, doing damage to your enemy on the next turn. While underground, you'll evade items and moves.

By TM

Move Type Effect
Aerial Ace FlyingFlying It damages an enemy. It never misses.
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.
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.
False Swipe NormalNormal It damages an enemy. If you knock an enemy out with it, they will be more likely to join you on your adventure!
Frustration NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Hidden Power NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Leech Life BugBug It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Solar Beam GrassGrass You'll get the Solar Beam condition, which lets you charge power to try a powerful attack on the next turn. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it charges for an immediate attack on the first turn. But during Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the damage will be reduced.
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.
Swagger NormalNormal It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
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.
X-Scissor BugBug It damages an enemy.

By Move Tutor

Tutor Move Type Effect
Bug Bite BugBug It damages an enemy. If the enemy is carrying any food, you'll eat it.
Giga Drain GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
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.
Spite GhostGhost It sharply lowers the PP of the move last used by the enemy. It fails if the enemy had not used a move or if the enemy's PP is already 0.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon How to Evolve
NincadaNincada -
NinjaskNinjask Evolves from Nincada at Lv. 20
ShedinjaShedinja When Nincada evolves into Ninjask, Shedinja will appear in the Secretive Forest rescue camp as long as there is room available

Can Nincada Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Nincada

Dungeons Where Nincada is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Nincada's Rescue Camp

Rescue Camp Price
Secretive Forest 900

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