Nidorino (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Nidorino (disambiguation).

Nidorino ニドリーノ Nidorino #033
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type Poison Unknown Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Species Poison Pin Pokémon
Abilities Poison Point or Rivalry Rivalry Blue-Striped ----- Hustle Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #033 Johto #099 Hoenn #231 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 2'11" Imperial 0.9 m Metric 2'11"/0.9 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 43.0 lbs. Imperial 19.5 kg Metric 43.0 lbs./19.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 120 (15.7%)
Body style File:BodyUnknown.png Blue-Striped	Footprint     File:F487O.png Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 100% male
Breeding Monster and Field groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 118 Battle Exp.: 1181*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex

Nidorino (Japanese: ニドリーノ Nidorino) is a Poison-type Pokémon.

He evolves from Nidoran♂ starting at level 16, and evolves into Nidoking when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Nidorino is larger than his pre-evolution. His forehead horn is larger, as well as his ears and the spines on his back. He has grown large fang teeth, and has three clawed toes instead of two, as was the case for its pre-evolution. He remains quadruped though.

Gender differences

Nidorino is the male of the species. For the female counterpart, see Nidorina.

Special abilities

Capable of goring with his horn, Nidorino are much fiercer than Nidoran♂. Their long spines ooze poison on contact with foes. His horn is capable of piercing a diamond.

Behavior

Nidorino is independent and are often fierce, being described as aggressive and violent.

Habitat

Nidorino live in expansive hot savannas and plains. They share their home range with Nidorina and can normally be found in Kanto.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM09	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	95	100%	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidorino Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Nidorino Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
	Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	5
	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55%	20
	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Nidorino in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Nidorino in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidorino Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Nidorino Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Evolution

Unevolved Nidoran♂  Poison

Level 16 →

First evolution Nidorino  Poison

Moon Stone →

Second evolution Nidoking  Poison  Ground

← #032: Nidoran♂

Pokémon

#034: Nidoking →