Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Nidoking, you are going to need to have a strong team by your side, because they can be a difficult fight if you don’t have the right setup available. If you are getting ready for a battle with Nidoking, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!
Nidoking Weaknesses
Nidoking is a Poison and Ground-type Pokemon, which makes it have a weakness to Ground, Ice, Psychic, and Water-type moves in Pokemon Go. You will want to bring a team full of Pokemon who can utilize those move types to take down Nidoking quickly!
If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Nidoking, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Electric, Poison, Bug, Fairy, Fighting, and Rock-type moves. Nidoking is resistant to all of these, in particular Electric and Poison which basically do no damage against it.
While Nidoqueen is very similar to Nidoking the big difference between the two is that Nidoking will sometimes utilize Bug-type moves against you. That means you’ll want to be careful with Grass, Psychic, or Dark-type Pokemon because they could get blasted by a bug move.
Best Nidoking Counters
The best counters for Nidoking are the following Pokemon: Mewtwo, Hoopa (Unbound & Confined), Therian Landorus, Rhyperior, Kyogre, Metagross, and Excadrill in Pokemon Go. If you have shadow or mega versions of the ones on these list, they are generally going to be the best option.
Here’s an extended list of the Pokemon you can use with the best moves that they have available to them for the fight. You don’t have to have the exact moveset, but make sure you have the right type of moves to take advantage of Nidoking’s weaknesses.
Nidoking Counters List
- Mewtwo – Psycho Cut/Psystrike
- Hoopa (Unbound/Confined) – Confusion/Psychic
- Therian Landorus – Mud Shot/Earthquake
- Rhyperior – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Kyogre – Waterfall/Hydro Pump
- Metagross – Zen Headbutt/Psychic
- Excadrill – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Latios – Zen Headbutt/Psychic
- Mamoswine – Mud Slap/Avalanche
- Swamper – Mud Shot/Hydro Cannon
- Landorus (Incarnate) – Mud Shot/Earth Power
- Garchomp – Mud Shot/Earth Power
- Groudon – Mud Shot/Earthquake
- Espeon – Confusion/Psychic
- Alakazam – Confusion/Psychic
- Kingler – Bubble/Crabhammer
- Empoleon – Waterfall/Hydro Cannon
- Exeggutor – Extrasensory/Psychic
- Gyarados – Waterfall/Hydro Pump
- Samurott – Waterfall/Hydro Cannon
- Gallade – Confusion/Psychic
- Gardevoir – Confusion/Psychic
- Krookodile – Mud Slap/Earthquake
If you run out of the best counters on the list then running pretty much any high level Ground, Ice, Psychic, or Water-type Pokemon should get the job done. You don’t always have to have the ideal Pokemon to win the battle!
Those are all of the weaknesses and best counters for Nidoking in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.
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