Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Nidoqueen, 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 Nidoqueen, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!
Nidoqueen Weaknesses
Nidoqueen 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 Nidoqueen quickly!
If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Nidoqueen, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Electric, Poison, Bug, Fairy, Fighting, and Rock-type moves. Nidoqueen is resistant to all of these, in particular Electric and Poison which basically do no damage against it. You will also want to try and avoid bringing Grass, Fairy, Poison, Rock, Steel, Fire, and Electric-type Pokemon. These are all weak against the moves that Nidoqueen uses most often.
Best Nidoqueen Counters
The best counters for Nidoqueen 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 Nidoqueen’s weaknesses.
Nidoqueen 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 Nidoqueen in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.
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