Nincada

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#290    Nincada

Type(s)

Bug Ground

Generation

  III  

Abilities
Ability 1
Compound Eyes		 Hidden Ability
Run Away

Rarity Tier

  Rare  

Catch rate

  255/255 (33.33%)  

Base stats

HP
31

Atk
45

Def
90

Sp.Atk
30

Sp.Def
30

Spd
40

Base-stat total: 266
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
0

Def
1

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 1

Base Experience

  65  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  0.5m  

Weight

  5.5kg  

Nincada is a Bug and Ground type Pokémon.

It evolves into Ninjask at level 20 and, if a party slot is vacant and at least 1 Pokeball is in the players bag, it will also evolve into Shedinja, giving you two Pokémon.

Obtainability

Land

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Diamond Empire Entry 22-31 Morning Day Night Rare
Route 116 6-9 Morning Day Night Rare
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Bosses

  • Possible reward from Bugsy

Moves

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
1 Harden Normal Status — — 30
1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100 35
5 Absorb Grass Special 20 100 25
9 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100 15
13 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80 15
17 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 10
21 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95 35
25 Mind Reader Normal Status — — 5
29 Bide Normal Physical — — 10
33 False Swipe Normal Physical 40 100 40
37 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10
  • Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100 10
Endure Normal Status — — 10
Feint Attack Dark Physical 60 100 20
Final Gambit Fighting Special — 100 5
Gust Flying Special 40 100 35
Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
Silver Wind Bug Special 60 100 5
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

TMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120 100 10
TM32 Double Team Normal Status — — 15
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM80 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 15
TM87 Sandstorm Ground Status — — 10
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM104 False Swipe Normal Physical 40 100 40
TM130 Return Normal Physical — 100 20
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move’s obtainability.

TM Tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 — 20
Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20
X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move Tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100 10
Snore Normal Special 50 100 15
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Fire
Flying
Ice
Water
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Fairy
Ghost
Grass
Normal
Rock
Steel
Fighting
Ground
Poison
Electric
  • All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon’s type weaknesses.
  • All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon’s type resistances.

Special Counterparts

  • Shiny Nincada.png

    Shiny Nincada