STAB Nidoking [Done]

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Earth Power
move 2: Shell Side Arm / Gunk Shot
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Rash / Naive
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nidoking uses its incredible coverage and Sheer Force to be a terrifying special wallbreaker. Earth Power is an excellent go-to move that forces out slower, Ground-weak Pokemon like Toxapex and Heatran and 2HKOes common walls like Seismitoad and Ferrothorn. Gunk Shot can be used to outright 2HKO Blissey and deal massive damage to other special walls like Slowking, which improves the stall matchup, while Shell Side Arm is good for chunking Blissey and dealing consistent damage to Pokemon like Rotom-W. Gunk Shot's only drawback is the lower accuracy, making it slightly inconsistent in important situations. Ice Beam deals with Hippowdon and Tornadus-T, and Flamethrower deals with Steel- and Flying-types, rounding out Nidoking's perfect coverage on every Pokemon. Alternatively, Thunderbolt hits Slowking, Tornadus-T, and various Steel- and Flying types, but Ice Beam and Flamethrower are more effective. Nidoking typically uses a Rash nature to amplify its power as much as possible, but a Naive nature can be used to outspeed Pokemon like Adamant Excadrill, Jolly Buzzwole, and Timid Heatran. It should be noted that Nidoking's Poison typing can allow it to switch in on predicted Toxic from foes like Heatran and defensive Buzzwole. Nidoking can also switch in against Electric-types like Zeraora and Rotom-H. That being said, Nidoking doesn't like being chipped, so pivots like Corviknight, Cinderace, Rotom-W, and Tornadus-T allow it to get in more easily to wallbreak more often. Fast cleaners and wallbreakers are also appreciated as teammates to make up for Nidoking's lackluster speed, so Weavile, Cinderace, and Aerodactyl are all great partners.

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- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Earth Power
move 2: Shell Side Arm / Gunk Shot
move 3: Ice Beam Flamethrower
move 4: Flamethrower Thunderbolt / Spikes (tl;dr is that shell side arm is terrible cuz its like terrible against blissey, av torn and king. Flamethrower is better coverage cuz ice beam is terrible (see, hippowdon sucks, rune and muds get 2hkod by EP, u tbolt or gunk into Torn. Tbolt is the best coverage cuz it hits torn and corv but spikes are broken so likeee.)
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Rash / Naive
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nidoking uses its incredible coverage to be a terrifying special wallbreaker in the metagame. Earth Power is a common midground move, forcing out Pokemon like Toxapex and Heatran but still being able to 2HKO common walls like Seismitoad and Ferrothorn without needing to predict. Shell Side Arm is good for consistent damage on Pokemon like Rotom-W while also chunking Blissey since it deals physical damage in that case, while Gunk Shot can be used to outright 2HKO Blissey and deal massive damage to other special walls like assault vest slowking and tornadus-t (write this better so it makes sense idk) overall, which improves the stall matchup. Gunk Shot's only drawback is the lower accuracy, making it slightly inconsistent in important situations. Ice Beam and Flamethrower round out Nidoking's perfect coverage on every Pokemon, notably dealing with Hippowdon and Tornadus-T with Ice Beam and the Steel- and Flying-types with Flamethrower. Thunderbolt can alternatively be used to hit Slowking, and be a midground on both Tornadus-T and the Steel- and Flying-types, but Ice Beam and Flamethrower are more than effective. "u force in stuff u cant break sometimes like chansey and gastrodon so against them or just like in general when u force a switch getting up a spike is good" write that but well Nidoking typically uses a Rash nature to amplify its power the most, but a Naive nature can be used to outspeed Pokemon like Adamant Excadrill, Jolly Buzzwole, and Timid Heatran. Fast cleaners and wallbreakers are appreciated as teammates to make up for Nidoking's lackluster speed, so Weavile, Cinderace, and Aerodactyl are all great partners. Pivots like Corviknight, Cinderace, Rotom-W, and Tornadus-T allow it to get in much easier to wallbreak more often.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Earth Power
move 2: Gunk Shot / Shell Side Arm Shell Side Arm / Gunk Shot
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Rash / Naive
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nidoking uses its incredible coverage and its ability Sheer Force to be a terrifying special wallbreaker in the metagame. Earth Power is a common midground move, forcing out slower and Grond weak Pokemon like Toxapex and Heatran but still being able to 2HKO common walls like Seismitoad and Ferrothorn without needing to predict. Gunk Shot can be used to outright 2HKO Blissey and deal massive damage to other special walls like Slowking, which improves the stall matchup, while Shell Side Arm is good for consistent damage on Pokemon like Rotom-W while also chunking Blissey since it deals physical damage in that case. Gunk Shot's only drawback is the lower accuracy, making it slightly inconsistent in important situations. make sure to re-order the sentence. Ice Beam and Flamethrower round out Nidoking's perfect coverage on every Pokemon, notably dealing with Hippowdon and Tornadus-T with Ice Beam and the Steel- and Flying-types with Flamethrower. Thunderbolt can alternatively be used to hit Slowking, and be a midground on both Tornadus-T and the Steel- and Flying-types, but Ice Beam and Flamethrower are more than effective. Nidoking typically uses a Rash nature to amplify its power the most, but a Naive nature can be used to outspeed Pokemon like Adamant Excadrill, Jolly Buzzwole, and Timid Heatran. It should be noted that Nidoking's Poison typing can allows it to switch-in on predicted Toxic from foes like Heatran and defensive Buzzwole. Nidoking can also switch-in against Electric-types like Zeraora and Rotom-Heat. (I think it is important to explain when Nidoking can switch-in; also this lead up nicely to the pivot part.) That being said, it doesn't like being chipped so pivots like Corviknight, Cinderace, Rotom-W, and Tornadus-T allow it to get in much easier to wallbreak more often. Fast cleaners and wallbreakers are also appreciated as teammates to make up for Nidoking's lackluster speed, so Weavile, Cinderace, and Aerodactyl are all great partners.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [LBDC, 464398]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Earth Power
move 2: Shell Side Arm / Gunk Shot
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
item: Life Orb
ability: Sheer Force
nature: Rash / Naive
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Nidoking uses its incredible coverage and Sheer Force to be a terrifying special wallbreaker.period in the metagame. Earth Power is an excellent go-to move that forces out slower, Ground-weak Pokemon like Toxapex and Heatran and 2HKOes common walls like Seismitoad and Ferrothorn. ("excellent go-to" seemed better than common here since it might be confusing to call a ground move a mid-ground) a common midground move, forcing out slower and Ground-weak Pokemon like Toxapex and Heatran but still being able to 2HKO common walls like Seismitoad and Ferrothorn without needing to predict. Gunk Shot can be used to outright 2HKO Blissey and deal massive damage to other special walls like Slowking, which improves the stall matchup, while Shell Side Arm is good for chunking Blissey and dealing consistent damage onto Pokemon like Rotom-W.periodwhile also chunking Blissey since it deals physical damage in that case. (this is just dex info) Gunk Shot's only drawback is the lower accuracy, making it slightly inconsistent in important situations. Ice Beam deals with Hippowdon and Tornadus-T, and Flamethrower deals with Steel- and Flying-types, rounding out Nidoking's perfect coverage on every Pokemon.period, notably dealing with Hippowdon and Tornadus-T with Ice Beam and the Steel- and Flying-types with Flamethrower. Alternatively, Thunderbolt hits Slowking, Tornadus-T, and various Steel- and Flying types,can alternatively be used to hit Slowking, and be a midground on both Tornadus-T and the Steel- and Flying-types, but Ice Beam and Flamethrower are more than effective. Nidoking typically uses a Rash nature to amplify its power as much as possible,the most, but a Naive nature can be used to outspeed Pokemon like Adamant Excadrill, Jolly Buzzwole, and Timid Heatran. It should be noted that Nidoking's Poison typing can allows(delete) it to switch-inswitch in on predicted Toxic from foes like Heatran and defensive Buzzwole. Nidoking can also switch-inswitch in against Electric-types like Zeraora and Rotom-Heat. That being said, itNidoking doesn't like being chipped,comma so pivots like Corviknight, Cinderace, Rotom-W, and Tornadus-T allow it to get in much easiermore easily to wallbreak more often. Fast cleaners and wallbreakers are also appreciated as teammates to make up for Nidoking's lackluster speed, so Weavile, Cinderace, and Aerodactyl are all great partners.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[pannu, 517892], [LBDC, 464398]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Isaiah, 375662]]

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