NIDORAN♂
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Stiffens its ears to sense danger. The larger its horns, the more powerful its secreted venom.
Stiffens its ears to sense danger. The larger its horns, the more powerful its secreted venom.
Its large ears are always kept upright. If it senses danger, it will attack with a poisonous sting.
It is small, but its horn is filled with poison. It charges then stabs with the horn to inject poison.
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This Pokémon has a Quadruped body shape.
It is classified as Purple colored.
Natural habitat: Grassland.
Its base happiness is 70.
Its capture rate is 235/255, roughly 92%.
It follows a Medium Slow growth curve.
It belongs to the Monster, Ground egg group.
This species is exclusively male.
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MOVESETS
| LVL | NAME | TYPE | CAT. | PWR | ACC | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison Sting | Poison | PHY | 15 | 100% | 35 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | STA | — | 100% | 30 |
| 5 | Peck | Flying | PHY | 35 | 100% | 35 |
| 10 | Focus Energy | Normal | STA | — | — | 30 |
| 15 | Fury Attack | Normal | PHY | 15 | 85% | 20 |
| 20 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | STA | — | — | 20 |
| 25 | Double Kick | Fighting | PHY | 30 | 100% | 30 |
| 30 | Horn Attack | Normal | PHY | 65 | 100% | 25 |
| 35 | Helping Hand | Normal | STA | — | — | 20 |
| 40 | Toxic | Poison | STA | — | 90% | 10 |
| 45 | Flatter | Dark | STA | — | 100% | 15 |
| 50 | Poison Jab | Poison | PHY | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| 55 | Earth Power | Ground | SPE | 90 | 100% | 10 |
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