Nincada in Elite Redux
#290 · Bug / Ground · see locations below
BugGround
Abilities
Anticipation, Coward, Dry Skin (hidden)
Base stats
Compared with the official games
- Stats Attack 45 → 55, Speed 40 → 50 (total 266 → 286)
Compared against present-day official data. The Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived after Pokémon Emerald, so a difference here can belong to the series rather than to this hack.
Other changes in this hack
- Innates (always active): Shed Skin, Shell Armor, Earthbound
- What the innates do: Shed Skin — 30% chance to heal its status condition at the end of a turn. · Shell Armor — Immune to critical hits. Takes 20% less damage from attacks. · Earthbound — Boosts Ground-type moves by 1.2x, or 1.5x when under 1/3 HP.
- Abilities you pick one of: Anticipation — Senses Super-effective moves. Dodges one Super-effective hit. · Coward — Sets up Protect on switch-in. Only works once. · Dry Skin — Water/Rain heals. Fire/Sun hurts.
- Evolves into Ninjask at level 20
- Evolves into Shedinja at level 20
- Tutor moves: Attract, Bug Bite, Bug Buzz, Bulldoze, Cut, Dig, Endure, False Swipe, Helping Hand, Hidden Power, Leech Life, Metal Claw, Protect, Rest, Retaliate, Return, Secret Power, Sleep Talk, Spikes, Substitute, X-Scissor
- Egg groups: Bug
- Height 0.5 m, weight 5.5 kg
Where to find Nincada
| Area | Method | Level | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 116 | Grass | — | |
| Route 111 Tunnel 2 | Grass | — |
Level-up moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat | Pow | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double Team Creates illusory copies to raise evasiveness. | Normal | Stat | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Final Gambit The user faints to damage the foe equal to its HP. | Fighting | Spec | 1 | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Harden Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense. | Normal | Stat | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Hone Claws Sharpens its claws to raise Attack and Accuracy. | Dark | Stat | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Mud Sport Covers the user in mud to raise electrical resistance. | Ground | Stat | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Mud-Slap Hurls mud in the foe's face dealing repeated damage. | Ground | Spec | 25 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Scratch Scratches the foe with sharp claws. | Normal | Phys | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 17 | Detect Priority +4. Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession. | Fighting | Stat | — | — | 10 |
| 17 | Fury Swipes Rakes the foe with sharp claws, etc., 2 to 5 times. | Normal | Phys | 25 | 100 | 15 |
| 17 | Lunge Lunges at the foe to lower its Attack stat. | Bug | Phys | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 17 | Sharpen Sharpens its edges to boost Attack and Crit. | Normal | Stat | — | — | 20 |
| 17 | Skitter Smack User skitters behind foe to attack. Lowers foe's SpAtk | Bug | Spec | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Gust Priority +1. A sudden gust of wind. Has +1 priority. | Flying | Spec | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Silver Wind A powdery attack that may raise abilities. | Bug | Spec | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 37 | Fury Cutter Slices the foe 3 times in a row with rising intensity. | Bug | Phys | 20 | 90 | 10 |
* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this hack
TMs & HMs (0)
| # | Move · where to get it | Type | Pow |
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