Nidoking

PoisonIceHustle, Intimidate

Route 221 Verity Cavern Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Route 221 (Grass), and in 1 more area. It is Poison / Ice type here; the official games have it as Poison / Ground. Base stats total 543, up from 505; all six changed, most of all HP (81 → 111). Abilities: it gains Hustle and Intimidate and loses Poison Point, Rivalry and Sheer Force. 17 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Counter and Tear Up.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Counter 2x last amount of damage received Goes last (priority -5).	Fighting	Phys	0	100	1
2	Tear Up Always hits	Normal	Phys	85	100	10
3	Toxic Spikes Toxic Spikes effect	Poison	Stat	0	0	2
4	Hyper Fang Chance to flinch (30%)	Normal	Phys	75	100	20
5	Crunch Chance to flinch (15%)	Dark	Phys	85	100	15
6	Poison Fang Chance of Badly Poisoning (30%)	Poison	Phys	75	100	15
42	Ice Fang Chance of causing Freeze; chance of causing Flinch (10%)	Ice	Phys	75	100	15
43	Headlong Rush 1/4 Recoil Makes contact.	Ground	Phys	105	100	10
45	Titan Jaw Lowers Spe (100%) Makes contact.	Steel	Phys	85	90	10
46	Poison Tail High crit ratio and poison chance (30%)	Poison	Phys	100	85	10
47	Chilly Crash Chance to increase Def (100%)	Ice	Phys	50	100	2
48	Obliterate Chance of causing Paralysis; chance of causing Flinch (20%) Does not make contact.	Fighting	Spec	75	100	10
50	Superpower Lowers user's Atk and Def	Fighting	Phys	115	100	10
51	Iron Tail Chance to increase Def (30%)	Steel	Phys	90	90	20
53	Subzero Slam Lowers Spe (50%) Makes contact.	Ice	Phys	100	85	10
57	Horn Drill Lowers user's Atk harshly	Ground	Phys	125	100	5
65	Thrash Lowers Accuracy (10%)	Normal	Phys	105	85	20
71	Megahorn Chance to flinch (30%)	Bug	Phys	105	85	10
76	Sheer Cold lowers users Spe	Ice	Spec	90	100	10

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 32

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM01	Body Slam Veilstone City, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Normal	75
TM02	Giga Impact Galactic Veilstone. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Steel	95
TM03	Foul Water Small Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Water	75
TM06	Mud-Slap Route 203. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Ground	55
TM12	Aurora Beam Eterna Cliff. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Ice	70
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM17	Toxic Route 217. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Poison	—
TM19	Slack Off Oreburgh Tunnel, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Normal	—
TM20	Haze Oreburgh Mine. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Ice	60
TM24	Drill Run Jungle Path. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Ground	90
TM30	Zen Headbutt Galactic Veilstone. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Psychic	100
TM32	Dragon Breath Oreburgh Tunnel. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Dragon	75
TM37	Hail Route 203. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Ice	—
TM39	Sludge Ravaged Path. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Poison	60
TM40	Bulk Up Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Fighting	—
TM42	Tectonic Shift Route 208, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Ground	80
TM46	Sandstorm Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	—
TM47	Rock Tomb Route 204. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	70
TM49	Power Whip Route 211. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Grass	110
TM61	Earthquake Valley Windworks, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ground	85
TM72	Ice Burn Snowpoint Gym, once you have beaten Candice. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Ice	100
TM73	Pluck Route 201 / Verity Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Oreburgh City	Flying	65
TM74	Ice Beam Ruin Maniac Cave. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Ice	80
TM80	Iron Head Solaceon Ruins. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Steel	80
TM82	Draconic Slam Veilstone City. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Dragon	100
TM83	Sludge Bomb Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	80
TM85	Freeze Strike Iron Island. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ice	80
TM87	Dragon Rage Small Marsh, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Dragon	100
TM92	Mystical Mist Canalave City. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ice	—
HM04	Strength Iron Island	Fighting	75
HM06	Rock Smash Oreburgh Gate	Fighting	55
HM08	Rock Climb Route 217	Rock	80

Where to find Nidoking

Area	Method	Level
Route 221	Grass
Verity Cavern	Mesprit's cave

Other changes in this game

This game gives it a new look and a Pokédex entry of its own.