Nidoqueen is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokemon GO, with Boss CP of 16042 and Max Capture CP of 1421 (Level 20, perfect IV score) or 1777 (Level 25, weather boosted perfect IV score). This page details best Nidoqueen Raid Counters and guides you between her angry Bites.
Nidoqueen is soloable for the prepared trained, but for newer players she may require at least 2-3 Trainers in order to take her down. Nidoqueen is a Poison Ground type, with weaknesses to Water, Psychic, Ice and Ground moves. Nidoqueen has no double weaknesses.
Nidoqueen Raid Counters
Shadows won’t be listed as they are incredibly expensive to power up, but if you have any of the listed Pokémon as shadows without Frustration, you should use them instead.
# | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
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1. | Blastoise (Mega) | Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 83.10s | 2.00 |
2. | Gyarados (Mega) | Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 92.14s | 1.90 |
3. | Mewtwo | Psycho Cut Psychic | Psystrike Psychic | 97.65s | 2.40 |
4. | Slowbro (Mega) | Water Gun Water | Psychic Psychic | 108.53s | 2.00 |
5. | Gengar (Mega) | Shadow Claw Ghost | Psychic Psychic | 103.69s | 3.10 |
6. | Hoopa (Unbound) | Confusion Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 105.34s | 3.20 |
7. | Abomasnow (Mega) | Powder Snow Ice | Weather Ball Ice | 107.89s | 3.10 |
8. | Landorus (Therian) | Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 124.20s | 1.80 |
9. | Charizard (Mega Y) | Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 119.25s | 2.90 |
10. | Rhyperior | Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 133.51s | 0.83 |
11. | Kyogre | Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 125.35s | 2.80 |
12. | Hoopa (Confined) | Confusion Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 122.13s | 3.30 |
13. | Metagross | Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 129.04s | 2.56 |
14. | Excadrill | Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 130.89s | 2.00 |
15. | Latios | Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 125.21s | 3.20 |
For more budget counters, similarly to Nidoking, Nidoqueen can be countered with several weaker options and we believe this will often be the case. Without further ado:
- Blastoise with Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
- Rhyperior with Mud Slap / Surf
- Gallade with Confusion / Psychic
- Salamence with Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump
- Jynx with Frost Breath / Avalanche
- Omastar with Water Gun / Hydro Pump
Nidoqueen Overview
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | |||||||||
Max CP at Level 40 2488 | Max CP at Level 50 2812 | |||||||||
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ATK 180 | DEF 173 | HP 207 | |||||||
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Nidoqueen Move Sets
Nidoqueen has access to this set of moves as a raid boss:
Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Poison Jab Poison | Earthquake Ground |
Bite Dark | Sludge Wave Poison |
Earth Power Ground | |
Poison Fang Poison | |
Stone Edge Rock |
Unlike Nidoking, Nidoqueen doesn’t have access to Megahorn. In other words, the Queen doesn’t have any moves that can be SE over her counters, making her super easy to raid and defeat.