Nidoking Raid Guide

Nidoking

Nidoking is a Poison and Ground type Tier 3 Raid boss. Best Nidoking raid counters include powerful Ground, Ice, Psychic, and Water types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

It can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1395 – 1466 CP, no weather boost
• 1743 – 1833 CP, boosted by Cloudy or Sunny weather

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 2-4 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. High-level trainers can even solo it. This guide will tell you how to beat this popular Pokémon, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Nidoking Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Nidoking:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	49.40	3	77s
2.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	45.38	4	84s
3.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	44.13	2	85s
4.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	43.93	2	86s
5.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	43.07	2	86s
6.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	41.46	3	91s
7.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	41.51	3	91s
8.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	40.64	3	93s
9.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	40.07	2	93s
10.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	41.29	3	92s
11.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	40.39	3	93s
12.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	40.00	3	94s
13.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	39.08	2	95s
14.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	39.24	3	96s
15.	Shadow Regigigas	Zen Headbutt	Crush Grip	39.26	3	95s
16.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	37.90	1	98s
17.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	39.14	4	97s
18.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	37.73	3	99s
19.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	Avalanche	38.57	4	98s
20.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	36.77	1	100s
21.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	38.68	4	98s
22.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	36.23	3	103s
23.	Mega Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	36.30	2	102s
24.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	35.60	2	105s
25.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	36.96	3	101s
26.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	35.33	2	106s
27.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	38.97	6	99s
28.	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	37.83	6	101s
29.	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	36.33	5	105s
30.	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	35.26	4	107s

Nidoking Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Nidoking Overview

	Nidoking PoisonGround
Max CP	2902
ATK	204
DEF	156
HP	191
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Poison Jab Poison Sting Fury Cutter* Iron Tail Double Kick
Charge moves	Sludge Wave Earth Power Earthquake Sand Tomb Megahorn

*denotes a Legacy Move

All the best, trainers!