Nidoking (Pokémon)/Generation IV learnset

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By leveling up

Generation IV Other generations: I - II - III - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   S. Contest   Appeal  011 Peck Flying Physical 03535 100}}100% 35 Cool 3 ♥♥♥ 011 Focus Energy Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 Cool 0   011 Double Kick Fighting Physical 03030 100}}100% 30 Cool 2 ♥♥ 011 Poison Sting Poison Physical 01515 100}}100% 35 Smart 2 ♥♥ 2323 Thrash Normal Physical 09090 100}}100% 20 Tough 2 ♥♥ 4343 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 Smart 2 ♥♥ 5858 Megahorn Bug Physical 120120 085}}85% 10 Cool 2 ♥♥

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidoking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Nidoking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generations: I - II - III - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	S. Contest	Appeal
	TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20	Tough	1 ♥
	TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20	Smart	0
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
	TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	95	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100%	15	Tough	0
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
	TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10	Tough	0
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10	Tough	1 ♥
	TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
	TM59	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
	TM72	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
	TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
	TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
	HM05HGSS	Whirlpool	Water	Special	15	70%	15	Beauty	0
	HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
	HM08	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidoking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Nidoking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

A Nidoking can learn any of the following moves if the respective father breeds with a Nidoran♀.

Generation IV Other generations: II - III - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	S. Contest	Appeal
	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Cute	0
	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	10	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
	Disable	Normal	Status	—	80%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
	Head SmashHGSS	Rock	Physical	150	80%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	5	Smart	2 ♥♥
	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Nidoking in Generation IV Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Nidoking in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidoking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Nidoking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation IV Other generations: II - III - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	S. Contest	Appeal
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	10	95%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	1 ♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	5	Smart	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
D	P	Pt	HG	SS	Uproar	Normal	Special	50	100%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Nidoking can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Nidoking cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidoking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Nidoking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior Evolution

Generation IV Other generations: I - II - III - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	S. Contest	Appeal
	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
	Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100%	25	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
	Helping HandDP	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	1 ♥
	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
	Flatter	Dark	Status	—	100%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
	Horn Drill	Normal	Physical	—	30%	5	Cool	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidoking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Nidoking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

Generation IV Other generations: I - II - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX

Gen.   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal  III Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 Tough 3 ♥♥♥ III Defense Curl Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 Cute 2 ♥♥ III Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 Tough 0   III DynamicPunch Fighting Physical 100100 050}}50% 5 Cool 2 ♥♥ III Mega Kick Normal Physical 120120 075}}75% 5 Cool 2 ♥♥ III Mega Punch Normal Physical 08080 085}}85% 20 Tough 2 ♥♥ III Mimic Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 Cute 0   III Seismic Toss Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 Tough 3 ♥♥♥

A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nidoking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Nidoking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations