Nidoqueen counters

Gen 4 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Nidoqueen
#0031 Nidoqueen
PoisonGround
USAGE 2.7% #38
ABILITYPoison Point
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 92
DEF 87
SPA 75
SPD 85
SPE 76
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterIceGroundPsychic
½×
FightingBugRockFairy
¼×
Poison
0×
Electric
Moves
Toxic Spikes 99.6% Earthquake 83.8% Protect 76.7% Ice Beam 46.4% Flamethrower 23.7% Thunderbolt 21.4% Stealth Rock 10.7% Roar 8.7%
Items
Black Sludge 88.2% Focus Sash 7.0% Choice Scarf 3.4% Leftovers 1.3% Passho Berry 0.1% Choice Band 0.0% Choice Specs 0.0% Shuca Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Poison Point100.0%Rivalry0.0%
Common Teammates
Clefable60.4%Tyranitar57.6%Latias40.3%Jirachi39.8%Skarmory32.1%Starmie28.3%Heatran25.6%Magnezone24.9%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #38 with 2.66% usage. Sorted by reliability score.