Nincada (Pokémon GO) - Best Movesets, Evolutions and CP

Pokémon type

Bug

Ground

Boosted in Rain and Sunny / Clear weather

Nincada weaknesses

Nincada is weak to Flying, Fire, Water and Ice-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Nincada is resistant to Fighting, Poison and Ground-type moves, and doubly resistant to Electric-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Nincada

The best moves for Nincada are Bug Bite and Bug Buzz when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Scratch and Bug Buzz deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Bug Bite

12DPS

Bug Buzz

32.6DPS

Defending

Bug Bite

12DPS

Bug Buzz

32.6DPS

Trainer Battles

Scratch

4EPT

Bug Buzz

2DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Nincada family. Nincada evolves into Ninjask for 50 Candy.

Nincada

Ninjask

Game images

Nincada, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Events

Fall Marathon: Buddy Trek

13th Oct

Road to Kalos

23rd Feb

Summary

Nincada is a Bug & Ground Pokémon. It is weak to Flying, Fire, Water and Ice moves. Nincada's best moveset is Bug Bite & Bug Buzz and it has a Max CP of 868. Nincada evolves into Ninjask.

About

"Nincada lives underground for many years in complete darkness. This Pokémon absorbs nutrients from the roots of trees. It stays motionless as it waits for evolution."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Bug Bite	5	12	12
Scratch	6	8	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Bug Buzz	95	2	2.28
Aerial Ace	55	3	1.67
Night Slash	45	3	1.36

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Scratch	3	1	3	4
Bug Bite	4	1	4.8	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Bug Buzz ▼ def	100	60	2
Night Slash ▲ att	50	35	1.43
Aerial Ace	60	45	1.33

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Bug Bite 12 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	5.1	100%
Scratch 12 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	4.7	93%
Bug Bite 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	4.1	81%
Bug Bite 12 DPS	Night Slash 22.5 DPS	4.1	81%
Scratch 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	4	79%
Scratch 12 DPS	Night Slash 22.5 DPS	4	78%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Bug Bite 12 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	1.5	100%
Scratch 12 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	1.3	85%
Bug Bite 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	1.2	80%
Bug Bite 12 DPS	Night Slash 22.5 DPS	1.1	74%
Scratch 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	1.1	71%
Scratch 12 DPS	Night Slash 22.5 DPS	1	67%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Scratch 4 EPT	Bug Buzz ▼ def 2 DPE	15	11	100%
Bug Bite 3 EPT	Bug Buzz ▼ def 2 DPE	20	10.8	98%
Bug Bite 3 EPT	Night Slash ▲ att 1.43 DPE	12	9.1	83%
Bug Bite 3 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	15	8.8	80%
Scratch 4 EPT	Night Slash ▲ att 1.43 DPE	9	8.7	79%
Scratch 4 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	12	8.3	76%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

Top Nincada counters

For the full ranking, the boss's moves and a raid simulator, see best Nincada Raid Counters »

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Reshiram (Shadow)

Fire Fang

Fusion Flare

0.05
2
Blacephalon

Incinerate

Mind Blown

0.05
3
Salamence (Shadow)

Fire Fang

Fly

0.05
4
Moltres (Shadow)

Fire Spin

Fly

0.05
5
White Kyurem

Ice Fang

Ice Burn

0.05

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent.

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Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		80
Defense		126
Stamina		104

Max HP

Level 40	94
Level 50	99

Average size

Height	0.51 m
Weight	5.5 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	75,000
Candy	75

Other

Buddy walk distance

5 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	329
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	439
Level 30 Max wild	658
Level 40	768
Level 50	868

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	549
Level 35 (wild)	713