Best moves

Nidoran♂

Movepool

2 fast and 3 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset20.7 DPS

poisonPoison Sting

poisonSludge Bomb

9 x Poison Sting per Sludge Bomb · 7.0s cycle · 145 power with STAB

#220.3 DPS

flyingPeck

poisonSludge Bomb

5 x Peck per Sludge Bomb · 7.5s cycle · 152 power with STAB

#315.8 DPS

poisonPoison Sting

normalBody Slam

6 x Poison Sting per Body Slam · 5.0s cycle · 79 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Peck	flying	10	+10	1.0s	10.00	10.00	3.3	10.0	6 / 8 / 2t	standard
Poison StingSTAB	poison	4	+6	0.5s	9.60	12.00	1.6	8.0	4 / 9 / 2t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Sludge BombSTAB	poison	85	-50	2.5s	40.80	2.04	18.9	34.0	80 / 50	standard
Body Slam	normal	50	-33	2.0s	25.00	1.52	12.5	25.0	55 / 35	standard
Horn Attack	normal	45	-33	2.0s	22.50	1.36	11.3	22.5	40 / 35	standard

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.