Nihilego

Nihilego has 570 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (127) and a Speed of 103. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 287, which makes it a fast special attacker.

Build a team with Nihilego

What Nihilego is weak to

Weak to: Ground (×4), Water, Psychic, Steel. Resists: Normal, Fire, Poison (×0.25), Flying, Bug, Fairy. Immune to: none. The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Ground does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Nihilego

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Nihilego: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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4. Swampert WaterGround

   Resists steel, which your team is weak to. Hits electric, poison, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Seismitoad WaterGround

   Resists steel, which your team is weak to. Hits electric, poison, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Gastrodon WaterGround

   Resists steel, which your team is weak to. Hits electric, poison, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Nihilego

1. Excadrill

   Ground and Steel STAB hits Nihilego super effectively and it resists everything Nihilego can hit it with by type.

2. Iron Crown

   Steel and Psychic STAB hits Nihilego super effectively and it resists everything Nihilego can hit it with by type.

3. Metagross

   Steel and Psychic STAB hits Nihilego super effectively and it resists everything Nihilego can hit it with by type.

4. Iron Treads

   Ground and Steel STAB hits Nihilego super effectively and it resists everything Nihilego can hit it with by type.

5. Empoleon

   Water and Steel STAB hits Nihilego super effectively and it resists everything Nihilego can hit it with by type.

6. Swampert

   Water and Ground STAB hits Nihilego super effectively and it resists everything Nihilego can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Nihilego

Nihilego is not in the regional Pokédex of any game we cover yet, so it only appears when you build with the latest type chart.