Giovanni & Nidoking♂
Release Date
Acquisition
Versions
Forms
Pokémon
Nidoking
Base Stats
Skills
Passive Skills
Normal-type moves become Ground-type moves. Moves never miss.
Powers up the user’s max moves that are super effective.
Increases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use attack moves by one and powers up moves.
Theme Skills
Moves
Moves
No additional effect.
Has a chance (30%) of lowering the target’s Defense by 1 stat rank.
Has a chance (30%) of leaving the target poisoned.
Raises the user’s Attack by 6 stat ranks. Applies the Critical Hit Next effect to the user. Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user.
Sync Move
No additional effect.
Max Moves
Raises the Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Raises the Defense of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Raises the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Trainer & Pokémon
Everything else Giovanni and Nidoking appear in.
Other Giovanni sync pairs
5 more pairs featuring this trainer.
Similar sync pairs
Other Ground Strike (Physical) pairs you could slot into the same team.
