Nidoking Analysis

[pokemonisfun]

That's why you wouldn't use Choice Specs as you said, since Nidoking's moves are already fairly powerful without a boosting item. Saying you use Choice Specs for overpowering foes is simply not true. When you use Choice Specs, Ferrothorn now has the ability to switch in to half, or even three fourths of your moves if it is specially defensive. Using Life Orb Ferrothorn has no hope of walling you at all since you will be running Fire Blast. A Fire Blast will roast Ferrothorn even without Choice Specs or any item at all. This goes the same for Ice Beam 2HKOing Lati@s, Thunderbolt OHKOing Gyarados, Earth Power OHKOing Heatran. Changing items will not give you any more kills but will restrict you from using your full potential in your move pool. Also when you or Tony re-make this analysis one of you should see if Hone Claw is useful on Noidoking.

[MikeDecIsHere]

That's why you wouldn't use Choice Specs as you said, since Nidoking's moves are already fairly powerful without a boosting item. Saying you use Choice Specs for overpowering foes is simply not true. When you use Choice Specs, Ferrothorn now has the ability to switch in to half, or even three fourths of your moves if it is specially defensive. Using Life Orb Ferrothorn has no hope of walling you at all since you will be running Fire Blast. A Fire Blast will roast Ferrothorn even without Choice Specs or any item at all. This goes the same for Ice Beam 2HKOing Lati@s, Thunderbolt OHKOing Gyarados, Earth Power OHKOing Heatran. Changing items will not give you any more kills but will restrict you from using your full potential in your move pool. Also when you or Tony re-make this analysis one of you should see if Hone Claw is useful on Noidoking.

Because base 85 Speed isn't that good for Specs tbh. Nidoking has no real niche to use specs other than to maybe catch the opponent off guard. Scarf lets you revenge kill a lot of Pokemon in the current meta, and while base 85 Speed isn't great for a scarfed Pokemon, it's certainly better than a Base 85 Speed Specs Pokemon.

[Tony32]

Just want to point out that i will be doing the UU version of Nidoking really soon, don't think i forgot.

[MikeDecIsHere]

Ready to be put on site

[steel dragons]

Wait...I DIDN'T WRITE ALL OF THIS.

Thanks for editing this Mike. I'll probably be editing some other 'old' analyses also.

[lester101]

maybr mention hone claws, physical choice in other optings?