Nimblow

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#762: Cirribus →

Nimblow Cloud Pokémon #761
Type Flying Unknown
Ability Drizzle		Hidden Ability Storm Drain
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female		Catch rate 90 (11.8%)
Breeding Egg groups Fairy and Amorphous Hatch time 5355 steps
Height 0.7 m 0 m		Weight 2.1 kg 0 kg
Regional numbers Pokédex #40 Rikoto
Base experience yield 138		Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   White		Base friendship 70

Nimblow is a Flying-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Flowby starting at level 20, and evolves into Cirribus when it is exposed to an Air Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Gender Differences

None

Special abilities

Nimblow can create numerous types of weather, such as rain, hail and thunderstorms. They are also known to conjure up winds of strong strength.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Pokédex entry Because they mostly consist of water, they shrink during droughts and grow during rain outbursts.

Game locations

Availability None evolve Flowby Common Uncommon Fossil Rare One

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Rare Always

Stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 71	131 - 178	252 - 346
Attack: 15	18 - 73	31 - 141
Defense: 38	38 - 99	72 - 192
Sp.Atk: 104	98 - 171	191 - 337
Sp.Def: 84	80 - 149	155 - 293
Speed: 43	43 - 104	81 - 203
Total: 355   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Start Water Sport Water Status — —% 15 Start Undefined Unknown Status Please Report% As a bug 7 Rain Dance Water Status — —% 5 9 Bubble Water Special 40 100% 30 12 Powder Snow Ice Special 40 100% 25 16 Water Gun Water Special 40 100% 25 18 Undefined Unknown Status Please Report% As a bug 22 Mist Ice Status — —% 30 27 Weather Ball Normal Special 50 100% 10 30 Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95% 15 34 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100% 15 39 Defog Flying Status — —% 15 42 Twister Dragon Special 40 100% 20 46 Hail Ice Status — —% 10 51 Undefined Unknown Status Please Report% As a bug 54 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70% 5 58 Thunder Electric Special 110 70% 10

A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Nimblow obtained at level 1 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nimblow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Nimblow

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM07 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM49 Ancient Power Rock Special 06060 100}}100% 5 TM55 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM58 Razor Blade Steel Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM62 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM64 Explosion Normal Physical 250250 100}}100% 5 TM67 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 15 TM72 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM79 Lightning Strike Electric Special 07575 100}}100% 15 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM93 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM99 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 HM02 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nimblow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Nimblow

By tutoring

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Air Cutter Flying Special 60 95% 25 No longer a tutor move Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90% 10 5 Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95% 15 3 Magic Coat Psychic Status — —% 15 5 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 No longer a tutor move Ominous Wind Ghost Special 60 100% 5 No longer a tutor move Pain Split Normal Status — —% 20 4 Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90% 5 5 Snore Normal Special 50 100% 20 1 Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10 1 Swift Normal Special 60 —% 20 No longer a tutor move Tailwind Flying Status — —% 30 3 Twister Dragon Special 40 100% 20 No longer a tutor move Uproar Normal Special 90 100% 10 1 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100% 15 None

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Nimblow Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Nimblow

Evolution

Unevolved Flowby  Flying

Level 20 →

First evolution Nimblow  Flying

Air Stone →

Second evolution Cirribus  Flying

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Trivia

Nimblow, along with the rest of its evolutionary line, is the second pure Flying-type Pokémon ever made. The only other pure Flying-type is Tornadus.

Origin

Name origin

Nimblow's name comes from Nimbus and Blow.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese German Spanish French Nimbrume From "Nimbus" and "Brume" Italian

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