The Ultra Beasts are part of Gen 7 and, along with Nihilego, there are 11 of these extradimensional Pokémon. Since then three other Ultra Beasts - Pheromosa, Buzzwole and Xurkitree - have been released into Pokémon Go! If you want to add Nihilego to your Pokédex, then you’ll need to know Nihilego’s weaknesses and counters. On this page:
Nihilego type - Rock and poison-type Nihilego is weak against - Ground, psychic, steel and water-types Best Nihilego counters - Rhydon, Groudon, Excadrill, Garchomp, Rhyperior, Mamoswine, Golurk and Landrous for ground-types, Mewtwo, Metagross and Latios for psychic-types, Kyogre, Swampert and Gyarados for water-types Other Nihilego notes - Nihilego is especially weak to ground-type Pokémon, so make sure you always use your strongest ground-types when battling it.
Nihilego Raid CP - 48,499 CP CP range for catching Nihilego - 2167 to 2256 CP Weather (Cloudy and Partly Cloudy) - 2709 to 2821 CP Max Nihilego CP (at Level 40) - 3949 CP
Thank you to redwineandbeer from reddit for the help with this information. Below you can find the complete Fast and Charged moveset for Nihilego in Pokémon Go: Fast Moves:
Acid (Poison) Pound (Normal)
Charged Moves:
Gunk Shot (Poison) Power Gen (Rock) Rock Slide (Rock) Sludge Bomb (Poison)
The Season of Mythical Wishes continues with the Winter Holiday event, which has brought Mega Glalie to Pokémon Go. Don’t forget to partake in the new Go Battle League season.
Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres.
Anyways, Nihilego first appeared in Pokémon Sun and Moon where it merged with Lusamine, the head of the Aether Foundation, in an act that probably nearly killed her since this Ultra Beast is known as the parasite Pokémon. Maybe she should have spent more paying attention to her Pokédex and less time freezing her Pokémon…
Nihilego is notable for, at the time of writing, being the only rock and poison-type Pokémon. Its design was also inspired by jellyfish and possibly, due to the Alola region taking inspiration from the Hawaiian islands, an invasive species called Phyllorhiza punctata, which can be found in the waters surrounding Hawaii.
Good luck adding Nihilego to your Pokédex!
