Bug Flying

Ninjask is a Bug and Flying-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 2226 in Pokémon GO. Ninjask's best moveset is Fury Cutter and Bug Buzz. It is weather boosted by Rain and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Hoenn region. Shiny Ninjask is available in Pokémon GO.

Ninjask is weak to Rock, Electric, Fire, Flying, and Ice-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	2226 CP
Attack	199 ATK
Defense	112 DEF
Stamina	156 STA
Weather Boost	Rain Windy
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	5 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#291
Height	0.79 m
Weight	12 kg
Region	Hoenn Generation 3
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	5 300
Additional Move Cost	75 75000

Ninjask type chart

Takes increased damage

Rock	256.0%
Electric	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ice	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Ground	24.4%
Fighting	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Bug	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Ninjask's best moves and movesets

Ninjask's best moveset is Fury Cutter and Bug Buzz, with 13.28 DPS (damage per second) and 200.2 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Rain weather.

Best Ninjask moves

Fury Cutter

Bug Buzz

DPS13.28

TDO200.20

Score17.2

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Ninjask with its best moveset, we recommend to use Fury Cutter/Shadow Ball. You will lose around 4.7% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Ninjask's strongest moveset (Fury Cutter/Bug Buzz).

Ninjask moves comparison

The following chart shows Ninjask's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Ninjask's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz	13.28	200.2	17.2
2.	Fury Cutter	Shadow Ball	12.97	195.5	16.4
3.	Metal Claw	Bug Buzz	12.53	188.9	15.3
4.	Metal Claw	Shadow Ball	12.17	183.4	14.7
5.	Fury Cutter	Aerial Ace	11.90	179.4	14.4
6.	Metal Claw	Aerial Ace	11.38	171.5	13.8

Fast Attacks

• Fury Cutter360.4s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	6
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	0.4s
  Damage window	0.1s - 0.4s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	2
  Energy	4

  
  

  Effects

  Fury Cutter has no special effects.

  See Fury Cutter details page ↗
• Metal Claw870.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Rock
    • Ice
    • Fairy

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	7
  Weather boost	Snow
  Duration	0.7s
  Damage window	0.4s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	6

  
  

  Effects

  Metal Claw has no special effects.

  See Metal Claw details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Aerial Ace55332.4s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	55
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	2.4s
  Damage window	1.9s - 2.2s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	55
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  Aerial Ace has no special effects.

  See Aerial Ace details page ↗
• Bug Buzz100503.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	3.7s
  Damage window	2.0s - 3.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Bug Buzz has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Bug Buzz details page ↗
• Shadow Ball100503.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Dark

  • 39.1%
  • • Normal

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.0s
  Damage window	2.4s - 2.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Shadow Ball has no special effects.

  See Shadow Ball details page ↗

Ninjask Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Ninjask's has 2226 max CP (at Level 50). A Ninjask obtained from Raids can be encountered from 1061 CP to 1125 CP, or if weather boosted, in the 1326 CP to 1406 CP range. In Field and Special Research, Ninjask can be found in the 796 CP to 844 CP range.

Max CP	2226 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	796 CP - 844 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	1061 CP - 1125 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	1061 CP - 1125 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Rain Windy	1326 CP - 1406 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Ninjask Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Ninjask Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Ninjask evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Nincada	50 Candy	Ninjask

• Nincada evolves into Ninjask which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Ninjask

• #291Ninjask
• #291Shiny Ninjask

Mega Pokémon that boost Ninjask

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Ninjask's Bug and Flying-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Ninjask.

Mega Beedrill

Mega Pidgeot

Mega Pinsir

Mega Aerodactyl

Mega Scizor

Mega Heracross

Mega Salamence

Mega Rayquaza

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Ninjask Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Ninjask in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Bug medal

None↓

Flying medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Ninjask, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Ninjask family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Ninjask in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Nincada

Ninjask

Shedinja

List of Ninjask costumes

A list of Ninjask costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Ninjask high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Ninjask. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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