What is a good moveset for Nidoking? (page 2)

Question

Share your best competitive movesets for Nidoking on this thread! Movesets for its pre-evolutions Nidoran-M and Nidorino can also be posted here.

Check the submission guidelines before posting! Only competitive movesets with all relevant details (item, nature, exact EVs, ability, moves) and a solid explanation will be accepted.

Nidoking Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Physical Sweeper Nido
Tier: UU, OU, Singles based set

Menace (Nidoking) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Poison Jab
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch

Equake (100 BP) > Bulldoze (78 BP WITH Sheer Force) obvious.

Poison Jab obvious too, STAB + Boosted by Ability and Life Orb.

Punches for Coverage. Fire Punch for nailing Scizor and Ferrothorn, Ice Punch for Dragon-/Flying-/Ground-type mons that can shrug off or ignore Earthquake / Poison Jab.

Opted for no Aqua Tail, as shaky accuracy, no Sheer Force boost, and you can just switch out to your own Flying-type / Levitating mon, if you see Excadrill, Hippowdon, Rhyperior, Golem, etc, which don't really matter, as none of them are overly common in OU, whereas Garchomp and Salamence are much more common, hence Ice Punch.

Answer 2

Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Earth Power
- Sludge Wave
- Ice Beam
- Flamethrower

Earth Power - Good STAB
Sludge Wave - Good STAB
Ice Beam - Nice Coverage against Dragon-types and other Ground-types.
Flamethrower - To beat Steel-types and Scizor.