Nickit
Nickit is a Dark-type Pokémon, the Fox Pokémon, number 827 (#0827) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 8.9 kg.
Nickit is the Fox Pokémon, a small thief that lives on stolen food and sweeps away its own tracks with its tail as it runs off with the loot.
How to pronounce Nickit
Nickit is pronounced NIK-it. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Nickit said out loud:
In Japanese it is クスネ (Kusune).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Nickit is a slender orange-maroon fox kit with long black ears, eyebrow-like white spots and a mask-like pattern around its yellow eyes. Its chest and belly are white, its feet are black, and its long tail ends in a black tip shaped like a sack. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 8.9 kg. The soft pads on its feet let it creep silently, says the Pokédex.
Behaviour
Nickit would rather steal food than look for its own. The Sword Pokédex says it silently raids other Pokémon's food stores, and the Z-A entry says it robs people and Pokémon alike. Bulbapedia says Purrloin is its bitter rival.
Habitat
Canon gives no habitat for Nickit. In Sword and Shield it lives on Routes 1 and 2, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror and Stony Wilderness. It is unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet.
Diet
Stolen food: the Pokédex says it survives on what it takes.
Powers
Run Away guarantees escape from wild battles, Unburden doubles its Speed when it uses or loses a held item, and the hidden Ability Stakeout doubles its damage against Pokémon that just switched in. It learns Quick Attack, Sucker Punch, Night Slash and Foul Play, and uses Nasty Plot to boost its Special Attack. It is frail, with a base stat total of only 245.
Name origin
Nickit may join 'nick' (British slang for stealing) to 'kit' (a baby fox), and it also sounds like 'nick it'. The Japanese name is Kusune (クスネ), mixing the verb kusuneru (meaning to pilfer) with kitsune (fox).
Design inspiration
Nickit looks modelled on a red fox kit, perhaps borrowing patterns from the cross fox, with its grey Shiny colouring resembling the silver fox. The mask-like face markings and glove-like front paws may nod to burglars, and the tail looks like a sack of loot as well as a broom for hiding tracks. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Nickit evolves into Thievul at level 18.
In the games
In Legends: Z-A wild Nickit arrive only with the Mega Dimension DLC, in the 1-star and 3-star Dark zones of Hyperspace Lumiose. It first appeared in Sword and Shield.
In the anime
A trio of Nickit debuted in 'Settling the Scorbunny!', stealing scones in Wyndon until Ash and Goh stepped in, and they then urged Goh's Scorbunny to go with him. They were reunited with its evolved form, Cinderace, in 'Just a Scone's Throw From Here!'.
Fun facts
- Its base Attack of 28 is the lowest of any Dark Pokémon.
- In English, the Fox Pokémon category is shared by the Vulpix, Fennekin and Nickit lines.
- Its French name Goupilou mixes goupil (an old word for 'fox') with filou ('rascal').
Base stats
- HP: 40
- Attack: 28
- Defense: 28
- Sp. Atk: 47
- Sp. Def: 52
- Speed: 50
Nickit’s base stat total is 245. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.
Type matchups
What is Nickit weak to?
Nickit takes extra damage from Fighting (2×), Bug (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Ghost (½×), Dark (½×).
It is immune to Psychic moves.
Evolution
How does Nickit evolve?
Nickit evolves into Thievul at level 18.
The whole family: Nickit, Thievul.
Abilities
- Run Away: Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.
- Unburden: Doubles Speed upon using or losing a held item.
- Stakeout (hidden ability): This Pokémon's moves have double power against Pokémon that switched in this turn.
Moves
Moves Nickit learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Tail Whip | Normal | Status | — |
| 4 | Beat Up | Dark | Physical | — |
| 8 | Hone Claws | Dark | Status | — |
| 12 | Snarl | Dark | Special | 55 |
| 16 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 20 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — |
| 24 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 |
| 28 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 |
| 32 | Tail Slap | Normal | Physical | 25 |
| 36 | Foul Play | Dark | Physical | 95 |
TM moves (25)
Nickit can learn 25 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Dig, Screech, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Attract, Beat Up, Facade, Swift, Fake Tears, Mud Shot, Assurance, Round, Tail Slap, Snarl, Agility, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Baton Pass, Taunt, Nasty Plot, Foul Play, Play Rough.
Egg moves (4):Howl, Knock Off, Quick Guard, Torment.
Move tutor moves (1): Lash Out.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Field.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value.
- Base experience yield: 49.
Pokédex entries
Cunning and cautious, this Pokémon survives by stealing food from others. It erases its tracks with swipes of its tail as it makes off with its plunder. (Shield)
Aided by the soft pads on its feet, it silently raids the food stores of other Pokémon. It survives off its ill-gotten gains. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | クスネ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Kusune |
| French | Goupilou |
| German | Kleptifux |
| Spanish | Nickit |
| Italian | Nickit |
| Korean | 훔처우 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 狡小狐 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 偷兒狐 |
Trivia
- Slowest Dark type in Gen 8: 50 Speed, shared with 1 other.
- Lowest base stat total among Dark types in Gen 8: 245.
- Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
- Heavier than 26% of all Pokémon (8.9 kg).
- Base stat total 245, ranked #976 of 1,025.
- One of 69 Dark-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 18 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 35 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Nickit (Pokémon), Serebii: Nickit (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (NIK-it): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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