Competitive Information for Zweilous [Black/White]
Dark / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zweilous? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Zweilous is a remarkable Dark and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Zweilous is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Zweilous is weak to Bug, Dragon, Fighting, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Wide Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Rush
- Superpower
- Crunch / Bite
- Head Smash / Frustration
Physical Sweeper Zweilous (Hustle)
Zweilous is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Zweilous's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Zweilous from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Zweilous's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Zweilous's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Zweilous's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ Dragon Rush is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Zweilous's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Item: Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 215 Hp / 245 Atk / 50 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Tail
- Head Smash / Fire Fang
- Protect
- Toxic
Zweilous Physical Tank (Two Head)
Zweilous is an astounding Physical Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Hustle, Zweilous's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
♦ Fire Fang is a physical 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Zweilous this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zweilous? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Wide Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Rush
- Superpower
- Crunch / Bite
- Head Smash / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zweilous (Hustle)
Zweilous is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Zweilous's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Zweilous from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Zweilous's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Zweilous's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Zweilous's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ Dragon Rush is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Zweilous's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zweilous learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Zweilous can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Zweilous
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Zweilous's stats
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Zweilous
- Head Smash
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Zweilous in Black and White
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