Competitive Information for Zangoose [Ruby/Sapphire]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zangoose? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Zangoose is an outstanding Normal-typed Pokemon. Zangoose is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 3. Zangoose's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Silk Scarf / Salac Berry
Ability: Immunity
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Brick Break
- Quick Attack
- Swords Dance / Return
Physical Sweeper Zangoose (Popular/Trending)
Zangoose is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Immunity, Zangoose cannot be poisoned. gaining this ability while poisoned cures it.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Quick Attack is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Zangoose's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Immunity
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Shadow Ball
- Brick Break / Double Kick
- Rock Slide / Rollout
Physical Sweeper Zangoose (Immunity)
Zangoose is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Immunity, Zangoose cannot be poisoned. gaining this ability while poisoned cures it.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
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Item: Salac Berry
Ability: Immunity
Nature: Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
EVs: 24 Hp / 252 Atk / 232 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Flail
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
Zangoose Physical Sweeper (Shinigami Flail)
Zangoose is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Immunity, Zangoose cannot be poisoned. gaining this ability while poisoned cures it. This Zangoose has been specially designed to end up with exactly 1HP after 4 substitutes. The whole idea is basicly to hide behind the substitute while powering yourself up using Swords Dance, receiving a nice Speed boost from the Salac Berry after your HP hits that critical point, then unleash HELL upon your opponent using Flail.
♦ Flail is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (more power the less hp your Zangoose has left).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Zangoose takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Zangoose's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zangoose? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Immunity
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Rock Slide / Rollout
- Shadow Ball
- Brick Break / Double Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zangoose (Immunity)
Zangoose is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Immunity, Zangoose cannot be poisoned. gaining this ability while poisoned cures it.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zangoose 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Zangoose can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Zangoose
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Zangoose's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Zangoose
- Brick Break
- Endure
- Flail
- Ice Beam
- Other
- Protect
- Quick Attack
- Rest
- Return
- Shadow Ball
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Zangoose in Ruby and Sapphire
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Zangoose's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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