Competitive Information for Zamazenta (crowned) [Sword/Shield]
Fighting / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zamazenta-crowned? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Zamazenta is an interesting Fighting and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Zamazenta when battling in the 8th generation meta. Zamazenta is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Zamazenta is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Rusted Shield
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 236 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Revenge
- Behemoth Bash / Iron Head
- Slash
- Wild Charge / Psychic Fangs
Physical Sweeper Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
Zamazenta is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Dauntless Shield, on switch-in Zamazenta's defense is raised by 1 stage. With a Rusted Shield equipped to it, if held by a zamazenta, this item changes its forme to crowned shield.
◆ Revenge is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Zamazenta is damaged by the target).
◆ Behemoth Bash is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Steel-type move (damage doubles if the target is dynamaxed).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zamazenta-crowned? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Rusted Shield
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 4 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Behemoth Bash
- Wide Guard
- Snarl
- Coaching
Doubles Support Zamazenta-Crowned (Popular VGC)
Zamazenta is a legendary Support for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. With Dauntless Shield, on switch-in Zamazenta's defense is raised by 1 stage. With a Rusted Shield equipped to it, if held by a zamazenta, this item changes its forme to crowned shield.
◆ Wide Guard is a status move (protects allies from multi-target moves this turn).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Coaching is a status move (raises an ally's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Rusted Shield
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 236 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Revenge
- Behemoth Bash / Iron Head
- Slash
- Wild Charge / Psychic Fangs
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
Zamazenta is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Dauntless Shield, on switch-in Zamazenta's defense is raised by 1 stage. With a Rusted Shield equipped to it, if held by a zamazenta, this item changes its forme to crowned shield.
◆ Revenge is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Zamazenta is damaged by the target).
◆ Behemoth Bash is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Steel-type move (damage doubles if the target is dynamaxed).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zamazenta-crowned 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 Zamazenta-crowned can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Zamazenta-crowned
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Wide Guard, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
Moves that boost Zamazenta-crowned's stats
- Agility
- Howl
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Zamazenta-crowned
- Howl
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Snarl
Common Effort Values for Zamazenta-crowned in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Zamazenta-crowned's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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