Competitive Information for Zorua [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zorua? 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.
Zorua is a marvelous Dark-typed Pokemon. Zorua is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Zorua can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Zorua is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Night Daze
- Hyper Voice
- Sludge Bomb
- Extrasensory
Special Sweeper Zorua (Illusion)
Zorua is pretty popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and increases Zorua's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Zorua's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Illusion, Zorua appears as the last pokemon in the party until it takes direct damage.
◆ Night Daze is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dark-type move (40% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zorua? 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: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice
- Foul Play / Snarl
- Burning Jealousy / Incinerate
- Sludge Bomb
Doubles Special Sweeper Zorua (Illusion)
Zorua is an interesting Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Snarl) and raises Zorua's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Zorua's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Illusion, Zorua appears as the last pokemon in the party until it takes direct damage.
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Burning Jealousy is a special 70-base power Fire-type move (100% burns a target that had a stat rise this turn).
◆ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zorua 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 Zorua 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 Zorua
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Burning Jealousy, Toxic
Moves that boost Zorua's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Zorua
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Zorua in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Zorua's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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