Competitive Information for Zweilous [Sword/Shield]
Dark / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zweilous? 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.
Zweilous is a phenomenal Dark and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Zweilous is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Zweilous is weak to Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Rush
- Superpower
- Head Smash / Body Slam
- Crunch / Assurance
Physical Sweeper Zweilous (Hustle)
Zweilous is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Zweilous recover from the recoil damage it may take from Head Smash. With Hustle, Zweilous's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Zweilous misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Dragon Rush is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Zweilous's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Assurance is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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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 a decent Physical Tank for single battles. It was designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. The Shell Bell item is to help Zweilous recover from the recoil damage it may take from Head Smash. 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; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zweilous? 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: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Rush
- Superpower
- Head Smash / Body Slam
- Crunch / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zweilous (Hustle)
Zweilous is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Zweilous recover from the recoil damage it may take from Head Smash. With Hustle, Zweilous's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Zweilous misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Dragon Rush is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Zweilous's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Assurance is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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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 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 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: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Zweilous's stats
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Zweilous
- Head Smash
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Zweilous in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Zweilous's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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