Competitive Information for Zygarde (10) [Sword/Shield]
Dragon / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zygarde-10? 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.
Zygarde is a wonderful Dragon and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Zygarde when battling in the 8th generation meta. Zygarde is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Zygarde is weak to Dragon, Fairy, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Yache Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Aura Break
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Breaking Swipe
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Body Slam / Extreme Speed
Physical Sweeper Zygarde-10% (Aura Break)
Zygarde is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Aura Break, while Zygarde is active the dark aura and fairy aura power modifier is 0.75x. With a Yache Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ice-type attack then the Yache Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Zygarde's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Zygarde's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (nearly always goes first).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zygarde-10? 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: Yache Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Aura Break
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Land's Wrath / Thousand Arrows
- Breaking Swipe / Outrage
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zygarde-10% (Aura Break)
Zygarde is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Aura Break, while Zygarde is active the dark aura and fairy aura power modifier is 0.75x. With a Yache Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ice-type attack then the Yache Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Zygarde's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Thousand Arrows is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ground-type move (grounds adjacent foes. First hit neutral on flying).
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
◆ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Zygarde afterwards).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Zygarde's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zygarde-10 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 Zygarde-10 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 Zygarde-10
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Scorching Sands, Toxic
Moves that boost Zygarde-10's stats
- Coil
- Dragon Dance
- Scale Shot
Most notable and possible best moves for Zygarde-10
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Zygarde-10 in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Zygarde-10's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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