Competitive Information for Zekrom [X/Y]
Dragon / Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zekrom? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Zekrom is a pretty decent Dragon and Electric-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Zekrom when battling in the 6th generation meta. Zekrom is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Zekrom is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Ground, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Teravolt
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Fusion Bolt / Wild Charge
- Rock Slide / Return
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Zekrom (Teravolt)
Zekrom is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Zekrom's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Zekrom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Teravolt, Zekrom's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Fusion Bolt is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Electric-type move (power doubles if used after fusion flare).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zekrom? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Teravolt
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Fusion Bolt / Wild Charge
- Rock Slide
- Return / Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zekrom (Teravolt)
Zekrom is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Zekrom's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Zekrom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Teravolt, Zekrom's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Fusion Bolt is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Electric-type move (power doubles if used after fusion flare).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zekrom 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 Zekrom can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Zekrom
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Zekrom's stats
- Ancient Power
- Charge Beam
- Hone Claws
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Zekrom
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Zekrom in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Zekrom's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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