Zeraora
Thunderclap Pokémon
It electrifies its claws and tears its opponents apart with them. Even if they dodge its attack, they’ll be electrocuted by the flying sparks.
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Strategy Overview
Zeraora's access to a wide range of support moves such as Fake Out and Snarl coupled with its blistering speed makes it a decent offensive support Pokemon in the Doubles metagame. While it faces fierce competition from other Electric-types like Tapu Koko, Zapdos, and Mega Manectric, which can all provide either more power or better utility than Zeraora, it is a fantastic check to all of these Pokemon, as it can heal itself by switching into Electric-type attacks and can weaken their attacks with Snarl. However, while Zeraora provides fantastic role compression, even non-Electric-types like Incineroar can generally perform the same supportive role while adding more offensive pressure and providing a better defensive typing. Furthermore, many of the Pokemon that dominate the Doubles metagame comfortably switch into and stay in front of Zeraora. For example, Zygarde can freely set up Dragon Dance, Soundproof Kommo-o can use Clangorous Soulblaze while ignoring Snarl, and Incineroar and Landorus-T safely pivot in on Zeraora and weaken it with Intimidate.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc