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zorua
#570

Zorua

Tricky Fox Pokémon

Dark

It changes so it looks just like its foe, tricks it, and then uses that opportunity to flee.

Base Stats

HP 40
Attack 65
Defense 40
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 40
Speed 65
Total 330

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

zoroark Zoroark Lv. 30

Moves

Details

Category Tricky Fox Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 12.5 kg
Base Exp 66
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

zorua Front Front
zorua Back Back
zorua Front Shiny Front Shiny
zorua Back Shiny Back Shiny
zorua Official Art Official Art
zorua Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.8%
Life Orb Attacker
Moves
Nasty Plot / Knock Off
Dark Pulse / Night Daze
U-turn / Hidden Power Fighting / Knock Off
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid / Naive
EVs
Def 36
SpA 196
SpD 36
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

Zorua is a unique Pokemon in LC thanks to its ability, Illusion, which can trick the opponent into thinking it's another Pokemon, allowing it to avoid getting hit by super effective moves. Zorua also has decent Attack and Special Attack stats, and with access to both Swords Dance and Nasty Plot, it can boost its stats to hit even harder. It also has a high Speed stat, which allows it to hit 17 Speed and outspeed Pokemon such as Pawniard. However, Zorua is very frail, and its Dark typing makes it weak to the many Fighting-types in LC. Its shallow movepool leaves it walled by Fairy-type Pokemon, which means it needs a lot of team support to help deal with these threats. However, thanks to Illusion, Zorua can avoid Fighting- and Fairy-type attacks if it copies a Poison-type Pokemon.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
50.1%
Knock Off
34.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
26.6%
Eviolite
13.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc