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zangoose
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Zangoose

Cat Ferret Pokémon

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Memories of battling its arch-rival SEVIPER are etched into every cell of ZANGOOSE’s body. This POKéMON adroitly dodges attacks with incredible agility.

Base Stats

HP 73
Attack 115
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 60
Speed 90
Total 458

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Cat Ferret Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 40.3 kg
Base Exp 160
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

zangoose Front Front
zangoose Back Back
zangoose Front Shiny Front Shiny
zangoose Back Shiny Back Shiny
zangoose Official Art Official Art
zangoose Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 0.0%
Swords Dance
Moves
Brick Break / Hidden Power Ground / Quick Attack
Item
Leftovers / Liechi Berry
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Counter
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 28
Atk 252
Spe 228
Flail
Moves
Substitute / Endure
Swords Dance / Fire Blast / Focus Punch
Item
Liechi Berry / Salac Berry
Nature
Lonely / Naughty
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 40
Spe 216
Choice Band
Moves
Brick Break / Hidden Power Ground
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Zangoose is one of the fastest Swords Dance sweepers that get physical STAB, and it has a beefy Attack stat to boot. It is a tad underused in standard; it was, however, used in the 200 metagame quite a bit.

Most Used Moves

Flail
34.6%
Body Slam
28.9%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
10.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc