#644
Zekrom
Deep Black Pokémon
DragonElectric
Concealing itself in lightning clouds, it flies throughout the Unova region. It creates electricity in its tail.
Base Stats
HP 100
Attack 150
Defense 120
Sp. Atk 120
Sp. Def 100
Speed 90
Total 680
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Evolution Chain
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Details
Category Deep Black Pokémon
Height 2.9 m
Weight 345.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat —
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Hone Claws
Item
Dragonium Z
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 104
Atk 252
Spe 152
Physically Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
Def 252
Strategy Overview
- Zekrom sets itself apart from the majority of the wallbreakers in the tier with its high base Attack of 150 and a good offensive typing of Dragon / Electric that enables it to threaten the majority of the tier.
- Thanks to these traits, Zekrom can immensely threaten defensive Pokemon such as Ho-Oh, Lugia, Arceus-Water, Toxapex, and both formes of Giratina. It can also offensively check threats such as Mega Salamence, Necrozma-DM, Yveltal, Primal Kyogre, and Mega Gyarados.
- However, while Zekrom is a threatening offensive powerhouse, each of its STAB moves has no effect on certain common threats such as Primal Groudon, Xerneas, Arceus-Fairy, and Arceus-Ground. This means if Zekrom fails to successfully use its chosen STAB move, it will only end up granting a free switch to the aforementioned foes, some of which are very dangerous to hand over momentum to.
- In addition, Zekrom is mandated to hold Dragonium Z in order to wallbreak efficiently and bypass its typical Ground-type checks. Not only can this set be played around by Fairy-type foes, but it also is a questionable set to employ over more consistent or threatening Z-Move wallbreakers such as Necrozma-DM, Arceus-Ground, Zygarde-C, Rayquaza, and Naganadel.
- Even accounting for Zekrom's ability to lure and remove major Ground-types like Primal Groudon and Arceus-Ground, it faces competition with Primal Kyogre, which is also an offensive powerhouse that can deal with Ground-types but is much more consistent and has much narrower counterplay.
- Zekrom's mediocre Speed tier and typing leave it weak to common types like Ice, Fairy, and Ground. Thus, it is very easily revenge killed, which is detrimental for a wallbreaker that relies on setup to efficiently KO foes.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc