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zeraora
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Zeraora

Thunderclap Pokémon

Electric

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.

Base Stats

HP 88
Attack 112
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 102
Sp. Def 80
Speed 143
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Thunderclap Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 44.5 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

zeraora Front Front
zeraora Back Back
zeraora Front Shiny Front Shiny
zeraora Back Shiny Back Shiny
zeraora Official Art Official Art
zeraora Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Outrage Electrium Z
Item
Electrium Z
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 48
Atk 252
Def 120
Spe 88
Mixed Electrium Z
Item
Electrium Z
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 60
SpA 168
SpD 128
Spe 152

Strategy Overview

Zeraora's incredibly high Speed and access to moves like Fake Out, Bulk Up, Charge, Outrage, Thunder, and its signature move Plasma Fists allow it to win matchups against Pokemon such as Mega Gyarados, Tapu Fini, Mega Charizard Y, non-Choice Scarf Greninja, and Mega Charizard X. Additionally, Zeraora is the most viable fast Electric-type in the 1v1 metagame, blessed with a lack of competition and a unique niche. Furthermore, despite Zeraora's blistering speed, its bulk is not horrible and is complemented by a decent defensive typing, with pure Electric-types having only a sole weakness in Ground, and access to Bulk Up and Charge to boost either defense. Because of Zeraora's large set of viable moves, it has many other options that it can use to fit its team; it can also get a lot of power by holding an Electrium Z and powering up its Plasma Fists or Thunder into Gigavolt Havoc, which can be further increased in damage by Bulk Up or Charge. Furthermore, Plasma Fists in combination with Zeraora's ability Volt Absorb grants it an immunity to Normal-type attacks from slower Pokemon such as Normalium Z Meloetta. However, its unboosted Attack and Special Attack are not stellar, and Zeraora loses to threats such as Mega Venusaur, Tapu Bulu, and Zygarde because of its only passable offenses and mediocre defenses.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
58.5%
Outrage
50.6%
Charge
40.7%
Bulk Up
39.8%
Thunder
33.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc