Zacian Raid Guide

Hero Zacian

The Hero of Many Battles Zacian is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO, and it can be shiny! Zacian, along with Zamazenta, is among the two cover legendaries of the Pokémon Sword and Shield games. It can be caught with the following CP values:

• 2100 – 2188 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2625 – 2735 CP at Level 25 with Cloudy weather boost

With a pure Fairy typing, Zacian is boosted by Cloudy weather, and its counters include strong Steel and Poison type Pokémon. With strong counters, Zacian can possibly be trio’d in ideal weather conditions and high-level counters. But to be safe, 4-5 high-level trainers can get the job done easily. 

Zacian Raid Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	34.68	13	447s
2.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	33.95	13	457s
3.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	33.43	11	464s
4.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	29.44	18	531s
5.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	25.14	14	614s
6.	Shadow Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	25.80	21	604s
7.	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	24.70	18	629s
8.	Shadow Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	24.28	33	654s
9.	Shadow Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	24.30	32	651s
10.	Shadow Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	23.77	26	654s
11.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Metal Claw	Moongeist Beam	22.72	17	681s
12.	Naganadel	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	23.25	28	676s
13.	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	22.35	20	695s
14.	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	22.23	20	698s
15.	White Kyurem	Steel Wing	Ice Burn	22.30	27	703s
16.	Tinkaton	Fairy Wind	Gigaton Hammer	21.90	24	712s
17.	Shadow Regigigas	Zen Headbutt	Crush Grip	22.28	29	700s
18.	Shadow Toxicroak	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	22.78	40	702s
19.	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash	20.98	19	741s
20.	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	21.54	29	730s
21.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	21.56	31	730s
22.	Normal Genesect	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	21.33	26	735s
23.	Origin Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	20.70	20	748s
24.	Shadow Scolipede	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	21.58	37	735s
25.	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	21.58	39	740s

Zacian Overview

	Hero Zacian Fairy
Max CP	4329
ATK	254
DEF	236
HP	192
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Metal Claw Snarl Fire Fang Quick Attack
Charge moves	Iron Head Play Rough Close Combat Wild Charge

Zacian Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Hero Zacian	Hero Zacian

How to get Crowned Sword Zacian

With enough Crowned Sword Energy, a Zacian that knows the Charged Attack Iron Head can be transformed to become Crowned Sword Zacian. Trainers can transform Hero of Many Battles Zacian using 1,000 Crowned Sword Energy as long as it knows the Charged Attack Iron Head.

Pokémon	Requirement	Evolution
Zacian knows Iron Head	1000× Crowned Sword Energy	Crowned Sword Zacian

When Zacian becomes Crowned Sword Zacian, its Charged Attack Iron Head will change to the Charged Attack Behemoth Blade. Behemoth Blade is a Steel typed Charge Attack that is the Signature attack of Zacian.

All the best, Trainers!