The Hero of Many Battles Zamazenta is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon Go and marks its debut in the undoubtedly unexpected Ultra Unlock 3: Galar region event.
Zamazenta, along with Zacian, is among the two cover legendaries of the Pokémon Sword and Shield games. While its Crowned form, the more powerful avatar of Zamazenta, will be marking its presence in the game at a future date, we will be catching the Hero of Many Battles as a part of the Ultra Unlock 3 event.
Zamazenta 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 Fighting typing, Zamazenta is boosted by Cloudy weather and its counters include strong Psychic, and Fairy type Pokémon such as Mewtwo, Metagross, Moltres, Rayquaza, and mega evolutions like Mega Pidegot and Mega Gengar with Psychic. With such strong counters, Zamazenta can possibly be duo’d in ideal weather conditions and high-level counters. But to be safe, 4-5 high-level trainers can get the job done easily.
Zamazenta Crowned form is a tremendous Pokémon with Fighting and Steel typing, making it a potential threat to Dialga in the Master League and an amazing Pokémon in general. While that’s for the future, we will now check out the raid guide of Zamazenta!
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Zamazenta: Stats and Max CP
| Max CP at Level 40 3829 Max CP at Level 50 4329 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 254 | DEF 236 | HP 192 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Psychic Fairy | Dark Rock Ice Normal Steel | ||||
Zamazenta Raid Counters
Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
The best counters for Zamazenta, based on the time required to win, are the following:
| Supreme counters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Confusion Psychic | Psystrike* Psychic | |
| Lick Ghost | Psychic Psychic | |
| Great counters | ||
| Gust | Brave Bird | |
| Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | |
| Wing Attack | Sky Attack | |
| Air Slash | Hurricane* | |
| Extrasensory Psychic | Brave Bird | |
| Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | |
| Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | |
| Air Slash | Blast Burn* Fire | |
| Charm Fairy | Psychic Psychic | |
| Charm Fairy | Aerial Ace | |
| Confusion Psychic | Psychic* Psychic | |
* marks a legacy Move
Zamazenta Moveset Analysis
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Quick Attack is the easiest of the bunch. It won’t bother any of your counters.
Metal Claw is a good move and troubles your Fairy type counters. With neat damage and energy generation, and being largely unresisted by your counters, it is worth your attention.
Ice Fang does quite a number on your types and is damaging enough. However, it has a 3-turn cooldown and can be used to sneak in your own charged attacks.
Snarl has high energy generation and is threatening in that regard. Plus, it deals super-effective damage to your Psychic and types resist it. Yay!
Crunch hits very often and when paired with Snarl, is worrisome for your Psychic types.
Conclusion
Zamazenta turns out to be quite a nice Pokémon in the Master League. While Snarl is a good addition, it could have done better with Fire Fang (something which Zacian got!). Regardless, Zamazenta does seem to be a fine prospect in the meta and is undoubtedly worth your time and attention.
The shield doggo and its Crowned form look decently good in the game. Despite lacking a Fighting type fast move, it is usable.
All the best, trainers!
