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Zamazenta, a Fighting type Pokémon, official artwork

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Zamazenta: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

FightingOU

Zamazenta is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Speed (138) and Attack (120), with a base stat total of 660. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 21.3% of OU teams.

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What is Zamazenta weak to?

How much damage Zamazenta takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFairyFlyingPsychic
0.5×ResistsDarkBugRock

Zamazenta takes super-effective damage from Fairy, Flying, Psychic. It resists Dark, Bug, Rock.

Best moveset for Zamazenta

The most-used moves on Zamazenta in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • CrunchDark8023%
  • Body PressFighting8014.4%
  • Close CombatFighting12013.4%
  • Heavy SlamSteel013.3%
  • Iron DefenseSteel-13%
  • RoarNormal-8.5%

Best nature for Zamazenta

Jolly. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Jolly with 0/252/0/0/4/252 EVs (49.2% of sets).

Abilities

  • Dauntless ShieldOn switch-in, this Pokemon's Defense is raised by 1 stage. Once per battle.

Best counters for Zamazenta

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Zamazenta:

Best teammates for Zamazenta

Pokémon most often paired with Zamazenta on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (55 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
MoonblastFairy95100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Psychic FangsPsychic85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Metal BurstSteel?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
CoachingFighting--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
HowlNormal--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Wide GuardRock--Status