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Zygarde
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Zygarde

DragonGround

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Tail and Earthquake, worth 12.1 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Zygarde can learn 15 combinations. Dragon Tail with Earthquake does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageIce
Weak toDragonFairy
ResistsPoisonRockFire
Strongly resistsElectric
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
BiteDark60.5s+4
Dragon TailDragon141.0s+8
Zen HeadbuttPsychic111.0s+9
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
BulldozeGround803.5s-50
CrunchDark653.0s-33
EarthquakeGround1403.5s-100
Hyper BeamNormal1504.0s-100
OutrageDragon1104.0s-50

Shiny

No shiny yet. New shiny releases show up in the news.

Numbers

Max CP3,855 at level 50, 3,410 at level 40
Raid catch1,948 CP at level 20, or 2,436 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,866 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats203 attack · 232 defense · 239 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move100,000 Stardust and 100 Candy
Buddy distance20 km per Candy
Size5 m and 305 kg

Best moveset against each type

Zygarde does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Dragon, Poison, Rock.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Tail + Outrage17.9
PoisonZen Headbutt + Earthquake15.7
RockDragon Tail + Earthquake15.1
FireDragon Tail + Earthquake15.1
ElectricDragon Tail + Earthquake15.1
GhostBite + Earthquake12.9
PsychicBite + Earthquake12.9
SteelBite + Earthquake12.8
FightingZen Headbutt + Earthquake12.4
NormalDragon Tail + Earthquake12.1
GroundDragon Tail + Earthquake12.1
WaterDragon Tail + Earthquake12.1
IceDragon Tail + Earthquake12.1
DarkDragon Tail + Earthquake12.1
FlyingDragon Tail + Outrage11.7
BugDragon Tail + Outrage11.7
GrassDragon Tail + Outrage11.7
FairyZen Headbutt + Earthquake10.1

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Zygarde is actually for.

Counters: what beats Zygarde

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy31.7
Chien-PaoDarkIcePowder Snow + Avalanche30.9
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Avalanche30.8
MamoswineIceGroundPowder Snow + Avalanche29.3
WeavileDarkIceIce Shard + Avalanche28.9
GlaceonIceFrost Breath + Avalanche28.5
KyuremDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaciate Legacy27.5
JynxIcePsychicFrost Breath + Avalanche26.8
VanilluxeIceFrost Breath + Avalanche Legacy26.3
FrosmothIceBugPowder Snow + Ice Beam25.6

Ranked by damage per second against Zygarde's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.