Zygarde 10%
Typing: Dragon / Ground
Basestats: 54 HP / 100 Atk / 71 Def / 61 SpA / 85 SpD / 115 Spe (BST: 486)
Ability: Aura Break
Other Ability: Power Construct (banned)
National-Dex: #718
Category: Order Pokemon
All Moves:
Lvl Up:
Lvl 1 Thousand Arrows
Lvl 1 Thousand Waves
Lvl 1 Core Enforcer
Lvl 1 Bind
Lvl 1 Bulldoze
Lvl 1 Dragon Breath
Lvl 1 Bite
Lvl 8 Haze
Lvl 16 Dig
Lvl 24 Safeguard
Lvl 32 Crunch
Lvl 40 Dragon Pulse
Lvl 48 Land's Wrath
Lvl 56 Glare
Lvl 64 Sandstorm
Lvl 65 Hydro Pump
Lvl 72 Coil
Lvl 80 Earthqauke
Lvl 88 Outrage
TM:
TM08 Hyper Beam
TM09 Giga Impact
TM15 Dig
TM19 Safeguard
TM21 Rest
TM22 Rock Slide
TM24 Snore
TM25 Protect
TM32 Sandstorm
TM34 Sunny Day
TM39 Facade
TM40 Swift
TM43 Brick Break
TM57 Payback
TM76 Round
TM70 Retaliate
TM81 Bulldoze
TM98 Stomping Tantrum
TM99 Breaking Swipe
TR:
TR01 Body Slam
TR10 Earthquake
TR20 Substitute
TR21 Reversal
TR24 Outrage
TR26 Endure
TR27 Sleep Talk
TR31 Iron Tail
TR33 Crunch
TR39 Superpower
TR42 Hyper Voice
TR51 Dragon Dance
TR62 Dragon Pulse
TR64 Focus Blast
TR67 Earth Power
TR69 Zen Headbutt
TR75 Stone Edge
TR77 Grass Knot
TR78 Sludge Wave
TR94 High Horsepower
Move Tutor:
Scorching Sands
Skitter Smack
Scale Shot
Draco Meteor (Isle of Armor)
Newly Gained Moves (Gen8 Moves):
Body Slam
Breaking Swipe
High Horsepower
Payback
Scale Shot
Skitter Smack
Scorching Sands
Swift
Endure
Egg Moves: None
Lvl 1 Thousand Arrows
Lvl 1 Thousand Waves
Lvl 1 Core Enforcer
Lvl 1 Bind
Lvl 1 Bulldoze
Lvl 1 Dragon Breath
Lvl 1 Bite
Lvl 8 Haze
Lvl 16 Dig
Lvl 24 Safeguard
Lvl 32 Crunch
Lvl 40 Dragon Pulse
Lvl 48 Land's Wrath
Lvl 56 Glare
Lvl 64 Sandstorm
Lvl 65 Hydro Pump
Lvl 72 Coil
Lvl 80 Earthqauke
Lvl 88 Outrage
TM:
TM08 Hyper Beam
TM09 Giga Impact
TM15 Dig
TM19 Safeguard
TM21 Rest
TM22 Rock Slide
TM24 Snore
TM25 Protect
TM32 Sandstorm
TM34 Sunny Day
TM39 Facade
TM40 Swift
TM43 Brick Break
TM57 Payback
TM76 Round
TM70 Retaliate
TM81 Bulldoze
TM98 Stomping Tantrum
TM99 Breaking Swipe
TR:
TR01 Body Slam
TR10 Earthquake
TR20 Substitute
TR21 Reversal
TR24 Outrage
TR26 Endure
TR27 Sleep Talk
TR31 Iron Tail
TR33 Crunch
TR39 Superpower
TR42 Hyper Voice
TR51 Dragon Dance
TR62 Dragon Pulse
TR64 Focus Blast
TR67 Earth Power
TR69 Zen Headbutt
TR75 Stone Edge
TR77 Grass Knot
TR78 Sludge Wave
TR94 High Horsepower
Move Tutor:
Scorching Sands
Skitter Smack
Scale Shot
Draco Meteor (Isle of Armor)
Newly Gained Moves (Gen8 Moves):
Body Slam
Breaking Swipe
High Horsepower
Payback
Scale Shot
Skitter Smack
Scorching Sands
Swift
Endure
Egg Moves: None
Thousand Arrows
Glare
Toxic
Substitute
Coil
Dragon Dance
Thousand Waves
Iron Tail
Superpower
Outrage
Stone Edge
Earthquake
High Horsepower
Pros & Cons of Zygarde 10%!
Pros:
- Amazing Speed-Stat with 115 puts it over the Edge of most Pokemon in the tier
- Thousand Arrows is a really good move, which is able to hit any Pokemon, even Flying-types and Pokemon with Levitate as ability
Cons:
- Low Bulk; has in general a tougher time to set-up and is more frail, which means its KOed rather easily by even resistet hits
- A lot of foes in Fairy-Types (Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini), bulky Ground-Types (Landorus-Therian, Hippowdon) and bulky Grass-Types (Tangrowth, Rillaboom)
General Explanation: Zygarde 10 has an amazing Speed with 115 outpacing most Pokemon in the Ou-Tier. Its best tool in Thousand Arrows is great, since it is able to hit non-grounded Pokemon with this STAB-attack, furthermore it can fit well on Hyper Offensive Playstyles like Dual-Screens and Aurora Veil Teams.
However, its low bulk leaves it vulnerable to even resistet hits and it has therefore a tough time setting up a Dragon Dance. Its foes in bulky Fairies, bulky Grounds and bulky Grasses leave this Pokemon in a terrible spot in the metagame.
Potential Set(s):
Dragon Dance-Sweeper
Zygarde-10% @ Life Orb
Ability: Aura Break
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Thousand Arrows
- Outrage
Explanation: This Set can work well under Dual-Screens / Aurora Veil support, making up for Zygarde 10%s low bulk and fraility. It will use Thousand Arrows as its Ground-STAB of choice, the second slot will be reserved for Extreme Speed as it makes it able to also pick up some weakened Pokemon and due to the high priority of Extreme Speed it is able to act as a revengekiller as well. The last slot is reserved for Outrage as its Dragon-Type move as this is the strongest physical Dragon-Type move it gets and it needs all the power it can get.
Choice Band
Zygarde @ Choice Band
Ability: Aura Break
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Thousand Arrows
- Extreme Speed
- Iron Tail
- Outrage / Toxic / Earthquake
Explanation: Thousand Arrows-spam will always be good with a Choice Band, as it can fire off a hard hitting Thousand Arrows, which means, not many Pokemon can come into that said move. Extreme Speed picks off a lot of foes and can revengekill Fyling-Type Pokemon, as they aren't protected by a possible Psychic Terrain given by Tapu Lele. Iron Tail can hit Fairies pretty hard like Tapu Bulu.
The last oveslot can be reserved for its strongest Dragon-type move in Outrage, or it can dish out a Toxic to whittle down fatter Pokemon like Hippowdown and punish their switch-in, same mention goes for Tangrowth, which otherwise can be annoying to deal with. Earthquake can be a secondary option as a Ground-STAB.