Zamazenta counters, weakness, and best moveset in Pokémon Go

Zamazenta is a legendary shield wolf from the Galar region, making its debut in Pokémon Go in August 2021 with its Hero of Many Battles form. As part of Pokémon Go Fest 2025, you’ll be able to battle its stronger Crowned Shield form, earning energy to make a big shield dog of your own.

Like fellow Sword and Shield legendary Zacian, Zamazenta notably has two different forms. Its plain “Hero of Many Battles” version is only fighting-type, whereas it gains a steel-typing with its “Crowned Shield” form.

Zamazenta weakness

In its Hero of Many Battles form, Zamazenta is a pure fighting-type Pokémon, which means it’s weak against fairy-, flying-, and psychic-type moves. Focus on these when building your team to dish out super-effective damage. On the other hand, this form is resistant to bug-, dark-, and rock-type moves.

Crowned Shield Zamazenta is weak against fighting-, ground-, and fire-type moves. It resists lots of move types: normal, rock, bug, steel, grass, ice, dragon, and dark.

Zamazenta best counters

When raiding against Crowned Shield Zamazenta, you’ll want to use Pokémon like the following:

• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Blacephalon with INcinerate and Mystical Fire
• Reshiram with Fire Fang and Fusion Flare
• Therian Forme Landorus with Mud Shot and Sandsear Storm
• (Mega) Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere
• Heatran with Fire Spin and Magma Storm

You can also Mega Evolve your Lucario (as mentioned above), as well as couple other options to help dish out big damage. Mega Charizard Y and Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blast Burn will do a ton of damage, alongside Garchomp with Mud Shot and Earth Power. A Primal Reversion’d Groudon will also dish out tons of damage with Mudshot and Precipice Blade.

Here are some of the best counters you can use when battling Hero of Many Battles Zamazenta:

• (Mega) Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
• Mewtwo with Confusion and Psystrike
• Lunala with Confusion and Psychic
• Hoopa with Confusion and Psychic
• Braviary with Air Slash and Fly
• Staraptor with Gust and Fly
• Metagross with Zen Headbutt and Psychic
• (Mega) Alakazam with Confusion and Psychic

If you’ve got enough Mega Energy, the best Mega Pokémon to use against Zamazenta are Mega Rayquaza and Mega Alakazam with the same movesets recommended in the list above. Other great choices are Mega Gardevoir with Confusion and Psychic or Mega Pidgeot with Gust and Brave Bird.

Zamazenta best moveset

Unlike its counterpart Zacian, Hero of Many Battles Zamazenta doesn’t have much use in raids or gyms. There are much better options out there like Terrakion, Lucario, and Machamp. If you still want to use Zamazenta in PvE gameplay, go with Snarl and Close Combat.

On the flip side, Crowned Shield Zamazenta is very powerful. Set it up with Metal Claw and Behemoth Bash to have the best steel-type raider in the game.

And just like Crowned Sword Zacian, Crowned Shield Zamazenta is a terror to Master League PvP, ranking #2 (only to its sword sibling), according to PvPoke. Set it up with Metal Claw, Close Combat, and Behemoth Bash for the most success.

Is Zamazenta shiny in Pokémon Go?

Yes, Zamazenta can be shiny in Pokémon Go. This rare variant made its debut during the Galarian Expedition event in October 2024.

Be aware that the chances of finding a shiny Zamazenta are quite slim and there are no legitimate ways to boost your odds of this happening. It’s going to require a mixture of luck and patience, but hopefully, you’ll be able to encounter one eventually.