Pokédex · VIII (Galar)

Zarude (Dada)#10192

Its strongest point is Attack — higher than 88% of species. In base stat total it is among the strongest — higher than 94% of species. In defense it has 7 weaknesses, 6 resistances and 1 full immunity at its disposal. Watch out for the Bug type — damage from it is quadrupled. This is a Mythical Pokémon — it does not appear in normal gameplay; it was handed out at events and through distributions. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.

Zarude (Dada)
Dark Grass
Height: 1.8 m (5′11″) Weight: 70.0 kg (154.3 lbs)

Base stats

HP
105
91%
Atk
120
88%
Def
105
87%
SpA
70
55%
SpD
95
82%
Spe
105
89%
TOTAL
600
94%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: HP.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (120) is 50 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 89% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Mythical

Abilities

  • Leaf Guard Protects against major status ailments during strong sunlight.

Pokédex entry

Within dense forests, this Pokémon lives in a pack with others of its kind. It’s incredibly aggressive, and the other Pokémon of the forest fear it.

Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (3/255) Base friendship: 0/255 Base EXP: 300
Evolution line
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Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Zarude (Dada) takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Bug ×4 Fire ×2 Ice ×2 Fighting ×2 Poison ×2 Flying ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Water ×½ Electric ×½ Grass ×½ Ground ×½ Ghost ×½ Dark ×½
Immune to Psychic ×0

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Zarude (Dada) — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Zarude (Dada) — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Breeding

All Egg Groups →

Zarude (Dada) does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.

Moves (80)

Full move list →

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (68 via TM/TR, 2 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Bind Normal Physical 15 85% 20
1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 35
6 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30
12 Vine Whip Grass Physical 45 100% 25
18 Growth Normal Status — — 20
24 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15
30 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10
36 Grass Knot Grass Special — 100% 20
42 Bite Dark Physical 60 100% 25
48 U Turn Bug Physical 70 100% 20
54 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15
60 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100% 10
66 Synthesis Grass Status — — 5
72 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical 100 90% 10
78 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10
84 Power Whip Grass Physical 120 85% 10
90 Jungle Healing Grass Status — — 10
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