Its greatest asset is Sp. Atk — higher than 93% of species. Weak point: HP — lower than 73% of species. Defensively it can rely on 1 weakness, 2 resistances and 3 full immunities. Normal, Fighting and Ghost-type moves do nothing to it at all.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Atk.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Atk, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
It hits specially: its Sp. Atk (125) is 25 points higher than its Attack. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Timid +Spe · −Atk Its Speed is higher than 92% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Modest +SpA · −Atk If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 9
The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version. The number belongs to the species, not to the form: in the Hisui Pokédex this form has the same position as the base form.
| Unova | #077 | Black / White |
|---|---|---|
| Unova | #152 | Black 2 / White 2 |
| Pokémon Conquest | #155 | — |
| Kalos | #125 | X / Y |
| Alola | #029 | Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon |
| Isle of Armor | #088 | Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Isle of Armor |
| Hisui | #220 home region | Legends: Arceus |
| Paldea | #229 | Scarlet / Violet |
| Pokémon Champions | #571 | Champions |
Abilities
- Illusion Takes the appearance of the last conscious party Pokémon upon being sent out until hit by a damaging move.
How players use it
Data from 44,274 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 UU, 2026-07). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 UU is one tier lower: it is played without the Pokémon most often used in OU, so the same species hold completely different places here.
Rank 61 among 274 Pokémon in use — it is on 2.01% of teams.
Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.
Pokédex entry
Bonds between these Pokémon are very strong. It protects the safety of its pack by tricking its opponents.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Hisuian Zoroark takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
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.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Offspring can come from 276 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.
Moves (82)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (62 via TM/TR, 14 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hone Claws | Dark | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Scratch | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 1 | Torment | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | U Turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 |
| 6 | Snarl | Dark | Special | 55 | 95% | 15 |
| 11 | Swift | Normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 12 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 16 | Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 20 | Taunt | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 20 |
| 24 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100% | 20 |
| 25 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 |
| 28 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 34 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 34 | Shadow Claw | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| 40 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 46 | Bitter Malice | Ghost | Special | 75 | 100% | 10 |
| 52 | Extrasensory | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| 52 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 58 | Foul Play | Dark | Physical | 95 | 100% | 15 |