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Zekrom#644

Strong point: Attack — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 99% of the Pokédex. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 4 weaknesses and 6 resistances. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.

Zekrom
Shiny version
Dragon Electric
Height: 2.9 m (9′06″) Weight: 345.0 kg (760.6 lbs)

Base stats

HP
100
87%
Atk
150
99%
Def
120
93%
SpA
120
92%
SpD
100
86%
Spe
90
74%
TOTAL
680
99%

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

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 (150) is 30 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 74% 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.

Legendary
Regional numbers 3

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.

Unova #150 Black / White
Unova #296 Black 2 / White 2
Pokémon Conquest #198 —

Abilities

  • Teravolt Bypasses targets' abilities if they could hinder or prevent moves.

Pokédex entry

Concealing itself in lightning clouds, it flies throughout the Unova region. It creates electricity in its tail.

Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (3/255) Base friendship: 0/255 Base EXP: 306
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

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

Weak to Ice ×2 Ground ×2 Dragon ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Electric ×¼ Fire ×½ Water ×½ Grass ×½ Flying ×½ Steel ×½

How it was drawn

2010–2016

The sprites come straight from the games in which Zekrom appeared — one from each release.

Gen 5 2010
Zekrom in Black / White
Black / White
Gen 6 2013
Zekrom in X / Y
X / Y
Zekrom in Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
Gen 7 2016
Zekrom in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon

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.

Zekrom — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Zekrom — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Zekrom — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

TCG cards (20)

All Zekrom cards →

Zekrom has 20 cards in 11 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.

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

Where to catch it (6)

All locations →

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Alola

Galar

Hoenn

Unova

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (85 via TM/TR, 19 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5
1 Dragon Breath Dragon Special 60 100% 20
1 Dragon Rage Dragon Special — 100% 10
1 Noble Roar Normal Status — 100% 30
1 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95% 15
8 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20
16 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15
24 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90% 15
32 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100% 15
40 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100% 15
48 Fusion Bolt Electric Physical 100 100% 5
56 Hyper Voice Normal Special 90 100% 10
64 Thunder Electric Special 110 70% 10
72 Imprison Psychic Status — — 10
80 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100% 10
88 Bolt Strike Electric Physical 130 85% 5