Pokédex · VIII (Galar)

Zarude#893

Strong point: Attack — higher than 88% of species. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 94% of the Pokédex. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 7 weaknesses, 6 resistances and 1 full immunity. 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.

Shiny Zarude
Regular version
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
Regional numbers 1

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.

Isle of Armor #211 Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Isle of Armor

Abilities

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

How players use it

Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits.

Rank 85 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.72% of teams.

Moves Knock Off 100% Swords Dance 92.2% Power Whip 82% Synthesis 61.6% Jungle Healing 25.2% Trailblaze 12.3% Drain Punch 8.1% U Turn 4.6% Solar Blade 4.1% Bulk Up 3.2%
Items Leftovers 53.3% Heavy Duty Boots 20.9% Life Orb 9.8% Sitrus Berry 6.1% Black Glasses 3.9% Assault Vest 3% Rocky Helmet 2%
Abilities Leaf Guard 100%
Tera Type Poison 77.4% Fire 9.8% Fairy 4.4% Dark 3.5% Ghost 3.2%
EV spreads Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def 26.9% Jolly · 252 Atk / 204 Spe / 32 HP / 16 SpD / 4 Def 13.9% Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD 9.5% Jolly · 252 Atk / 200 Spe / 56 HP 6.2% Jolly · 252 Atk / 232 Spe / 24 HP 5.5%
Teammates Great Tusk 66.2% Gholdengo 40.5% Cresselia 28.5% Walking Wake 20.8% Pecharunt 19.1% Dragapult 19% Ceruledge 18.7% Ninetales 16.8%

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

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
#893 Zarude Zarude

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Zarude 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 — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Zarude — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Zarude — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Zarude — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

TCG cards (4)

All Zarude cards →

Zarude has 4 cards in 3 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.

Card Zarude V from the Vivid Voltage set Vivid Voltage Card Zarude V from the Vivid Voltage set Vivid Voltage Card Zarude from the Shining Fates set Shining Fates Card Zarude from the Chilling Reign set Chilling Reign

Breeding

All Egg Groups →

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

Moves (82)

Full move list →

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (70 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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