Pokémon Go: Zamazenta in the Counter Guide – the 15 best counters

Update August 17, 2022: It’s that time again: In Pokémon Go, due to the event, the Pokemon World Championship 2022 will rotate the Pokémon through the raids, and from August 17, 2022 to August 23, 2022, you’ll find Zamazenta in its heroic form in the Tier 5 Raids. Do you want to get the defensive Pokémon? Good if we have the current best counters for a raid battle with Zamazenta!

• Crypto Mewtwo with Psycho Blade and Psycho Strike
• mewtwo with Psycho Blade and Psycho Strike
• Mega Latios with zen headbutt and psychokinesis
• Crypto Lavados with flapping wings and sky sweeper
• Hoopa (unleashed) with confusion and psychokinesis
• Crypto Metagross with zen headbutt and psychokinesis
• Crypto Simsala with confusion and psychokinesis
• Crypto Lugia with special sensor and air blast+
• Crypto Latios with zen headbutt and psychokinesis
• Mega pigeon boss with a gust of wind and a dive
• Crypto Ho-Oh with reserve power and nosedive
• Mega Latias with zen headbutt and psychokinesis
• Crypto Gardevoir with confusion and psychokinesis
• Crypto Kokowei with confusion and psychokinesis
• Crypto Staraptor with wing flapping and nosedive

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From August 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. to September 1, 2021, you’ll meet a newcomer to Pokémon Go’s Tier 5 Raids – when Gen 8 Legendary Zamazenta comes into play for the first time. Previously, you’ve already had the opportunity to contend with his counterpart Zacian in the form of Heroic Warrior, and the same awaits you this time with Zamazenta; you will encounter it in its supposedly slightly weaker form, Heroic Warrior, and not as the King of the Shield. Nevertheless, we want to give you counter tips for both forms, because you never know when Zamazenta in its other version will come into play.

Zamazenta, Heroic Warrior as a raid boss in Pokémon Go

As a Heroic Warrior, Zamazenta is a Fighting-type Pokémon, meaning it takes increased damage from Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-type attacks in particular. You should also exploit this weakness if you want to finish off the raid boss with 52,195 WP with three or more trainers. It is not yet known which attacks Zamazenta will use. However, if it resorts to Fighting-type attacks, it will do more damage to your counter-type Pokémon in cloudy weather, because then Zamazenta will be boosted.

The counter recommendations below are for the Zamazenta Heroic Warrior form when the Legendary Pokémon is only a Fighting type. With the King of the Shield form, the types change. We will therefore give you counter tips after the counter for the heroic warrior.

• Mega Gengar with Schlecker and psychokinesis
• mewtwo with confusion and psychoshock
• Mega pigeon boss with a gust of wind and a dive
• meta gross with zen headbutt and psychokinesis
• Lavados with flapping wings and sky sweeper
• Lugia with special sensor and air blast
• jirachi with confusion and psychokinesis
• Psiana with confusion and psychokinesis
• Gengar with Schlecker and psychokinesis
• Ho Oh with special sensor and dive
• Rayquaza with air cut and hurricane
• latios with zen headbutt and psychokinesis

Zamazenta, King of the Shield as a raid boss in Pokémon Go

As soon as Zamazenta enters the battlefield with his shield armor, it’s not only a combat type, but also a steel type. This also changes the best possible counters for the legendary wolf, because he then takes more damage from attacks of the fighting, fire or ground types. In addition, it is not only boosted when it is cloudy, but also when it is snowing. Keep that in mind! Here are the best counters to use against Zamazenta, King of the Shield.

• Mega Charizard Y with fire whirl and tan cannonade
• skeleton with fire whirl and heat fever
• Mega Gengar with Darkclaw and Focus Blast
• Mega Charizard X with fire whirl and tan cannonade
• Lucario with counter and aura sphere
• Mega Dogemon with Fire Tooth and Flamethrower
• Reshiram with Fire Tooth and Heat Fever
• Heatran with fire whirl and flamethrower
• Stalobor with clay clamp and earthquake
• rhyperior with clay clamp and earthquake
• Mostagrif with counter and balancing punch
• mahomey with counter and balancing punch

If you have successfully completed the fight against Zamazenta and have the chance to ban the pocket monster in your Pokéball, then Zamazenta has it at level 20 at 100% IV values ​​over 2,188 CP. If Zamazenta is boosted to level 25 in the form of Heroic Warrior in cloudy weather, then it disposes over 2,735 CP with perfect 100% IV scores. A King of Shield is boosted to level 25 in cloudy weather and snow, and then has 2980 CP at perfect 100% IV values ​​(unboosted: 2384 CP). We wish you good luck with the hunt!