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Pokémon · #571

Zoroark

Dark Legal in M-C

Zoroark is #274 on the ladder, on 0.0% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 105
Def 60
SpA 120
SpD 60
Spe 105

Base stat total 510

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112
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172
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172

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

Dark
Weak ×2
FightingBugFairy
Resists ×½
GhostDark
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Illusion
This Pokemon appears as the last Pokemon in the party until it takes direct damage. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
172
Fastest
172 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
125 (0 SP)
Slowest
112 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 172, it outspeeds 32 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Ninetales-Alola 177
  2. Pawmot 172
  3. Sneasler 172
  4. Zoroark (this) 172
  5. Mega Floette 169
  6. Garchomp 169
  7. Mega Charizard Y 167
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #274 · on 0.0% of teams · 3,791 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Night Daze 56.1%
  2. Protect 43.7%
  3. Focus Blast 35.1%
  4. Snarl 33.7%
  5. Sludge Bomb 31.5%
  6. Flamethrower 30.2%
  7. Dark Pulse 25.2%
  8. Nasty Plot 19.1%
  9. Low Kick 10.8%
  10. Taunt 10.8%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 37.5%
  2. Life Orb 31.1%
  3. Choice Scarf 12.2%
  4. Expert Belt 8.5%
  5. Lum Berry 7.0%
  6. Black Glasses 1.1%

Abilities

  1. Illusion 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 46.0%
  2. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 157 8.2%
  3. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 172 7.6%
  4. Naive 2/10/0/22/0/32 · Spe 172 7.3%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 157 7.2%
  6. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 5.5%
  7. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 3.4%
  8. Timid 11/0/0/32/0/23 · Spe 162 3.2%

Teammates

  1. Farigiraf 28.7%
  2. Sneasler 28.6%
  3. Mega Golisopod 27.5%
  4. Mega Charizard Y 23.2%
  5. Milotic 17.3%
  6. Grapploct 15.3%
  7. Incineroar 15.3%
  8. Torkoal 15.1%
  9. Kingambit 14.7%
  10. Mega Camerupt 14.7%
  11. Venusaur 12.9%
  12. Gholdengo 12.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #247 · on 0.1% of teams · 3,791 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Night Daze 57.5%
  2. Flamethrower 42.9%
  3. Snarl 35.5%
  4. Protect 35.2%
  5. Sludge Bomb 31.0%
  6. Dark Pulse 24.6%
  7. Psychic 24.3%
  8. Focus Blast 24.1%
  9. Low Kick 14.9%
  10. Trick 13.5%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 39.1%
  2. Choice Scarf 28.4%
  3. Life Orb 17.6%
  4. Black Glasses 5.1%
  5. Expert Belt 4.0%
  6. Bright Powder 1.6%

Abilities

  1. Illusion 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 29.6%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 10.3%
  3. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 157 10.2%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/7/25 · Spe 150 9.0%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 157 7.0%
  6. Naive 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 5.5%
  7. Rash 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 2.6%
  8. Modest 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 157 2.5%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 22.6%
  2. Farigiraf 19.8%
  3. Indeedee-F 18.7%
  4. Mega Charizard Y 13.0%
  5. Rillaboom 11.4%
  6. Mega Golisopod 11.3%
  7. Whimsicott 11.0%
  8. Torkoal 10.5%
  9. Mega Gardevoir 10.4%
  10. Armarouge 9.9%
  11. Serperior 9.8%
  12. Gholdengo 9.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #250 · on 0.1% of teams · 3,791 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Night Daze 51.4%
  2. Flamethrower 44.2%
  3. Protect 39.9%
  4. Sludge Bomb 36.6%
  5. Dark Pulse 32.0%
  6. Psychic 26.5%
  7. Snarl 23.7%
  8. Focus Blast 18.1%
  9. Taunt 11.7%
  10. Encore 11.1%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 36.0%
  2. Choice Scarf 25.4%
  3. Life Orb 15.9%
  4. Expert Belt 7.2%
  5. Black Glasses 6.8%
  6. Bright Powder 1.3%

Abilities

  1. Illusion 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 32.8%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 16.9%
  3. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 157 5.9%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/7/25 · Spe 150 4.6%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 157 3.8%
  6. Naive 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 2.6%
  7. Quiet 32/0/1/32/1/0 · Spe 112 2.4%
  8. Modest 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 157 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 17.2%
  2. Farigiraf 15.0%
  3. Indeedee-F 14.5%
  4. Whimsicott 11.7%
  5. Mega Charizard Y 11.3%
  6. Serperior 9.8%
  7. Rillaboom 8.9%
  8. Mega Gardevoir 7.1%
  9. Armarouge 7.0%
  10. Primarina 6.9%
  11. Mega Golisopod 6.7%
  12. Incineroar 6.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 4 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 31.6% (95% interval 15.4%–54.0%, n = 19 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Grapploct +14.6 pp n = 582 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Zoroark teams; Grapploct is on 1% of all teams (22.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Camerupt +12.8 pp n = 556 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Zoroark teams; Mega Camerupt is on 2% of all teams (7.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Venusaur +10.0 pp n = 489 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Zoroark teams; Venusaur is on 3% of all teams (4.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Torkoal +10.0 pp n = 572 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Zoroark teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (2.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Charizard Y +11.0 pp n = 879 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Zoroark teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.90× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Farigiraf +13.0 pp n = 1,088 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Zoroark teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Golisopod +11.8 pp n = 1,041 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Zoroark teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Milotic +5.4 pp n = 655 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Zoroark teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -8.4 pp n = 1,086 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Zoroark teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -7.0 pp n = 456 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Zoroark teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -10.6 pp n = 558 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Zoroark teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -16.3 pp n = 582 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Zoroark teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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