Knowing the Zamazenta counters and weaknesses will help you defeat this Gen 8 legendary in Pokémon Go.

Zamazenta has two forms - Hero of Many Battles and Crowned Shield, which debuted in Pokémon Go as part of Go Fest 2025. Regardless of which Zamazenta form you're facing in raids, you'll always end up catching a Hero of Many Battles Zamazenta. You might even have the chance to catch a shiny Zamazenta!

To help you reach this goal, we've compiled the Zamazenta counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Go below. Keep in mind that thanks to Remote Raid Passes, you can join any raid happening anywhere in the world!

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• Zamazenta counters and weaknesses
• Is Zamazenta shiny in Pokémon Go?
• Zamazenta CP
• Zamazenta moveset
• Everything we know about Zamazenta

Zamazenta counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Go

Below are the Zamazenta counters and weaknesses for its Hero of Many Battles Form. We also have a separate guide for the Crowned Shield Zamazenta counters.

• Zamazenta type - Fighting-type
• Zamazenta is weak against - Fairy, Flying and Psychic-type
• Zamazenta counters - For Fairy, Shadow Gardevoir, Tapu Lele, Incarnate Forme Enamorus, Xerneas, Zacian (Hero of Many Battles / Crowned), Togekiss and Gardevoir. For Flying, Rayquaza, Yveltal, Shadow Salamence and Moltres. For Psychic, Mewtwo (Shadow is better), Hoopa Unbound, Dusk Mane Necrozma, Lunala and Shadow Metagross.
• Zamazenta Mega Counters - Mega Gardevoir, Mega Alakazam, Mega Rayquaza and Mega Latios.
• Other Zamazenta notes - Combining your strongest Fairy and Psychic Pokémon is an effective way to take down Zamazenta. Start with a powerful attacker like Mewtwo (preferably Shadow Mewtwo), then follow up with Pokémon such as Xerneas. If you have access to Mega Rayquaza, it will, as usual, deal massive damage.

Is Zamazenta shiny in Pokémon Go?

Yes, Zamazenta can be shiny in Pokémon Go. The shiny version of Hero of Many Battles Zamazenta was introduced during the Galarian Expedition in October 2024.

Shiny Crowned Shield Zamazenta is also available in Pokémon Go. It was released during Go Fest 2025: Osaka in May of that year. To obtain it, you need to collect Crowned Shield Energy to change your shiny Zamazenta's form into Crowned Shield. Rest assured, the transformed Pokémon will remain shiny!

Zamazenta CP in Pokémon Go

Here are the CP ranges for encountering and capturing Zamazenta in five-star raids. These same CP ranges apply after defeating a Crowned Shield Zamazenta in battle.

• Raid Boss CP - 52,195 CP
• Max CP when being caught - 2188 CP
• Max Weather CP range (Cloudy) when being caught - 2735 CP

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