The strongest Steel Pokémon and #1 in CMP. Mainly runs Behemoth Blade + Close Combat, but since Close Combat can lose to Dragons, you'll often meet Crowned Sword Zacian with Play Rough. Weak to Ground and Fire, so against Reshiram, White Kyurem or Rhyperior a win is far from guaranteed.
How it's computed: top 3 current-season meta Pokémon that beat this Pokémon's main counters in sim matchups (PvPoke)
Pokémon favored against this one. If you meet it often, prepare the below.
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)236PsychicGhost
Ho-Oh322FireFlying
Kyogre418Water
Lugia428PsychicFlying
Palkia (Origin)491WaterDragonPokémon you can favorably beat with this one.
Dialga (Origin)708SteelDragon
Black Kyurem702DragonIce
Melmetal592Steel
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)583FightingSteel
Lunala563PsychicGhostLead=early edge · Closer=late-game · Switch=swap response · Charger=charge pressure · Attacker=damage · Consistency=matchup stability (0–100)
Zacian (Crowned Sword) — Master League S-tier. Recommended movesets are based on public battle simulation (PvPoke); counters and favorable matchups come from sim results. Pick rates are anonymous aggregates of opponents GBL Note users actually faced. Log my battles →
