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No. 893 · National Pokédex

Zarude

ザルード
🌿 Grass 🌑 Dark
Height
1.8 m
Weight
70.0 kg
Category
Rogue Monkey Pokémon
Generation
Generation 8
Zarude
🔊 Cry

⚡The Essentials on Zarude

Types
Grass Dark
Weaknesses
×4 Bug · ×2 Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Fairy Table
Resistances
×½ Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Ghost, Dark · immune: Psychic
Evolution
Zarude does not evolve and has no pre-evolution.
Shiny
Shiny ZarudeAlternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View
Stats
Total 600 · top stat: Attack (120) Detail
In Current Games
Other Names
Zarude in French · ザルード, Zarude in Japanese · Zarude in German All Languages

📋Overview

Zarude is a Grass and Dark-type Pokémon, No. 893 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 8. Category: Rogue Monkey Pokémon. Height: 1.8 m, weight: 70 kg.

Ability: Leaf Guard. Zarude is weak to Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Zarude is very weak to Bug-type moves (×4 damage). Zarude takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.

Generation
Generation 8
Sword / Shield
National No.
#893
National Pokédex
Category
Rogue Monkey Pokémon
Status
Mythical

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP
105
255
Attack
120
255
Defense
105
255
Special Attack
70
255
Special Defense
95
255
Speed
105
255
Total
600
Min HP (Lv. 100)
320
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
414
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Grass / Dark). See the type chart

Very weak (×4) — 1 type
Bug
×4
Weak (×2) — 6 types
Fire
×2
Ice
×2
Fighting
×2
Poison
×2
Flying
×2
Fairy
×2
Normal (×1) — 4 types
Normal
×1
Rock
×1
Dragon
×1
Steel
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 6 types
Water
×½
Electric
×½
Grass
×½
Ground
×½
Ghost
×½
Dark
×½
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Psychic
×0

✨Abilities

Leaf Guard
Ability 1
Prevents status conditions in harsh sunlight.

🌱Zarude Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve and does not come from any evolution.

🔮Zarude Forms and Shiny

Zarude
Standard Form
Grass · Dark
Zarude – Dada Zarude
Dada Zarude
Dark · Grass
Shiny Availability
Shiny Zarude
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Zarude Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Bind
Normal Phys.
85%
15
20
1
Scratch
Normal Phys.
100%
40
35
6
Leer
Normal Stat
100%
—
30
12
Vine Whip
Grass Phys.
100%
45
25
18
Growth
Normal Stat
—
—
20
24
Fury Swipes
Normal Phys.
80%
18
15
30
Scary Face
Normal Stat
100%
—
10
36
Grass Knot
Grass Spec.
100%
—
20
42
Bite
Dark Phys.
100%
60
25
48
U-turn
Bug Phys.
100%
70
20
54
Swagger
Normal Stat
85%
—
15
60
Energy Ball
Grass Spec.
100%
90
10
66
Synthesis
Grass Stat
—
—
5
72
Hammer Arm
Fighting Phys.
90%
100
10
78
Thrash
Normal Phys.
100%
120
10
84
Power Whip
Grass Phys.
85%
120
10
90
Jungle Healing
Grass Stat
—
—
10

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups
Undiscovered
Egg Cycles
120 cycles
≈ 30,840 steps
Gender
Genderless
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Attack
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Zarude

Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Shield Sword

Generation VIII

🛡️
Shield 1 encounter
Available ▼
Wild Area (1)
Isle of Armor
⚔️
Sword 1 encounter
Available ▼
Wild Area (1)
Isle of Armor

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Sword
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Shield
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

OU
Smogon · Gen IX · 2026-09
OverUsed
Usage rate: 0.7% · Position #85

📱Zarude in Pokémon GO

Zarude in Pokémon GO
  • 3,833Max CP (Lv. 40)
  • 2,190Perfect CP in Raids
  • 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokémon GO entry: Zarude →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Sword
“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.”
Shield
“Once the vines on Zarude’s body tear off, they become nutrients in the soil. This helps the plants of the forest grow.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français
Zarude
🇬🇧 English
Zarude
🇯🇵 漢字
ザルード
🇯🇵 Kana
ザルード
🇯🇵 Romaji
Zarude
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Zarude
🇪🇸 Español
Zarude
🇮🇹 Italiano
Zarude
🇰🇷 한국어
자루도
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
萨戮德
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
薩戮德
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Pokémon Vilain Singe
🇬🇧 EN
Rogue Monkey Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
わるざるポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Finsteraffen-Pokémon

🎬Media & Gallery

Official artwork
Dream World
Pokémon HOME
Gen V (animated)
Back sprite
Shiny
Gen I
Gen II
Gen III
Gen IV
Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Zarude

What type is Zarude?

Zarude is a Grass and Dark-type Pokémon.

What are Zarude's weaknesses?

Zarude is weak to Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Zarude is very weak to Bug-type moves (×4 damage). Zarude takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.