Zamazenta, Hero of Many Battles
Type:
Base Stats: HP: 92 / Atk: 120 / Def: 115 / SpA: 80 / SpD: 115 / Spe: 138 / BST: 660
Ability: Dauntless Shield - Boosts Zamazenta's Defense by 1 stage the first time they enter the battle
Notable Moves:
Body Press
Close Combat
Crunch
Fire Fang
Heavy Slam
Howl
Ice Fang
Iron Defense
Iron Head
Play Rough
Psychic Fangs
Stone Edge
Tera Blast
Trailblaze
Wild Charge
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Gained:
Body Press
Body Slam
Brick Break
Heavy Slam
Rain Dance
Sandstorm
Stone Edge
Sunny Day
Take Down
Tera Blast
Trailblaze
Lost:
Coaching
Focus Energy
Guard Swap
Iron Tail
Laser Focus
Payback
Power Swap
Retaliate
Revenge
Safeguard
Snore
Tail Slap
Work Up
Body Press
Body Slam
Brick Break
Heavy Slam
Rain Dance
Sandstorm
Stone Edge
Sunny Day
Take Down
Tera Blast
Trailblaze
Lost:
Coaching
Focus Energy
Guard Swap
Iron Tail
Laser Focus
Payback
Power Swap
Retaliate
Revenge
Safeguard
Snore
Tail Slap
Work Up
Bite
Body Press
Body Slam
Brick Break
Close Combat
Crunch
Dig
Facade
Fire Fang
Giga Impact
Heavy Slam
Ice Fang
Iron Head
Metal Burst
Metal Claw
Play Rough
Psychic Fangs
Quick Attack
Reversal
Slash
Stone Edge
Take Down
Tera Blast
Thunder Fang
Trailblaze
Wild Charge
Dazzling Gleam
Flash Cannon
Focus Blast
Hyper Beam
Hyper Voice
Moonblast
Snarl
Solar Beam
Steel Beam
Swift
Tera Blast
Agility
Endure
Helping Hand
Howl
Imprison
Iron Defense
Protect
Rain Dance
Reflect
Rest
Sandstorm
Scary Face
Sleep Talk
Substitute
Sunny Day
Wide Guard
Pros + Strong Attack stat of 120
+ Excellent Speed of 138, second highest in OU, outspeeds 120s with just a neutral nature
+ Great all-round bulk and a resistance to Stealth Rock
+ No like for real it has 660 BST, its numbers are really, really good
Cons - Mono-Fighting type isn't great defensively, needs to rely on its stats a lot of the time
- No recovery outside of Rest and Lefties
- No boosting moves outside of Howl and Iron Defense
- Lackluster coverage moves with the likes of Ice Fang and Wild Charge
Terastallization Potential
Potential Sets
IronPress
Zamazenta @ Leftovers
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Tera Type: Fighting / Water / Steel
EVs: 168 HP / 252 Def / 88 Spe
Impish Nature
- Body Press
- Iron Defense
- Crunch
- Substitute / Rest
Hey, it's the set everyone wanted last gen. This set uses the free +1 boost from Zamazenta's ability to give Body Press an immediate boost and a total of 542 Defense on the first switch in. Crunch is used to hit any Ghosts that would otherwise ignore this set and the final choice of moveslot are for your pick of a defensive option. 88 Speed EVs outspeeds max investment Garchomp and all the 100s.
Choice Band
Zamazenta @ Choice Band
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Wild Charge / Iron Head / Stone Edge
- Ice Fang / Psychic Fangs / Play Rough
It's a choice band set, click your buttons and do damage. With a Jolly nature, Zamazenta hits 412 speed which is able to outrun Adamant Baxcalibur after one DD and every positive nature pokemon in OU other than Dragapult. Also, with Crunch being a 15/16 OHKO and the return of Chien-Pao, the carefree days of Adamant and Modest Pult outspeeding everything in the tier are now unfortunately over.
Howlin' Wolf
Zamazenta @ Life Orb / Leftovers / Black Belt
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Tera Type: Fighting / Steel / Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Wild Charge / Iron Head / Stone Edge
- Ice Fang / Crunch / Play Rough
- Howl
Oh hey, it's that move that Houndour learns at level 4 but instead being used by a box art legendary because it's literally the best boosting move it has access to. Either way, there are some options for the other two moves with BoltBeam but bad, some combination of Crunch and either Play Rough or Psychic Fangs and something else I'm probably missing.
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Brief Comparison to Zamazenta-Crowned 
Pros:
+ Access to an item slot
+ Higher base speed (138 > 128), notably leapfrogging Chien-Pao & Meowscarada
Cons:
- Crowned has Steel which provides a way better defensive typing and extra STAB
- Crowned gains +25 to both Def and SpD
Overall:
So basically, Hero is faster and is able to hit harder with access to Choice Band and Life Orb while also being able to access the best form of recovery Zamazenta has access to - Leftovers. On the other hand, Crowned has a significantly better defensive profile and is not too far behind in offensive power considering the second STAB, huge Heavy Slam, and superior Body Press.
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btw Body Press is affected by Choice Band and Burn
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