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Zapdos
Electric Pokémon
Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon. It’s said that when Zapdos rubs its feathers together, lightning will fall immediately after.
Details
Height1.6 m
Weight52.6 kg
GenderGenderless
Catch rate3
Base friendship35
Growth rateslow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
90
Attack
90
Defense
85
Sp. Atk
125
Sp. Def
90
Speed
100
Total
580
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Defensive
- Item
- Heavy-Duty Boots
- Ability
- Static
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- SteelGrassFairy
Offensive
- Item
- Heavy-Duty Boots
- Ability
- Static
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- Fire
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Zapdos can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Zapdos.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drill Peck | Flying | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Peck | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Thunder Shock | Electric | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thunder Wave | Electric | Status | — | 90 | 20 |
| 15 | Pluck | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 25 | Ancient Power | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 30 | Charge | Electric | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 32 | Thunderbolt | Electric | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Roost | Flying | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 45 | Discharge | Electric | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 51 | Thunder | Electric | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 |
| 55 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 60 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 60 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 65 | Magnetic Flux | Electric | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 70 | Zap Cannon | Electric | Special | 120 | 50 | 5 |
| 72 | Sky Attack | Flying | Physical | 140 | 90 | 5 |