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Zapdos
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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

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Rock
Ice

Resistant to

Flying½×
Bug½×
Steel½×
Grass½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon · Gen 9

Recommended 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.

Official artwork
Official artwork
Pokémon HOME
Pokémon HOME
Animated
Animated
Animated (back)
Animated (back)
Front
Front
Back
Back

Across the games

Red · Blue
Red · Blue
Yellow
Yellow
Crystal
Crystal
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Emerald
Emerald
FireRed · LeafGreen
FireRed · LeafGreen
Ruby · Sapphire
Ruby · Sapphire
Diamond · Pearl
Diamond · Pearl
HeartGold · SoulSilver
HeartGold · SoulSilver
Platinum
Platinum
scarlet violet
scarlet violet
Black · White
Black · White
ORAS
ORAS
X · Y
X · Y
Menu Icons
Menu Icons
Ultra Sun · Moon
Ultra Sun · Moon
brilliant diamond shining pearl
brilliant diamond shining pearl
Menu Icons
Menu Icons

Moves

Lv.MoveTypeClassPowerAcc.PP
1Drill PeckFlyingPhysical8010020
1PeckFlyingPhysical3510035
1Thunder ShockElectricSpecial4010030
1Thunder WaveElectricStatus9020
15PluckFlyingPhysical6010020
16LeerNormalStatus10030
25Ancient PowerRockSpecial601005
30ChargeElectricStatus20
32ThunderboltElectricSpecial9010015
40RoostFlyingStatus5
45DischargeElectricSpecial8010015
50Rain DanceWaterStatus5
51ThunderElectricSpecial1107010
55AgilityPsychicStatus30
60DetectFightingStatus5
60Light ScreenPsychicStatus30
65Magnetic FluxElectricStatus20
70Zap CannonElectricSpecial120505
72Sky AttackFlyingPhysical140905