Zapdos

No. 0145 · Gen 1

Zapdos weakness and type

Hit ZAPDOS with Ice and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Zapdos

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Ice deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • PressureNo change to type matchups
  • StaticNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP90
  • Attack90
  • Defense85
  • Sp. Atk125
  • Sp. Def90
  • Speed100
  • Total580

Best nature

TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Zapdos gives 3 Sp. Atk EVs.

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What Zapdos can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FlyingSky Attacksame typePhysical140
ElectricZap Cannonsame typeSpecial120
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
PsychicExtrasensorySpecial80
BugSignal BeamSpecial75
SteelSteel WingPhysical70
RockAncient PowerSpecial60
GhostOminous WindSpecial60
DragonTwisterSpecial40
FightingRock SmashPhysical40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Zapdos

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.

Other forms