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Zapdos

electric flyingElectric Pokémon

#0144 Articuno Moltres #0146

A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts.

Height: 1.6 m
Weight: 52.6 kg
Generation: 1

Defensive matchups

Weaknesses

ice2×

rock2×

Resistances

grass0.5×

fighting0.5×

flying0.5×

bug0.5×

steel0.5×

Immunities

ground0×

Based on typing; abilities and battle effects are not included.

Base Stats

Hp90

Attack90

Defense85

Sp. Atk125

Sp. Def90

Speed100

Total580

Abilities

Pressure

Static (hidden)

Training

Catch Rate	3 (1.2%)
Base Exp	261
Base Happiness	35
Growth Rate	Slow

Breeding

Egg Groups	No Eggs
Gender	Genderless
Egg Cycles	80 (20560 steps)

Compare evolutions and forms

Compare Zapdos with its evolution family and other forms of the same species. Parentheses show the difference from Zapdos.

Base stats and differences
Pokémon	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed	Total
Zapdos	90	90	85	125	90	100	580
Zapdos Galar	90 (0)	125 (+35)	90 (+5)	85 (-40)	90 (0)	100 (0)	580 (0)

These are base stats, not in-battle values. Level, nature, IVs and EVs change the final stats. Forms are not available in every game; an alternate form is not necessarily an evolution.

Data: PokéAPI. Differences calculated from the records shown.

Pokédex Entries

red

A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts.

yellow

This legendary bird POKéMON is said to appear when the sky turns dark and lightning showers down.

gold

This legendary bird POKéMON causes savage thunderstorms by flapping its glit tering wings.

silver

This legendary bird POKéMON is said to appear only when a thun dercloud parts into two halves.

crystal

Legendary bird POKéMON. They say lightning caused by the flapping of its wings causes summer storms.

ruby

ZAPDOS is a legendary bird POKéMON that has the ability to control electricity. It usually lives in thunderclouds. The POKéMON gains power if it is stricken by lightning bolts.

emerald

ZAPDOS is a legendary bird POKéMON that has the ability to control electricity. It usually lives in thunderclouds. It gains power if it is stricken by lightning bolts.

firered

One of the legendary bird POKéMON. While it is flying, it makes crackling and snapping sounds.

diamond

A legendary Pokémon that is said to live in thunderclouds. It freely controls lightning bolts.

heartgold

This legendary bird Pokémon causes savage thunderstorms by flapping its glittering wings.

Moves Learned

Game Version:

Moves learned by level up

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Peck	flying	Physical	35	100%
15	Pluck	flying	Physical	60	100%
25	Ancient Power	rock	Special	60	100%
40	Roost	flying	Status	—	—
45	Discharge	electric	Special	80	100%
60	Detect	fighting	Status	—	—
65	Magnetic Flux	electric	Status	—	—
70	Zap Cannon	electric	Special	120	50%

Moves learned by TM/HM

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Acrobatics	flying	Physical	55	100%
Aerial Ace	flying	Physical	60	—
Air Cutter	flying	Special	60	95%
Baton Pass	normal	Status	—	—
Brave Bird	flying	Physical	120	100%
Charge	electric	Status	—	—
Dual Wingbeat	flying	Physical	40	90%
Eerie Impulse	electric	Status	—	100%
Electric Terrain	electric	Status	—	—
Electro Ball	electric	Special	—	100%
Endure	normal	Status	—	—
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100%
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90%
Heat Wave	fire	Special	95	90%
Helping Hand	normal	Status	—	—
Hurricane	flying	Special	110	70%
Metal Sound	steel	Status	—	85%
Protect	normal	Status	—	—
Rain Dance	water	Status	—	—
Sandstorm	rock	Status	—	—
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	—
Sunny Day	fire	Status	—	—
Supercell Slam	electric	Physical	100	95%
Tailwind	flying	Status	—	—
Tera Blast	normal	Special	80	100%
U Turn	bug	Physical	70	100%
Volt Switch	electric	Special	70	100%
Weather Ball	normal	Special	50	100%
Wild Charge	electric	Physical	90	100%