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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(1.6%)Very hard
Base friendship35Low
Hatch time80 cycles · ~20,655 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP261
Base stats
HP
90
Attack
90
Defense
85
Sp. Atk
125
Sp. Def
90
Speed
100
Total
580
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
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Offensive
OUSource: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Zapdos
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Yellow
FireRed
LeafGreen
XD: Gale of Darkness
Platinum
HeartGold
SoulSilver
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Let's Go Pikachu
Let's Go Eevee
Green Japan
Red Japan
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.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drill Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Thunder Shock Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target. | Electric | Status | — | 90 | 20 |
| 15 | Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 25 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 30 | Charge Raises the user’s Special Defense by one stage. User’s Electric moves have doubled power next turn. | Electric | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 32 | Thunderbolt Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Roost Heals the user by half its max HP. | Flying | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 45 | Discharge Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns. | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 51 | Thunder Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 |
| 55 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 60 | Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 60 | Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 65 | Magnetic Flux Raises the Defense and Special Defense of all friendly Pokémon with Plus or Minus by one stage. | Electric | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 70 | Zap Cannon Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 120 | 50 | 5 |
| 72 | Sky Attack User charges for one turn before attacking. Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Physical | 140 | 90 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Zapdos.
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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Zapdos”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/zapdos.
Species data from PokéAPI.