Zapdos
No. 0145
Type: Electric / Flying
Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon. It’s said that when Zapdos rubs its feathers together, lightning will fall immediately after.
Base stats
| HP | 90 |
|---|---|
| Attack | 90 |
| Defense | 85 |
| Sp. Attack | 125 |
| Sp. Defense | 90 |
| Speed | 100 |
Total 580
What to answer with
Attacking types that hit what hits it hard, and the best move of each one it learns.
- Fighting — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
- Steel — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
- Fire — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Heat Wave
- Rock — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Ancient Power
- Grass — Covers 1 weakness (Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
- Ground — Covers 1 weakness (Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
Abilities
Moves
- Acrobatics
- Aerial Ace
- Agility
- Air Cutter
- Ancient Power
- Baton Pass
- Brave Bird
- Charge
- Detect
- Discharge
- Drill Peck
- Dual Wingbeat
- Eerie Impulse
- Electric Terrain
- Electro Ball
- Endure
- Facade
- Fly
- Giga Impact
- Heat Wave
- Helping Hand
- Hurricane
- Hyper Beam
- Light Screen
- Magnetic Flux
- Metal Sound
- Peck
- Pluck
- Protect
- Rain Dance
- Rest
- Roost
- Sandstorm
- Sleep Talk
- Substitute
- Sunny Day
- Supercell Slam
- Swift
- Tailwind
- Take Down
- Tera Blast
- Thunder
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Shock
- Thunder Wave
- U-turn
- Volt Switch
- Weather Ball
- Wild Charge
- Zap Cannon
What the optimizer would run
Rules: Gen 9 OU (singles)
- Role
- Special sweeper
- Ability
- Pressure
- Item
- Choice Specs
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- Moves
- Volt Switch, Discharge, Heat Wave, Hurricane