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Zapdos's Type

ELECTRIC

FLYING

Zapdos's Pokédex #s

National #: 145

Galar #: --

Armor #: --

Crown #: 203

Zapdos's Base Stats

HP:: 90

Attack:: 90

Defense:: 85

Sp. Atk:: 125

Sp. Def:: 90

Speed:: 100

Total:: 580

Misc. Info

Height:: 5'3" (1.6m)

Weight:: 116 lbs. (52.6 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Undiscovered

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 3 Sp. Atk

Base EXP:: 261

Catch Rate:: 3

Base Happiness:: 35

Zapdos's Abilities

Here are what abilities Zapdos can possibly have, along with their effects.

Pressure: Moves that target Zapdos consume 1 PP more than normal.

Static: 30% chance of paralyzing the attacker when Zapdos is damaged by a contact move.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Zapdos's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ICE

ROCK

½: GRASS

FIGHTING

FLYING

BUG

STEEL

immune: GROUND

Zapdos's Evolution Line

Zapdos does not evolve into any other known or available Pokémon.

Zapdos's Alternate Forms

Zapdos's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Zapdos can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Zapdos learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	35	100%	35	One Target
1	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
5	Thunder Shock Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	40	100%	30	One Target
10	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
15	Pluck Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Zapdos consumes that Berry immediately.	FLYING	60	100%	20	One Target
20	Agility Raises Zapdos's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
25	Ancient Power Has a 10% chance of raising Zapdos's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
30	Charge Raises Zapdos's Special Defense by one stage and doubles the power of its Electric moves next turn.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	User
35	Drill Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	80	100%	20	One Target
40	Roost Heals Zapdos's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
45	Discharge Has a 30% chance to paralyze all nearby Pokémon.	ELECTRIC	80	100%	15	All But Self
50	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
55	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
60	Detect Protects Zapdos from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	FIGHTING	--	--	5	User
65	Magnetic Flux Raises Defense and Special Defense by one stage for any of your Pokémon with Plus or Minus.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	All Allies
70	Zap Cannon Has a 100% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	120	50%	5	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Zapdos can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM06	Fly Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	FLYING	90	95%	15	One Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM17	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM21	Rest Zapdos restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Zapdos from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM30	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Zapdos's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM32	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for 5 turns.	ROCK	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM35	Hail Changes the weather to hail for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Zapdos is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM46	Weather Ball Doubles its power and changes its type based on the weather condition.	NORMAL	50	100%	10	One Target
TM56	U-turn Forces Zapdos to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM80	Volt Switch Forces Zapdos to switch out after dealing damage.	ELECTRIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM93	Eerie Impulse Lowers the target's Special Attack by two stages.	ELECTRIC	--	100%	15	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Zapdos can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR12	Agility Raises Zapdos's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Zapdos's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Zapdos's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR29	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
TR36	Heat Wave Has a 10% chance to burn all nearby enemies.	FIRE	95	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR66	Brave Bird Zapdos takes 33% of Brave Bird's damage as recoil damage.	FLYING	120	100%	15	One Target
TR86	Wild Charge Zapdos takes 25% of Wild Charge's damage as recoil damage.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR89	Hurricane 30% chance of confusing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	FLYING	110	70%	10	One Target

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Zapdos can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Rising Voltage If used during Electric Terrain, Rising Voltage does double damage.	ELECTRIC		70	100%	20	One Target
TUTOR	Dual Wingbeat Hits the target two times in a row.	FLYING		40	90%	10	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Zapdos learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	35	100%	35	One Target
1	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
5	Thunder Shock Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	40	100%	30	One Target
10	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
15	Pluck Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Zapdos consumes that Berry immediately.	FLYING	60	100%	20	One Target
20	Agility Raises Zapdos's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
25	Ancient Power Has a 10% chance of raising Zapdos's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
30	Charge Raises Zapdos's Special Defense by one stage and doubles the power of its Electric moves next turn.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	User
35	Drill Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	80	100%	20	One Target
40	Roost Heals Zapdos's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
45	Discharge Has a 30% chance to paralyze all nearby Pokémon.	ELECTRIC	80	100%	15	All But Self
50	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
55	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
60	Detect Protects Zapdos from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	FIGHTING	--	--	5	User
65	Magnetic Flux Raises Defense and Special Defense by one stage for any of your Pokémon with Plus or Minus.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	All Allies
70	Zap Cannon Has a 100% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	120	50%	5	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Zapdos can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM05	Roar Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
TM07	Hail Changes the weather to hail for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM16	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM17	Protect Protects Zapdos from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM24	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Zapdos's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM34	Shock Wave Doesn't miss the target.	ELECTRIC	60	--	20	One Target
TM37	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for 5 turns.	ROCK	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM40	Aerial Ace Doesn't miss the target.	FLYING	60	--	20	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Zapdos is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM43	Volt Switch Forces Zapdos to switch out after dealing damage.	ELECTRIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Zapdos restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM47	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Zapdos's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM51	Roost Heals Zapdos's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
TM57	Charge Beam Has a 70% chance to raise Zapdos's Special Attack by one stage.	ELECTRIC	50	90%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM73	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Zapdos's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM88	Pluck Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Zapdos consumes that Berry immediately.	FLYING	60	100%	20	One Target
TM89	U-turn Forces Zapdos to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Zapdos's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM94	Fly Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	FLYING	90	95%	15	One Target
TM97	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target

Zapdos's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Zapdos's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Zapdos's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Zapdos is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	290	321	353	384	90
Attack	185	216	248	279	90
Defense	175	206	238	269	85
Sp. Atk	255	286	318	349	125
Sp. Def	185	216	248	279	90
Speed	205	236	268	299	100
Total					580

Where to Find Zapdos in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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If you're looking for where to find Zapdos, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Zapdos in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Zapdos

Catchable as a legendary boss Pokémon during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 70. Only one of this Pokémon can be caught and taken with you in Dynamax Adventures per game save. Keep this in mind if attempting to get a Shiny version of this Pokémon! (Catching this Pokémon but refusing to take it with you after the Dynamax Adventure is complete will still allow you to try again in the future, with a new chance of it being Shiny.)

Location information on where to find Zapdos in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Zapdos

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

This Pokémon has complete control over electricity. There are tales of Zapdos nesting in the dark depths of pitch-black thunderclouds.

Shield

Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon. It's said that when Zapdos rubs its feathers together, lightning will fall immediately after.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

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

Y

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

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

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.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

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

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

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.

SoulSilver

This legendary bird Pokémon is said to appear only when a thundercloud parts into two halves.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

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.

LeafGreen

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

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

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

Silver

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

Crystal

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

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

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.

Zapdos

Zapdos's Type

Zapdos's Pokédex #s

Zapdos's Base Stats

Misc. Info

Zapdos's Abilities

Weaknesses & Resistances

Zapdos's Evolution Line

Zapdos's Alternate Forms

Related Forms

Galarian Zapdos

Zapdos's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Level Up Moves

TM Moves

TR Moves

Move Tutor Moves

Level Up Moves

TM Moves

Zapdos's Detailed Stats

Where to Find Zapdos in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Special Ways to Get Zapdos

Pokédex Entries for Zapdos

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