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Galarian Zapdos#10170

Its greatest asset is Attack — higher than 92% of species. Its stat total puts it at the very top: more than 91% of species fall behind. Defensively it can rely on 5 weaknesses, 4 resistances and 1 full immunity. Ground-type moves do nothing to it at all. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.

Shiny Galarian Zapdos
Regular version
Fighting Flying
Height: 1.6 m (5′03″) Weight: 58.2 kg (128.3 lbs)

Base stats

HP
90
78%
Atk
125
92%
Def
90
73%
SpA
85
69%
SpD
90
77%
Spe
100
84%
TOTAL
580
91%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Attack.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (125) is 40 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 84% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Legendary
Regional numbers 5

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version. The number belongs to the species, not to the form: in the Galar Pokédex this form has the same position as the base form.

Kanto #145 Red/Green (Japan) , Blue (Japan) , Red / Blue , Yellow , FireRed / LeafGreen , Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee
Johto #236 Gold / Silver , Crystal
Johto #241 HeartGold / SoulSilver
Kalos #152 X / Y
Crown Tundra #203 home region Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Crown Tundra

Abilities

  • Defiant Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.

How players use it

Gen 9 OU · rank 144 Gen 9 UU · rank 40

Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 OU is the most popular format with no top-down team restrictions — everything is allowed except what was deemed too strong.

Rank 144 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.17% of teams.

Moves Knock Off 78.9% Brave Bird 66.7% U Turn 61.7% Close Combat 60.2% Thunderous Kick 55% Bulk Up 35.8% Drill Peck 25.9% Substitute 9.6% Dual Wingbeat 1.6% Taunt 1.5%
Items Choice Scarf 36.1% Leftovers 33.6% Choice Band 25.6% Protective Pads 1.6%
Abilities Defiant 100%
Tera Type Flying 39.8% Fire 26.5% Fighting 14.8% Ground 7.2% Steel 7.1% Electric 1.8%
EV spreads Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP 64.1% Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def 13.1% Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD 9.9% Adamant · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP 1.9% Jolly · 252 Atk / 240 Spe / 16 HP 1.7%
Teammates Gholdengo 39.6% Dragonite 34.2% Ribombee 28.4% Glimmora 25.7% Iron Treads 20.3% Great Tusk 18.5% Iron Valiant 18.3% Hisuian Samurott 17.8%

Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.

Pokédex entry

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

Habitat: Rare Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (3/255) Base friendship: 35/255 Base EXP: 290
Evolution line
#145 Zapdos Zapdos

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Galarian Zapdos takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Electric ×2 Ice ×2 Flying ×2 Psychic ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Bug ×¼ Grass ×½ Fighting ×½ Dark ×½
Immune to Ground ×0

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Galarian Zapdos — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Galarian Zapdos — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Galarian Zapdos — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Galarian Zapdos — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Breeding

All Egg Groups →

Galarian Zapdos does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.

Where to catch it (1)

All locations →

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Galar

Roaming Galar Wild Areas Lv. 70 · static, set by the game

Moves (62)

Full move list →

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (53 via TM/TR, 2 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Focus Energy Normal Status — — 30
1 Peck Flying Physical 35 100% 35
5 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 40 100% 15
10 Light Screen Psychic Status — — 30
15 Pluck Flying Physical 60 100% 20
20 Agility Psychic Status — — 30
25 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5
30 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100% 15
35 Drill Peck Flying Physical 80 100% 20
40 Quick Guard Fighting Status — — 15
45 Thunderous Kick Fighting Physical 90 100% 10
50 Bulk Up Fighting Status — — 20
55 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20
60 Detect Fighting Status — — 5
65 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5
70 Reversal Fighting Physical — 100% 15
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