Shadow Zapdos Raid Information

Zapdos (Shadow)

Shadow Zapdos is accessible from Tier 5 legendary Shadow Raids. Shadow Raids can solely be completed utilizing in-person raid passes. Shadow Zapdos may be shiny from Shadow raids!

Shadow Zapdos may be caught with the next CP values, with an IV flooring of 6/6/6:

• 1864 – 2015 CP (no climate increase, 100% Zapdos at Stage 20)
• 2330 – 2519 CP (Wet and Windy climate, 100% IV Zapdos at Stage 25)

Shadow Zapdos is an Electrical and Flying sort and is weak to Ice and Rock sort assaults. Shadow Zapdos is an immensely troublesome tier 5 raid because of the Shadow Raid mechanism. You'll need to be nicely ready with high counters, appropriate move-sets, powered-up Pokémon, and most significantly, Purified Gems.

Communication will probably be key for this raid! It would be best to plan not solely your Mega Pokémon workforce positions, and counters, but in addition your use of Purified Gems, so make certain you talk together with your fellow trainers.

We'd recommend teams of 4+ for trainers with high counters which are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 8-10+ for lower-level trainers and people with out superb counters. Purified Gems are a should!

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Finest Shadow Zapdos Counters – Mega Pokémon

Zapdos (Shadow)

We'd extremely advocate the usage of Mega Pokémon in Shadow Zapdos raids. They supply not solely larger harm output, but in addition increase Pokémon of the identical typing within the raid. We'd recommend discussing your counter decisions together with your fellow trainers, and plan Mega Pokémon, and their place in your workforce accordingly.

When you've got a bunch of 6, for instance, one individual ought to have their mega in slot 1, the following slot 2, the following slot 3, and so forth., you possibly can attempt to hold the mega increase going all through the raid.

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Finest Shadow Zapdos Counters – Shadow Pokémon

Whereas Shadow Pokémon are extraordinarily costly to energy up, these are the highest Shadow Pokémon you should use towards Shadow Zapdos. Make sure you not have Frustration on these Pokémon earlier than contemplating including them to your workforce. When you've got any of those as an possibility, whereas they could take extra harm than non-shadow Pokémon, they may even deal extra.

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Finest Shadow Zapdos Counters – Non-Mega Pokémon

Listed below are the perfect Pokémon to make use of towards a Zapdos raid boss that aren't Mega Pokémon. Being weak to a few differing types, Zapdos' counters desk is various and exhibits the strongest Pokémon to make use of towards the raid boss. Attempt to decide from the highest finish of this checklist, and guarantee they've the mandatory move-sets, and are powered up.

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Zapdos Transfer Units

Zapdos can have the next strikes as a raid boss:

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Shadow Raid Info & Recommendation

As a shadow raid, Zapdos will hit tougher than ever earlier than, so be certain that your counters are powered up, have the proper move-set, and aren’t weak to the raid boss' strikes. These raids are a difficult group process for even essentially the most ready trainers, and you will want Purified Gems to defeat them. Shadow Raid Bosses will develop enraged as you battle them, boosting their assault and defence.

You'll need to subdue Shadow Zapdos utilizing Purified Gems, a brand new merchandise that may be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem items which may be dropped by Crew GO Rocket grunts, leaders, and Shadow Raids. You'll need to assemble sufficient shards to make use of Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return, you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem. You'll want to have collected as many as you possibly can earlier than you try a Shadow Zapdos raid, as with out them you received't be capable of return it to its regular, non-enraged state. You possibly can maintain as much as 10 Purified Gems in your stock at a time.

There are a number of methods Purified Gems can help your battle towards enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

• Once you use a Purified Gem throughout a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s assault and defence will probably be lowered quickly. This could provide the opening you could take them down.
• You and your fellow Trainers can use a couple of Purified Gem throughout a Shadow Raid. If used on the identical time, their results will stack.
• If sufficient Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will probably be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which could provide the edge you could defeat it!

Purified Gems will present within the backside left nook of the raid battle when you'll be able to use them, so you should definitely talk together with your raid group to stack their results!

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