Zapdos
Zapdos raid is a Tier 5 Legendary Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Zapdos Boss CP is 46418 and it has solely two weaknesses as a consequence of its Electrical and sort: Rock and Ice.
- 1930 – 2015 CP catch vary (Degree 20, no climate increase)
- 2413 – 2519 CP catch vary (Degree 25, boosted by Windy or Wet climate)
Bold gamers, with the introduction of friendship, climate, and Mega Pokémon might try a duo, nonetheless realistically a bunch of 4 or extra is a secure wager. Shiny Zapdos is offered from raids as of July 2018.
Zapdos Counters
The next Pokémon are thought-about to be greatest Zapdos counters in a raid battle:
# | Pokémon | Quick Transfer | Cost Transfer | Time to win | Deaths |
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1. |
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Rock Throw Rock |
Rock Slide Rock |
432.98s | 23.00 |
2. |
![]() Glalie (Mega) |
Frost Breath Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
480.23s | 22.80 |
3. |
![]() Abomasnow (Mega) |
Powder Snow Ice |
Climate Ball Ice |
511.02s | 16.60 |
4. |
![]() Gengar (Mega) |
Lick Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
524.08s | 23.40 |
5. |
![]() Alakazam (Mega) |
Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
532.00s | 22.80 |
6. |
![]() Latios (Mega) |
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Psychic Psychic |
570.98s | 14.40 |
7. |
![]() Blaziken (Mega) |
Fireplace Spin Fireplace |
Blast Burn Fireplace |
548.66s | 25.40 |
8. |
![]() Charizard (Mega Y) |
Fireplace Spin Fireplace |
Blast Burn Fireplace |
555.06s | 28.50 |
9. |
![]() Swampert (Mega) |
Water Gun Water |
Hydro Cannon Water |
606.11s | 13.20 |
10. |
![]() Salamence (Mega) |
Dragon Tail Dragon |
Draco Meteor Dragon |
598.94s | 18.20 |
11. |
![]() Rhyperior |
Smack Down Rock |
Rock Wrecker Rock |
625.90s | 9.60 |
12. |
![]() Gardevoir (Mega) |
Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
590.50s | 21.80 |
13. |
![]() Rampardos |
Smack Down Rock |
Rock Slide Rock |
566.74s | 29.40 |
14. |
![]() Mamoswine |
Powder Snow Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
633.48s | 15.20 |
15. |
![]() Tyrantrum |
Rock Throw Rock |
Meteor Beam Rock |
628.98s | 17.00 |
16. |
![]() Banette (Mega) |
Shadow Claw Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
592.73s | 30.40 |
17. |
![]() Terrakion |
Smack Down Rock |
Rock Slide Rock |
623.77s | 21.20 |
18. |
![]() Darmanitan (Galarian Normal) |
Ice Fang Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
593.39s | 31.00 |
19. |
![]() Latias (Mega) |
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Psychic Psychic |
650.70s | 13.60 |
20. |
![]() Manectric (Mega) |
Thunder Fang Electrical |
Wild Cost Electrical |
639.01s | 20.20 |
21. |
![]() Beedrill (Mega) |
Poison Jab Poison |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
609.41s | 34.00 |
22. |
![]() Aggron (Mega) |
Smack Down Rock |
Meteor Beam Rock |
662.17s | 16.00 |
23. |
![]() Charizard (Mega X) |
Fireplace Spin Fireplace |
Blast Burn Fireplace |
655.78s | 19.00 |
24. |
![]() Blastoise (Mega) |
Water Gun Water |
Hydro Cannon Water |
626.35s | 29.20 |
25. |
![]() Ampharos (Mega) |
Volt Swap Electrical |
Energy Gem Rock |
682.95s | 12.60 |
26. |
![]() Kyurem |
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Glaciate Ice |
665.86s | 18.80 |
27. |
![]() Gigalith |
Smack Down Rock |
Meteor Beam Rock |
656.93s | 21.80 |
28. |
![]() Kyogre (Primal) |
Waterfall Water |
Blizzard Ice |
661.50s | 22.20 |
29. |
![]() Gyarados (Mega) |
Chunk Darkish |
Hydro Pump Water |
661.94s | 23.60 |
30. |
![]() Tyranitar |
Smack Down Rock |
Stone Edge Rock |
681.52s | 19.60 |
31. |
![]() Houndoom (Mega) |
Fireplace Fang Fireplace |
Foul Play Darkish |
656.23s | 27.40 |
32. |
![]() Glaceon |
Frost Breath Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
655.56s | 28.60 |
33. |
![]() Aggron |
Smack Down Rock |
Meteor Beam Rock |
728.75s | 11.00 |
34. |
![]() Lopunny (Mega) |
Pound Regular |
Hyper Beam Regular |
678.77s | 23.67 |
35. |
![]() Absol (Mega) |
Snarl Darkish |
Payback Darkish |
671.85s | 30.00 |
Zapdos Counters Defined
Zapdos counters are strongly primarily based round Rock and Ice sort attackers, and observe the same sample as different Legendary fowl counters. Zapdos can comparatively simply be countered with Pokemon that take decreased Electrical harm:
- Rhyperior, Mamoswine and Golem are all examples of combined Floor varieties with sturdy Rock strikes.
- The vast majority of Rock-typed Zapdos counters have entry to Smack Down, a superb transfer for coping with Flying varieties
- The vast majority of Ice-typed Zapdos counters are cumbersome attackers, corresponding to Mamoswine and Mega Abomasnow.
Stats and Max CP
![]() Zapdos Electrical |
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Max CP at Degree 40 3527 | Max CP at Degree 50 3987 | |||||
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ATK 253 | DEF 185 | HP 207 | |||
Weak to | Resistances | ||||
Ice Rock | Bug Combating Grass Floor Metal |
Zapdos Transfer Units
Zapdos strikes are principally Electrical-type strikes, with Drill Peck Rock thrown within the combine for PvP viability and lore fluff. Consequentially, 60% of the time, you'll face Zapdos with Electrical strikes:
and Historic EnergyQuick strikes | Cost strikes |
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Cost Beam Electrical |
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Zap Cannon, Thunder and Thunderbolt are all comparatively comparable, however Zap Cannon will harm essentially the most. Comparatively talking, Thunder is usually the best Electrical transfer to be confronted in opposition to.
Drill Peck could be problematic, because it's solely a 33 Power transfer. Zapdos can cost and fireplace Drill Peck fairly ceaselessly, which makes it fairly harmful in longer raid battles. Finally, dodge fatigue leads to extra harm taken in comparison with Thunderbolt. Drill Peck additionally offers a big quantity of harm in comparison with Thunder and Thunderbolt.
Historic Energy just isn't a serious concern, but it surely does slot in the identical drawback bucket as Drill Peck: frequent activation, dodge fatigue and weird typing (Rock!)
Climate
Wet climate just isn't going to be your good friend with Zapdos, however fortunately its the one concern. In any other case on the constructive finish, Windy will merely permit it to be the next stage when caught, and Partly Cloudy and Snow will present the additional advantages wanted to take it down quicker.
Climate | Professional | Con |
---|---|---|
Sunny | – | – |
Windy | Permits a Degree 25 Encounter from Climate Increase | – |
Partly Cloudy | Boosts Tremendous Efficient Rock assaults | – |
Cloudy | – | – |
Snow | Boosts Tremendous Efficient Ice assaults | – |
Wet | – | Boosts Zapdos' Electrical strikes |
Fog | – | – |
Zapdos Sprites
Zapdos sadly has the weakest shiny of the three Kanto Legendary birds, maintain an eye fixed out for these darker ft, and a slight'y brighter yellow.
Common Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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