Best moves

Zapdos

Movepool

2 fast and 6 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset21.8 DPS

electricThunder Shock

electricZap Cannon

15 x Thunder Shock per Zap Cannon · 11.0s cycle · 240 power with STAB

#221.6 DPS

electricThunder Shock

flyingDrill Peck

5 x Thunder Shock per Drill Peck · 5.0s cycle · 108 power with STAB

#320.7 DPS

electricThunder Shock

electricThunderbolt

8 x Thunder Shock per Thunderbolt · 6.5s cycle · 134 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Thunder ShockSTAB	electric	4	+7	0.5s	9.60	14.00	1.6	8.0	4 / 9 / 2t	elite / legacy
Charge BeamSTAB	electric	7	+14	1.0s	8.40	14.00	2.3	7.0	5 / 11 / 3t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Drill PeckSTAB	flying	70	-33	2.5s	33.60	2.55	15.6	28.0	70 / 40	standard
Ancient Power	rock	70	-33	3.5s	20.00	2.12	12.7	20.0	60 / 45	standard
ThunderboltSTAB	electric	80	-50	2.5s	38.40	1.92	17.8	32.0	90 / 55	standard
Zap CannonSTAB	electric	140	-100	3.5s	48.00	1.68	25.5	40.0	150 / 80	standard
ThunderSTAB	electric	100	-100	2.5s	48.00	1.20	22.2	40.0	100 / 60	standard
Heat Wave	fire	95	-100	3.0s	31.67	0.95	19.0	31.7	75 / 45	standard

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.