Best moves

Galarian Zapdos

Movepool

2 fast and 4 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 moveset25.2 DPS

fightingCounter

flyingFly

6 x Counter per Fly · 8.0s cycle · 202 power with STAB

#224.5 DPS

fightingCounter

flyingBrave Bird

12 x Counter per Brave Bird · 14.0s cycle · 343 power with STAB

#324.0 DPS

fightingLow Kick

flyingFly

10 x Low Kick per Fly · 7.0s cycle · 168 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
CounterSTAB	fighting	13	+9	1.0s	15.60	9.00	4.3	13.0	8 / 6 / 2t	standard
Low KickSTAB	fighting	5	+5	0.5s	12.00	10.00	2.0	10.0	5 / 8 / 2t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
FlySTAB	flying	90	-50	2.0s	54.00	2.16	22.5	45.0	80 / 45	standard
Ancient Power	rock	70	-33	3.5s	20.00	2.12	12.7	20.0	60 / 45	standard
Brave BirdSTAB	flying	130	-100	2.0s	78.00	1.56	32.5	65.0	130 / 55	standard
Close CombatSTAB	fighting	105	-100	2.5s	50.40	1.26	23.3	42.0	100 / 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.