Zapdos counters

#0145

electric flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

46,418

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

211

Defense

158

Difficulty

1.85

Pokebattler scale

Beating Zapdos should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,930-2,015.

Weak torock1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy Partly cloudy ★Cloudy Windy Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Zapdos counters are Kyurem (White), Mega Mewtwo Y, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Rampardos & Shadow Tyrantrum.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kyurem (White)
M. Mewtwo Y
Kyurem (Black)
S. Rhyperior
S. Rampardos
S. Tyrantrum

2 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.697:47
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.707:49
3Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock1.878:37
4Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker1.918:48
5Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide1.928:49
6Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.989:07
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Ice Beam1.999:08
8Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.019:14
9Shadow MamoswineShadowPowder Snow / Avalanche2.039:19
10Shadow GigalithShadowLock-On / Meteor Beam2.059:25

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Zapdos Galarian Zapdos

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Top 15 Zapdos counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Kyurem (White)dragonicejoint top pick	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	7:47	1.69	6.0	65.1%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	7:49	1.70	6.0	64.9%
3	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	8:37	1.87	6.0	58.8%
4	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	8:48	1.91	5.6	57.6%
5	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	8:49	1.92	6.0	57.4%
6	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	9:07	1.98	6.0	55.6%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CuticeIce Beam	6,112	9:08	1.99	5.8	55.5%
8	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	9:14	2.01	6.0	54.9%
9	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	icePowder SnowiceAvalanche	3,328	9:19	2.03	6.0	54.4%
10	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	9:25	2.05	6.0	53.8%
11	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	9:30	2.06	5.7	53.3%
12	Eternatuspoisondragon	poisonPoison JabdragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	10:06	2.19	5.9	50.2%
13	Shadow Regigigasnormal	normalHidden PowernormalCrush Grip	4,346	10:08	2.20	6.0	50.0%
14	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	10:17	2.23	6.0	49.3%
15	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	10:19	2.24	6.0	49.1%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Zapdos.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Zapdos's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	96%	88%	59.2%	8:33	5.9	1.86
Charge Beam / Zap Cannon	76%	73%	54.6%	9:17	6.0	2.02
Charge Beam / Ancient Power	100%	91%	59.5%	8:31	5.9	1.85
Charge Beam / Thunder	100%	97%	59.9%	8:28	5.9	1.84
Charge Beam / Thunderbolt	100%	96%	60.3%	8:25	5.9	1.83
Charge Beam / Drill Peck	100%	89%	60.7%	8:21	6.0	1.82
Charge Beam / Heat Wave	100%	102%	60.7%	8:21	6.0	1.81

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Zapdos weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

rock1.6x ice1.6x normal1x poison1x ghost1x fire1x water1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x flying0.63x ground0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x

Weak (2)
Neutral (10)
Resists (6)

It resists fighting0.625xflying0.625xground0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Zapdos throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricCharge BeamSTAB	7	+14	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
electricZap CannonSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.80s
electricThunderSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
electricThunderboltSTAB	80	-50	2.5s	1.80s
flyingDrill PeckSTAB	70	-33	2.5s	1.90s
fireHeat Wave	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,930	2,413
11/11/11	1,947	2,434
12/12/12	1,964	2,455
13/13/13	1,981	2,476
14/14/14	1,998	2,498
15/15/15hundo	2,015	2,519

Caught CP range 1,930 - 2,015, or 2,413 - 2,519 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Zapdos is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 211 / Defense 158 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Kyurem (White) top pickdragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	100%	65.1%	1.69	7:47	13.9	100%	4,605	33.4	996
2	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	64.9%	1.70	7:49	14.0	100%	6,428	33.4	1006
3	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	90%	58.8%	1.87	8:37	14.6	100%	4,605	30.2	951
4	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	91%	57.6%	1.91	8:48	10.5	100%	3,733	29.1	1285
5	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	84%	57.4%	1.92	8:49	21.0	100%	4,346	29.8	694
6	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	78%	55.6%	1.98	9:07	32.3	82%	3,298	30.0	487
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	83%	55.5%	1.99	9:08	17.6	100%	6,112	28.6	864
8	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	82%	54.9%	2.01	9:14	17.9	92%	3,128	28.3	825
9	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	81%	54.4%	2.03	9:19	18.7	100%	3,328	28.1	786
10	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	79%	53.8%	2.05	9:25	21.3	94%	3,228	28.1	684
11	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	82%	53.3%	2.06	9:30	13.6	96%	5,347	27.1	1059
12	Eternatus poisondragon Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon	Poison Jab / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	77%	50.2%	2.19	10:06	14.1	40%	4,429	25.5	988
13	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Hidden Power / Crush Grip	Hidden Power / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	73%	50.0%	2.20	10:08	22.7	42%	4,346	26.1	634
14	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	72%	49.3%	2.23	10:17	21.9	34%	3,834	25.5	676
15	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	72%	49.1%	2.24	10:19	22.5	32%	3,273	25.5	655
16	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	71%	48.8%	2.26	10:23	23.9	18%	3,780	25.5	586
17	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Avalanche	Waterfall / Avalanche+5 more movesets	71%	48.4%	2.27	10:28	21.9	0%	5,902	25.1	720
18	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	70%	48.2%	2.28	10:30	22.3	20%	4,783	25.0	660
19	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe	Dragon Tail / Breaking Swipe+11 more movesets	70%	47.8%	2.30	10:36	22.6	0%	5,713	24.7	648
20	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	68%	47.8%	2.31	10:37	26.9	0%	4,178	25.0	528
21	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	75%	47.5%	2.32	10:40	10.9	0%	3,733	23.9	1236
22	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	71%	47.4%	2.33	10:42	17.3	0%	3,128	24.2	831
23	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	66%	47.2%	2.33	10:44	34.6	42%	3,298	25.3	474
24	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	68%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	22.1	0%	3,228	24.2	670
25	Baxcalibur dragonice Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+11 more movesets	68%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	21.4	0%	3,550	24.1	656
26	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Weather Ball (Ice)	Rock Throw / Weather Ball (Ice)+17 more movesets	67%	46.6%	2.36	10:52	27.2	0%	2,802	24.3	538
27	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	69%	46.5%	2.37	10:54	19.9	0%	4,823	24.0	742
28	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	66%	46.0%	2.39	11:00	25.3	0%	3,588	23.9	560
29	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	67%	46.0%	2.40	11:01	22.1	0%	4,099	23.8	646
30	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	66%	45.7%	2.41	11:06	23.7	0%	3,698	23.6	649

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.