Galarian Zapdos counters

#0145

fighting flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

46,705

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

210

Defense

161

Difficulty

1.44

Pokebattler scale

Beating Galarian Zapdos should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,943-2,027.

Weak toflying1.6xelectric1.6xpsychic1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Galarian Zapdos counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Kyurem (White), Shadow Galarian Articuno, Shadow Thundurus (Therian) & Shadow Moltres.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
Kyurem (White)
S. Galarian Articuno
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Moltres

7 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 %

1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.105:03
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.406:25
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.426:31
4Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+1.547:05
5Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.557:08
6Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+1.657:37
7Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+1.677:40
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn1.788:10
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Fly1.788:12
10Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+1.798:13
12Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Wildbolt Storm1.808:17
13Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly1.838:26

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

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Related countersShadow Galarian Zapdos Zapdos

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Top 15 Galarian 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	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	5:03	1.10	6.0	100.5%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:25	1.40	6.0	78.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	6:31	1.42	5.7	77.8%
4	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	7:05	1.54	6.0	71.5%
5	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	7:08	1.55	6.0	71.1%
6	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	7:37	1.65	6.0	66.6%
7	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	7:40	1.67	6.0	66.1%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	8:10	1.78	6.0	62.0%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicConfusionflyingFly	3,590	8:12	1.78	6.0	61.9%
10	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	8:13	1.79	6.0	61.6%
11	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	8:17	1.80	6.0	61.2%
12	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricWildbolt Storm	3,659	8:17	1.80	6.0	61.1%
13	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	8:26	1.83	6.0	60.1%
14	Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	8:33	1.86	6.0	59.3%
15	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	8:33	1.86	6.0	59.2%

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 Galarian Zapdos.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Galarian 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.

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	100%	77%	67.1%	7:33	6.0	1.64
Counter / Fly	100%	65%	66.3%	7:39	6.0	1.66
Low Kick / Fly	100%	67%	66.4%	7:38	6.0	1.66
Counter / Brave Bird	100%	68%	66.8%	7:36	6.0	1.65
Low Kick / Brave Bird	100%	70%	66.8%	7:35	6.0	1.65
Low Kick / Ancient Power	100%	88%	67.0%	7:34	6.0	1.64
Counter / Ancient Power	100%	88%	67.3%	7:32	6.0	1.64
Counter / Close Combat	100%	100%	68.2%	7:26	6.0	1.62
Low Kick / Close Combat	100%	104%	68.7%	7:23	6.0	1.60

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…

Galarian 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.

flying1.6x electric1.6x psychic1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x water1x dragon1x fighting0.63x grass0.63x dark0.63x ground0.39x bug0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (8)
Resists (5)

It resists ground0.39xbug0.39xfighting0.625xgrass0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Galarian Zapdos throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounterSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
fightingLow KickSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave BirdSTAB	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
fightingClose CombatSTAB	105	-100	2.5s	1.20s
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	1,943	2,428
11/11/11	1,959	2,450
12/12/12	1,976	2,471
13/13/13	1,993	2,492
14/14/14	2,010	2,513
15/15/15hundo	2,027	2,534

Caught CP range 1,943 - 2,027, or 2,428 - 2,534 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.

Galarian 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 210 / Defense 161 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	100.5%	1.10	5:03	8.9	100%	6,428	51.9	1585
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	75%	78.9%	1.40	6:25	14.5	100%	5,713	41.0	1009
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	73%	77.8%	1.42	6:31	15.1	100%	6,112	40.4	1198
4	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	65%	71.5%	1.54	7:05	19.5	100%	3,780	37.9	729
5	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	65%	71.1%	1.55	7:08	19.3	100%	4,178	37.2	769
6	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	61%	66.6%	1.65	7:37	18.1	100%	3,510	34.7	769
7	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	60%	66.1%	1.67	7:40	19.9	100%	3,979	34.7	834
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	56%	62.0%	1.78	8:10	23.4	100%	4,605	32.7	606
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	56%	61.9%	1.78	8:12	21.0	100%	3,590	32.3	735
10	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	57%	61.6%	1.79	8:13	18.2	100%	3,741	32.1	785
11	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	55%	61.2%	1.80	8:17	23.4	100%	4,510	32.3	650
12	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	55%	61.1%	1.80	8:17	23.5	100%	3,659	32.3	601
13	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	53%	60.1%	1.83	8:26	26.5	100%	3,465	32.0	560
14	Mewtwo psychic Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	54%	59.3%	1.86	8:33	19.9	100%	4,178	30.8	743
15	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	54%	59.2%	1.86	8:33	21.5	100%	3,835	30.9	662
16	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	18.4	100%	4,512	30.3	856
17	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	53%	57.7%	1.91	8:47	19.2	100%	5,007	29.9	793
18	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	53%	57.6%	1.91	8:48	19.3	100%	3,143	29.9	745
19	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	52%	57.0%	1.93	8:53	21.1	100%	4,783	29.7	693
20	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	50%	56.9%	1.94	8:55	28.1	100%	3,749	30.2	526
21	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	54%	56.8%	1.94	8:55	13.7	100%	3,703	29.1	1156
22	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	52%	56.2%	1.96	9:01	17.1	100%	5,031	28.9	829
23	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	49%	55.4%	1.99	9:09	25.0	100%	4,605	29.1	565
24	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	49%	54.9%	2.01	9:14	23.9	100%	3,452	28.7	599
25	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Fly	Fairy Wind / Fly+8 more movesets	48%	54.9%	2.01	9:14	27.4	88%	3,425	29.0	580
26	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	49%	54.8%	2.01	9:15	23.8	96%	3,812	28.7	622
27	Zeraora electric Spark / Plasma Fists	Spark / Plasma Fists+9 more movesets	49%	54.6%	2.02	9:17	21.0	98%	3,419	28.3	675
28	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	48%	54.3%	2.03	9:20	28.9	96%	3,079	28.8	496
29	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	47%	53.3%	2.07	9:30	28.0	62%	4,521	28.4	728
30	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	46%	53.1%	2.07	9:33	29.2	92%	3,937	28.1	498

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