Zapdos
Zapdos is a Electric / Flying legendary encounter associated with Volt Plant or Sky Peak. The Kanto partner has 110 playable HP, speed 120 and Thunder Shock as its starting attack. In the rift it uses ranged behavior and a 120-second fight limit. An ordinary Zapdos victory awards a Bond; the normal partner comes from its regional gacha.
Legendary encounter fields
- Pokédex number
- 145
- Types
- Electric / Flying
- Regional banner
- Kanto
- Rarity (stars)
- 5
- Supported shiny form
- Yes
- Possible arena themes
- Volt Plant / Sky Peak
- Arena time limit (seconds)
- 120
- Selection weight before first win
- 4
- Selection weight after a win
- 1
- Encounter behavior
- ranged
- Shiny roll after target selection
- 1 in 512
Zapdos: playable partner
The playable Zapdos starts with Thunder Shock, has 110 HP / 120 speed / ×1.39 attack, and belongs to Kanto's 5-star pool. Its ordinary named-target draw chance is 0.25%. See Zapdos's Pokédex entry for all 14 available moves.
Zapdos playable form: defensive matchups
Zapdos takes its lowest incoming factor, 48%, from Ground attacks. Its highest is 160%, against Ice, Rock.
Zapdos playable form: nearby regional entries
Zapdos ranks behind 16 Kanto partners in HP, 16 in speed and 8 in attack. Zapdos has equal HP, 6 more speed and 0.17 more attack multiplier compared with Articuno. Articuno opens with Ice Beam and has Ice / Flying typing. Zapdos has equal HP, 4 more speed and equal attack multiplier compared with Moltres. Moltres opens with Ember and has Fire / Flying typing. Compare nearby partners' HP, speed and attack as percentage differences from Zapdos.
Sources for Zapdos
- Official legendary guide
- Official legendary flags, regions and partner data
- Official rift selection, arena timing and Bond reward
- Official regional gacha rates, pity and duplicate results
- Official arena themes and weather
- Official co-op HP scaling
- Official enemy defeat and shiny unlocks
- Official shiny eligibility metadata