Zapdos-Galar counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Zapdos-Galar
#0145 Zapdos-Galar
FightingFlying
USAGE 1.7% #77
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 125
DEF 90
SPA 85
SPD 90
SPE 100
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricIceFlyingPsychicFairy
½×
GrassFightingDark
¼×
Bug
0×
Ground
Moves
Brave Bird 99.5% U-turn 96.6% Thunderous Kick 65.3% Close Combat 57.8% Blaze Kick 27.2% Throat Chop 25.6% Stomping Tantrum 11.3% Ancient Power 7.2%
Items
Choice Scarf 78.2% Choice Band 16.0% Flyinium Z 3.2% Protective Pads 1.0% Leftovers 0.6% Electric Seed 0.3% Fightinium Z 0.2% Iapapa Berry 0.2%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-Y49.8%Landorus-Therian31.3%Chansey31.2%Kommo-o30.5%Blacephalon30.1%Magnezone28.3%Ferrothorn25.7%Slowking-Galar23.6%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #77 with 1.72% usage. Sorted by reliability score.