Zapdos-Galar counters

Gen 9 National Dex Doubles · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Zapdos-Galar
#0145 Zapdos-Galar
FightingFlying
USAGE 2.1% #72
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 97.4% Close Combat 93.8% Taunt 64.7% Tailwind 63.2% Thunderous Kick 28.5% U-turn 26.7% Protect 8.2% Knock Off 3.6%
Items
Covert Cloak 66.8% Choice Scarf 25.6% Assault Vest 2.6% Focus Sash 1.5% Psychic Seed 0.9% Flyinium Z 0.5% Choice Band 0.4% Life Orb 0.3%
Tera Types
Steel 60.8% Ghost 23.0% Fighting 7.7% Dark 4.7% Flying 2.3% Ground 0.3% Fairy 0.3%
Common Teammates
Tornadus61.5%Kangaskhan-Mega59.9%Glimmora59.8%Landorus57.8%Chi-Yu53.8%Rillaboom27.4%Jirachi24.5%Zeraora22.9%

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 #72 with 2.09% usage. Sorted by reliability score.