Zapdos counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Zapdos
#0145 Zapdos
ElectricFlying
USAGE 11.1% #10
ABILITYPrimordial Sea
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 90
DEF 85
SPA 125
SPD 90
SPE 100
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
IceRock
½×
GrassFightingFlyingBugSteel
0×
Ground
Moves
Hurricane 92.8% Roost 80.6% U-turn 48.0% Thunder 44.8% Weather Ball 44.4% Volt Switch 33.6% Zap Cannon 26.8% Heat Wave 8.8%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 77.0% Choice Scarf 6.9% Life Orb 5.4% Choice Specs 4.9% Leftovers 3.1% Damp Rock 1.1% Heat Rock 0.6% Terrain Extender 0.5%
Abilities
Primordial Sea50.3%No Guard27.0%Magic Guard6.3%Drizzle2.5%Fluffy2.0%Hadron Engine1.6%Beads of Ruin1.6%Sheer Force1.5%
Common Teammates
Corviknight40.2%Heatran35.8%Deoxys-Speed25.0%Cinccino24.7%Alomomola19.7%Swampert19.3%Pecharunt16.4%Great Tusk15.8%

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 #10 with 11.13% usage. Sorted by reliability score.