Zapdos

AttackerRangedSpecialNovice

Tier: S
Solo queue: S
Rated: March 15, 2026

How Zapdos plays

No official summary is published for this Pokémon yet.

Builds 1

Recommended held items, battle items and move paths for Zapdos.

Bolt Cannon

Path Damage

Moves 5

Both upgrade branches are shown for each move — you only pick one.

Static

Passive

Attack

Basic

Thunder Shock

Move 1Sure Hit5s CD

Upgrade choice · level 5

Thunderbolt
6s

Discharge

Move 2Area7s CD

Upgrade choice · level 7

Zap Cannon
5s

High-Voltage Siege

Unite MoveArea100s CD

Stats

How Zapdos scales from level 1 to 15, and where it lands against the rest of the roster.

HP7000

Attack116

Sp. Atk720

Defense314

Sp. Def320

Level 15, scaled between the lowest and highest value across all 98 Pokémon rather than from zero — a full bar means best in the game.

Growth curve

How each stat scales from level 1 to max.

Each line is scaled to its own maximum so the curves stay comparable — HP is far larger in absolute terms than the other stats. Exact values are in the table below.

Stats by level

Values are as displayed in game. Percentages are additive with held items and emblems.

Lvl	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Crit	CDR	Lifesteal	Atk Spd
1	3320	20	74	120	74	0%	0%	0%	10%
2	3452	23	83	141	83	0%	0%	0%	10.36%
3	3596	27	92	165	92	0%	0%	0%	10.75%
4	3755	31	102	191	103	0%	0%	0%	11.18%
5	3930	36	114	219	115	0%	5%	0%	11.66%
6	4123	41	126	251	128	0%	5%	0%	12.18%
7	4335	46	140	285	142	0%	5%	0%	12.76%
8	4568	53	155	323	157	0%	5%	0%	13.39%
9	4824	59	172	365	175	0%	15%	0%	14.09%
10	5106	67	190	411	193	0%	15%	0%	14.85%
11	5416	75	211	462	214	0%	15%	0%	15.7%
12	5757	84	233	517	237	0%	15%	0%	16.62%
13	6133	93	257	579	262	0%	25%	0%	17.64%
14	6545	104	284	646	290	0%	25%	0%	18.76%
15	7000	116	314	720	320	0%	25%	0%	20%