Top Galarian Zapdos Counters in Pokémon GO Raids

Raid Battles

Galarian Zapdos CP range from Raids

Galarian Zapdos can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

  • From 1943 CP to 2027 CP, with no weather boost
  • From 2428 CP to 2534 CP with Cloudy and Windy weather boost

Galarian Zapdos weaknesses

Galarian Zapdos type chart

When fighting Galarian Zapdos, keep in mind the that Fighting and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Fighting, Grass, Bug, and Ground-type moves.

Galarian Zapdos takes increased damage from:Galarian Zapdos takes increased damage from:
+60.0%
  • Electric
  • Fairy
  • Flying
  • Ice
  • Psychic
Galarian Zapdos takes reduced damage from:Galarian Zapdos takes reduced damage from:
-37.5%
  • Dark
  • Fighting
  • Grass
-60.9%
  • Bug
  • Ground

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Galarian Zapdos

Move-typeUsage (%)Weather
Psychic154.0%
  • windyWindy
Electric86.0%
  • rainRain
Flying84.0%
  • windyWindy
Fairy24.0%
  • cloudyCloudy
Ice22.0%
  • snowSnow
Dragon8.0%
  • windyWindy
Normal8.0%
  • partlyCloudyPartly Cloudy
Ghost4.0%
  • fogFog
Steel4.0%
  • snowSnow
Fire2.0%
  • sunnySunny
Water2.0%
  • rainRain
Rock2.0%
  • partlyCloudyPartly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Galarian Zapdos in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Galarian Zapdos down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Galarian Zapdos counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.

Best Galarian Zapdos Counters (updated July 2025)