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Shadow Zapdos is a Electric and Flying-type Pokémon. Shadow Zapdos is weak to Ice, and Rock-type moves. Shadow Zapdos has a Max CP of 3987 in Pokémon GO, it is weather boosted by Rainy and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Shadow Zapdos is not available in Pokémon GO.

Max CP	3987 CP
Attack	253 ATK
Defense	185 DEF
Stamina	207 STA
Weather Boost	Rainy Windy
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	100 100000
Buddy distance	20 km

Pokédex information

Height	1.6 m
Weight	52.6 kg
Region	Kanto (Gen 1)
Released	Yes
Shiny released	No
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	3.0%
Base Flee Rate	10.0%

Shadow Zapdos type chart

Takes increased damage

Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Takes reduced damage

Bug	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Shadow Zapdos moves and best movesets

Shadow Zapdos's best moveset in Pokémon GO is Thunder Shock and Drill Peck, with 19.13 damage per second, and it can deal 491.3 damage before Shadow Zapdos faints. This is true when battling in neutral weather. You need an Elite Fast TM to get Thunder Shock.

Best moves for Shadow Zapdos are:

Thunder Shock *

Drill Peck

DPS19.13

TDO491.26

Score43.1

Boosted by

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All Shadow Zapdos movesets ranked

Here is a complete list of Shadow Zapdos movesets in Pokémon GO, ranked by their DPS and TDO. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	19.13	491.3	43.1
2.	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	18.94	486.3	42.6
3.	Charge Beam	Drill Peck	18.37	471.6	41.3
4.	Thunder Shock *	Zap Cannon	18.18	466.8	40.9
5.	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	18.02	462.7	40.6
6.	Thunder Shock *	Thunder	16.94	434.9	38.1
7.	Charge Beam	Zap Cannon	16.87	433.2	38.0
8.	Charge Beam	Thunder	15.49	397.8	34.9
9.	Thunder Shock *	Ancient Power	13.83	355.0	31.1
10.	Charge Beam	Ancient Power	13.24	340.1	29.8
11.	Thunder Shock *	Frustration	6.92	177.6	15.6
12.	Charge Beam	Frustration	6.05	155.4	13.6

Fast Moves

• Thunder Shock *58

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  • 39.1%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8
  Weather boost	Rainy
  Duration	0.6s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Thunder Shock has no special effects.

  See Thunder Shock details page ↗
• Charge Beam815

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  • 39.1%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	15
  Weather boost	Rainy
  Duration	1.1s
  Damage window	0.8s - 1.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	11

  
  

  Effects

  Charge Beam has no special effects.

  See Charge Beam details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Drill Peck6533

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	2.3s
  Damage window	1.7s - 2.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  Drill Peck has no special effects.

  See Drill Peck details page ↗
• Ancient Power7033

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	2.9s - 3.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Ancient Power has a 10.0% chance to:

  • Increase User's Attack by 25.0%
  • Increase User's Defense by 25.0%

  See Ancient Power details page ↗
• Thunder100100

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  • 39.1%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Rainy
  Duration	2.4s
  Damage window	1.2s - 2.2s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Thunder has no special effects.

  See Thunder details page ↗
• Thunderbolt8050

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  • 39.1%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rainy
  Duration	2.5s
  Damage window	1.8s - 2.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Thunderbolt has no special effects.

  See Thunderbolt details page ↗
• Zap Cannon140100

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
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  • 62.5%
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  • 39.1%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	140
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Rainy
  Duration	3.7s
  Damage window	3.0s - 3.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	150
  Energy	80

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Zap Cannon has a 66.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

  See Zap Cannon details page ↗
• Frustration1033

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
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  • 39.1%
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  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	2.0s
  Damage window	1.0s - 1.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	70

  
  

  Effects

  Frustration has no special effects.

  See Frustration details page ↗

Shadow Zapdos Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Shadow Zapdos's Max CP is 3987 at Level 50. Shadow Zapdos Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	3987 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	1448 CP - 1511 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	1930 CP - 2015 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	1864 CP - 2015 CP
	Level 20, 6/6/6 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather boost Rainy Windy	2330 CP - 2519 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 6/6/6 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 👿 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 👿 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Pokémon encountered in Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Shadow Zapdos Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Shadow Zapdos Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Regular and Shiny Shadow Zapdos

• #145Shadow Zapdos
• #145Shiny Shadow Zapdos

Mega Pokémon that boost Shadow Zapdos

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Shadow Zapdos's Electric and Flying-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Shadow Zapdos.

Mega Pidgeot

Mega Pinsir

Mega Aerodactyl

Mega Ampharos

Mega Manectric

Mega Salamence

Primal Kyogre

Mega Rayquaza

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus – Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus – While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Shadow Zapdos Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Shadow Zapdos in Pokémon GO is 3.74%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 9.27% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 13.58%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Electric medal

None↓

Flying medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	3.74%	4.29%	5.56%	6.81%
	Curve	6.28%	7.19%	9.27%	11.30%
Razz Berry	-	5.56%	6.37%	8.22%	10.04%
	Curve	9.27%	10.58%	13.58%	16.47%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	6.64%	7.59%	9.79%	11.93%
	Curve	11.02%	12.56%	16.06%	19.42%
Golden Razz Berry	-	9.10%	10.39%	13.33%	16.17%
	Curve	14.97%	17.01%	21.59%	25.91%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Shadow Zapdos, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3