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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#145 Zapdos
Electric
- SpeciesElectric Pokémon
- Japanese nameThunder
- PronunciationZAP-DOSE
- Height5′ 3″ 1.60 m
- Weight116.0 lb 52.20 kg
- GenderGenderless
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Name meaning
Combination of ZAP and DOS (Spanish for “two”). Zapdos is the number-two legendary bird and it can zap you.
Evolution
ZapdosThis Pokémon didn’t evolve from anything, nor does it evolve. No Evolution.
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | A legendary bird POKEMON that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | This legendary bird POKEMON is said to appear when the sky turns dark and the lightning showers down. |
| Stadium | A legendary bird Pokémon that appears with a gigantic thunderstorm. It flies with the buzz and crack of electricity. |
| GoldStadium 2 | This legendary bird POKEMON cause savage thunderstorms by flapping it glittering wings. |
| Silver | This legendary bird POKEMON is said to appear only when a thundercloud parts into two halves. |
| Crystal | Legendary bird POKEMON. They say lightning caused by the flapping of its wings causes summer storms. |
Where to find Zapdos
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Power Plant | NA | One |
| Red | NA | One | |
| Yellow | NA | One | |
| Gold | Must Trade from Red, Blue, or Yellow | Never | None |
| Silver | Never | None | |
| Crystal | Never | None |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ||||||||||
| G/S | |||||||||||
| Crystal |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×1
- Water×1
- Electric×1
- Grass×0.5
- Ice×2
- Fighting×0.5
- Poison×1
- Ground×0
- ×0.5
- Psychic×1
- Bug×0.5
- Rock×2
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×0.5
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 6 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 3 (33%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 5 (40%).
- This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses in GSC as RBY, but in GSC it has one more resistance.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Fire1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Water1st: Good 2nd: Normal
- Electric1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
- Grass1st: Bad 2nd: Good
- Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Good
- Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Ground1st: No Effect 2nd: Normal
- 1st: Good 2nd: Normal
- Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Good
- Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
- Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
- Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Steel1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 advantages and 7 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 5:7 (~71.43%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 5 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 5:6 (~83.33%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Start | Peck | Physical | |
| Start | Start | Thundershock | Electric | Special |
| — | 13 | Thunderwave | Electric | Status |
| 55 | 25 | Agility | Psychic | Status |
| — | 37 | Detect | Fighting | Status |
| Start | 49 | Drill Peck | Physical | |
| 60 | 61 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status |
| 51 | 73 | Thunder | Electric | Special |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
- Thunderbolt
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM03Curse
- TM05Roar
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Zap Cannon
- TM08Rock Smash
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM11Sunny Day
- TM13Snore
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM17Protect
- TM18Rain Dance
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM25Thunder
- TM27Return
- TM31Mud-Slap
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM37Sandstorm
- TM39Swift
- TM43Detect
- TM44Rest
- TM47Steel Wing
- HM05Flash
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM02Razor Wind
- TM04Whirlwind
- TM06Toxic
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM20Rage
- TM24Thunderbolt
- TM25Thunder
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Reflect
- TM34Bide
- TM39Swift
- TM44Rest
- TM45Thunder Wave
- TM50Substitute
- HM05Flash
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | No Eggs group X |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
None: this Pokémon can’t breed.
Egg moves
None.
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 90 | 353-383 | 14/4577.31% | 11/4281.59% |
| Attack | 90 | 248-278 | 11/4975.80% | 11/4574.19% |
| Defense | 85 | 238-268 | 16/5569.15% | 13/4472.57% |
| Speed | 100 | 268-298 | 7/4789.41% | 7/4287.46% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 125 | 318-348 | 4/4698.41% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 90 | 248-278 | 14/4177.31% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 125 | 318-348 | — | 4/2997.13% |
| Total | 580 G/S/C 490 R/B/Y |
1673-1853 1425-1575 |
3/8795.03% | 4/6595.98% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library