National Dex PhysDef Zapdos

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Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog / Heat Wave
- Roost
- Volt Switch
- Hurricane / Hidden Power [Ice]

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging an incredible ability in Static accompanied by a powerful Volt Switch and Hurricane, Zapdos serves as a stellar defensive pivot. Zapdos effectively switches into physical attackers such as Mega Lopunny, Zamazenta, Kartana, and Great Tusk, discouraging them from attacking by threatening a chance of paralysis. Zapdos can Volt Switch out as it pleases because of common Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and the aforementioned Great Tusk fearing its powerful Hurricane. Hidden Power Ice can be used to threaten Ground-types like the aforementioned Landorus-T and Garchomp while additionally hitting Gliscor harder and much more reliably than Hurricane. Carrying Heat Wave is recommended with Hidden Power Ice to maintain the ability to OHKO Kartana. These positive matchups into many Ground-types allow Zapdos to serve as a solid Defog user, but it struggles to beat bulkier Stealth Rock users such as Heatran, Mega Tyranitar, and Clodsire. Alternatively, Zapdos can forgo Defog for Heat Wave, allowing it to threaten Pokemon such as Kingambit, Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Gholdengo. Tera Steel is utilized by Zapdos to flip its Rock- and Ice-type weaknesses versus Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar, Weavile, and Mega Diancie as well as check Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele in a pinch. However, it becomes weak to common Ground- and Fighting-type moves from Pokemon it wants to check. Teammates that appreciate the spread of paralysis, such as Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Weavile, naturally pair well with Zapdos. Mega Medicham particularly pairs nicely with it, as Mega Medicham threatens Clodsire while enjoying Zapdos pivoting it into favorable matchups such as Heatran, with Zapdos punishing Tornadus-T and Mega Lopunny looking to revenge kill Mega Medicham in return. Pursuit users like Kingambit and the aforementioned Weavile are useful teammates to assist in chipping down Clodsire as well as punishing Dragapult. Rock-types like Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar threaten Zapdos, so teammates that mitigate these weaknesses, like Hippowdon and Gastrodon, are appreciated.

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Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog / Heat Wave
- Roost
- Volt Switch
- Hurricane / Hidden Power Ice ive seen hpice quite a bit & it feels legit, pressuring glisc chomp lando harder is nice

Leveraging an incredible ability in Static accompanied further by a powerful Volt Switch and Hurricane, Zapdos serves as a stellar defensive pivot. Zapdos effectively switches into physical attackers such as Mega Lopunny, Zamazenta, Kartana, and Great Tusk, wielding a crippling 30% chance of paralysis upon contact discouraging them from attacking by threatening a chance of paralysis. It can Volt Switch out as it pleases due to common Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and the aforementioned Great Tusk fearing Zapdos's powerful Hurricane. mention hpice here These positive matchups into many Ground-types allow Zapdos to serve as a solid Defog user, but struggles beating bulkier Stealth Rock users such as Heatran, Mega Tyranitar, and Clodsire. Alternatively, Zapdos can forgo Defog for Heat Wave, allowing it to threaten Pokemon such as Kingambit, Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Gholdengo. Tera Steel is utilized by Zapdos to flip its Rock- and Ice-type weaknesses mention who is this relevant against, as well as checking Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele in a pinch. However, it becomes weak to common Ground- and Fighting-type moves from Pokemon it wants to check. Teammates who appreciate the spread of paralysis such as Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Weavile naturally pair well with Zapdos. Mega Medicham particularly pairs nicely, as it threatens Clodsire while enjoying pivots from Zapdos into favorable matchups such as Heatran, with Zapdos punishing Tornadus-T and Mega Lopunny looking to revenge kill it in return. Pursuit users like Kingambit and the aforementioned Weavile are useful teammates to assist in chipping down Clodsire i would put a bit at the end abt zap's defensive synergies e.g. zapdos falters against pokemon such as mega tyranitar, mega diancie, and dragapult, so teammates such as <insert> can help zapdos with these issues.


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Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature not outspeeding ada rilla is awful as a defensive bird that wants to check it, esp in a tera economy. Think the best spread shld be 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe w Timid.
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog / Heat Wave
- Roost
- Volt Switch
- Hurricane / Hidden Power [Ice] tbh volt switch + hp ice only zap means you now don't have a way to OHKO kart and solely rely on a static proc, which sucks, even if kart is less common now, so maybe emphasize the fact you have to carry heat wave if you're using hp ice.

Leveraging an incredible ability in Static accompanied further by a powerful Volt Switch and Hurricane, Zapdos serves as a stellar defensive pivot. Zapdos effectively switches into physical attackers such as Mega Lopunny, Zamazenta, Kartana, and Great Tusk, discouraging them from attacking by threatening a chance of paralysis. It can Volt Switch out as it pleases due to common Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and the aforementioned Great Tusk fearing Zapdos's powerful Hurricane. Hidden Power [Ice] can be used to threaten Ground-types like the aforementioned Landorus-T and Garchomp while additionally hitting Gliscor harder (think u shld add hp ice is way more reliable cuz it's more accurate). These positive matchups into many Ground-types allow Zapdos to serve as a solid Defog user, but struggles beating to beat bulkier Stealth Rock users such as Heatran, Mega Tyranitar, and Clodsire. Alternatively, Zapdos can forgo Defog for Heat Wave, allowing it to threaten Pokemon such as Kingambit, Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Gholdengo. Tera Steel is utilized by Zapdos to flip its Rock- and Ice-type weaknesses versus Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar, Weavile, and Mega Diancie, as well as checking Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele in a pinch. However, it becomes weak to common Ground- and Fighting-type moves from Pokemon it wants to check. Teammates who appreciate the spread of paralysis such as Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Weavile naturally pair well with Zapdos. Mega Medicham particularly pairs nicely, as it threatens Clodsire while enjoying pivots from Zapdos into favorable matchups such as Heatran, with Zapdos punishing Tornadus-T and Mega Lopunny looking to revenge kill it in return. Pursuit users like Kingambit and the aforementioned Weavile are useful teammates to assist in chipping down Clodsire as well as punishing Dragapult. Rock-types like Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar threaten Zapdos so teammates who mitigate these weaknesses like Hippowdon, Mega Scizor, and Ferrothorn (these 2 are obliterated by mystical fire so eh) are appreciated.

I'll recheck one last time before 2/2
 
implemented, give it another look whenever. Not entirely sure about "...like Hippowdon and Gastrodon are appreciated" so if you can think of something better than gastro lmk and ill implemenet
 
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[SET]
Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Static
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog / Heat Wave
- Roost
- Volt Switch
- Hurricane / Hidden Power [Ice]

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging an incredible ability in Static accompanied further by a powerful Volt Switch and Hurricane, Zapdos serves as a stellar defensive pivot. Zapdos effectively switches into physical attackers such as Mega Lopunny, Zamazenta, Kartana, and Great Tusk, discouraging them from attacking by threatening a chance of paralysis. It Zapdos can Volt Switch out as it pleases due to because of common Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and the aforementioned Great Tusk fearing Zapdos's its powerful Hurricane. Hidden Power [Ice] Ice can be used to threaten Ground-types like the aforementioned Landorus-T and Garchomp while additionally hitting Gliscor harder and much more reliably than Hurricane. However, carrying Carrying Heat Wave is recommended with Hidden Power [Ice] Ice to maintain the ability to OHKO Kartana. These positive matchups into many Ground-types allow Zapdos to serve as a solid Defog user, but it struggles to beat bulkier Stealth Rock users such as Heatran, Mega Tyranitar, and Clodsire. Alternatively, Zapdos can forgo Defog for Heat Wave, allowing it to threaten Pokemon such as Kingambit, Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Gholdengo. Tera Steel is utilized by Zapdos to flip its Rock- and Ice-type weaknesses versus Pokemon like Mega Tyranitar, Weavile, and Mega Diancie, (comma) as well as checking check Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele in a pinch. However, it becomes weak to common Ground- and Fighting-type moves from Pokemon it wants to check. Teammates who that appreciate the spread of paralysis, (comma) such as Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Weavile, (comma) naturally pair well with Zapdos. Mega Medicham particularly pairs nicely with it, as it Mega Medicham threatens Clodsire while enjoying pivots from Zapdos Zapdos pivoting it into favorable matchups such as Heatran, with Zapdos punishing Tornadus-T and Mega Lopunny looking to revenge kill it Mega Medicham in return. Pursuit users like Kingambit and the aforementioned Weavile are useful teammates to assist in chipping down Clodsire as well as punishing Dragapult. Rock-types like Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar threaten Zapdos, (comma) so teammates who that mitigate these weaknesses, (comma) like Hippowdon and Gastrodon, (comma) are appreciated.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sealoo.514772/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/chrispbacon.544502/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ryuji.515767/
Grammar checked by:
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