Zapdos — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Zapdos ranks #89 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 0.79% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has held steady.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
0.20%
130
December 2025
0.16%
136
January 2026
0.19%
124
February 2026
0.24%
118
March 2026
0.59%
90
April 2026
0.79%
89
Top Zapdos moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Thunderbolt
23.1%
Detect
22.8%
Hurricane
18.6%
Discharge
17.1%
Weather Ball
7.5%
Helping Hand
6.4%
Thunder
1.3%
Protect
1.2%
Tailwind
0.8%
Volt Switch
0.8%
Top Zapdos items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Life Orb
70.4%
Zap Plate
25.4%
Sitrus Berry
2.2%
Assault Vest
1.1%
Rocky Helmet
0.4%
Covert Cloak
0.3%
Leftovers
0.1%
Heavy-Duty Boots
0.0%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Static
100.0%
Pressure
0.0%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Timid:0/0/0/252/4/252
70.9%
Modest:252/0/108/116/28/4
25.4%
Modest:252/0/164/80/4/4
2.1%
Modest:252/0/0/96/0/156
0.6%
Bold:252/0/140/4/4/108
0.3%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
electric
68.7%
fire
25.6%
water
4.8%
steel
0.7%
ghost
0.3%
Common Zapdos teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Flutter Mane
18.3%
Chi-Yu
13.2%
Ogerpon-Wellspring
13.2%
Tornadus
13.2%
Garchomp
13.2%
Ursaluna
5.1%
Walking Wake
5.1%
Torkoal
5.1%
Entei
5.1%
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
1.4%
Is Zapdos good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Zapdos is the #89 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 0.79% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has held steady over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Zapdos or a reason you are not running it.