Zapdos in Polished Crystal

Electric / Flying — where to catch it, what it learns, and how it differs from the official games.

Compared with the official games

Abilities gains Drizzle

Compared against present-day official data. The Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived after Pokémon Crystal, so a difference here can belong to the series rather than to this hack.

Other changes in this hack

Wild held items: Lum Berry
Catch rate 3
Base experience 216
EV yield: 3 SAt
Egg groups: None
Growth rate: Slow
Move tutors: Agility, Baton Pass, Double-Edge, Endure, Sleep Talk, Swagger, Zap Cannon

In the Faithful version

Everything above is the Polished version. In Faithful, its abilities are Pressure, Static.

Zapdos in other guides

The same Pokémon, as 16 other hacks change it:

Unbound Emerald Rogue Infinite Fusion Radical Red Gaia Blaze Black 2 Redux & Volt White 2 Redux Inclement Emerald Elite Redux Emerald Imperium Emerald Kaizo Blaze Black 2 & Volt White 2 Sacred Gold & Storm Silver Renegade Platinum Rising Ruby & Sinking Sapphire Blaze Black & Volt White Fire Red Omega

Where to find Zapdos

Not found in the wild — evolve or trade for it.

Level-up moves

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Leer A move that lowers the foe's Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	100	30
1	Peck Jabs the foe with a beak, etc.	Flying	Phys	35	100	35
1	ThunderShock	Electric	Spec	40	100	30
8	Thunder Wave paralyzes the foe.	Electric	Stat	—	90	20
15	Protect Foils attack that turn. It may fail.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
22	Extrasensory	Psychic	Spec	80	100	20
29	AncientPower An attack that may raise all stats.	Rock	Spec	60	100	5
36	Agility Sharply raises the user's Speed.	Psychic	Stat	—	—	30
43	Thunderbolt	Electric	Spec	90	100	15
50	Drill Peck A strong, spin- ning-peck attack.	Flying	Phys	80	100	20
57	Rain Dance Boosts Water-type moves for 5 turns.	Water	Stat	—	—	5
64	Light Screen Raises Sp.Def with a wall of light.	Psychic	Stat	—	—	30
71	Thunder	Electric	Spec	110	70	10
78	Brave Bird A charge that also hurts the user.	Flying	Phys	120	100	15
85	Roost Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP.	Flying	Stat	—	—	5
92	Hurricane An attack that may confuse the foe.	Flying	Spec	110	70	10
99	Zap Cannon An attack that always paralyzes.	Electric	Spec	120	50	5

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this hack

TMs & HMs (29)

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Curse Celadon Mansion	Ghost	—
TM05	Roar Route 32	Normal	—
TM06	Toxic Celadon Game Corner	Poison	—
TM10	Hidden Power Lake of Rage	Unknown	70
TM11	Sunny Day Celadon Dept. Store	Fire	—
TM15	Hyper Beam Goldenrod Dept. Store	Normal	150
TM16	Light Screen Goldenrod Dept. Store	Psychic	—
TM17	Protect Goldenrod Dept. Store	Normal	—
TM18	Rain Dance Celadon Dept. Store	Water	—
TM24	Thunderbolt Goldenrod Game Corner	Electric	90
TM25	Thunder Goldenrod Dept. Store	Electric	110
TM27	Return Goldenrod Dept. Store	Normal	1
TM31	Brick Break Route 36	Fighting	75
TM32	Double Team Celadon Game Corner	Normal	—
TM37	Sandstorm Celadon Dept. Store	Rock	—
TM39	Swift Union Cave	Normal	60
TM40	Aerial Ace Mount Mortar	Flying	60
TM41	Substitute Lake of Rage	Normal	—
TM42	Facade Dim Cave	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Dim Cave	Psychic	—
TM47	Steel Wing Route 28	Steel	70
TM51	Roost Falkner	Flying	—
TM57	Wild Charge Lt. Surge	Electric	90
TM68	Giga Impact Celadon Game Corner	Normal	150
TM69	U-turn Bugsy	Bug	70
TM70	Flash Sprout Tower	Normal	—
TM72	Volt Switch Route 10	Electric	70
TM73	Thunder Wave Rock Tunnel	Electric	—
HM02	Fly Yellow Forest	Flying	90