Zapdos Galar is a competitive Pokémon tracked on Pokékipe for the SV Anything Goes format. Below: Zapdos Galar's current usage rate, top moves, held items, common ability picks, EV spreads, frequent teammates, and the best checks and counters — all derived from Smogon's monthly Pokémon Showdown statistics.
This profile aggregates every signal Smogon publishes on Zapdos Galar for the SV Anything Goes format : monthly usage rate with month-over-month delta, top moves with their pick rate, top items, top abilities, EV spread distributions, the most common Tera types, and the Pokémon's top teammates ranked by co-usage. Each datapoint is sourced from the live monthly snapshot, no editorial picks, no curation, just what high-rated players actually run.
The Checks & Counters panel ranks the Pokémon that handle Zapdos Galar most reliably, scored by Smogon's matchup score (a synthetic metric that combines win rate, switch-in safety, and KO chance). Use it to find the threats your team has to answer. The Compare button at the top opens a head-to-head view against any other Pokémon in SV Anything Goes, and the radar chart in the hero shows Zapdos Galar's base stats relative to the format's median (so you immediately see if it's a bulky, fast or balanced pick).
The Smogon Sets panel below the analytics pulls Smogon's strategic dex sets, the curated movesets the Smogon community considers viable, distinct from the popular sets derived from raw usage. Use the popular sets when you want to mirror the metagame ; use the Smogon sets when you want a tested baseline written by tier specialists.
Calyrex-Shadow leads SV Anything Goes with a 62.9% usage rate in May 2026, followed by Koraidon (49.3%) and Miraidon (48.8%).
Smeargle climbed the fastest in SV Anything Goes this May 2026, with a -14.6% change in usage.
230,927 rated battles played on Pokémon Showdown ladder at ELO 1760+ during May 2026. Aggregated monthly from Smogon's public chaos JSON dump.
Pokémon Showdown's monthly ladder snapshot (chaos JSON), refreshed each month. For VGC formats, official tournament results are also surfaced when available via Pokémon Company's Pokedata feed.
The SV Anything Goes usage snapshot above reflects May 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.
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