Zapdos Assessment

From looking at sims it really looks like a "how many Golems do we have" test between trainers.

We took it down with 8 and had about 70 sec left over. Average raider lvl was 33 with 37 the and 29 the two outliers. I ran 5 good double rock golems and a Rhydon tank at the end. I saw a few other golems, and a Rhydon or 2, but the rest wasn't always optimal.
Edit: ours had thunder, thunderbolt would have been a very different story I'm sure

On my first one, we had 8, and it went down pretty quickly. I had only 3 mon faint. It did have Zap Cannon, which does pack a hefty punch.

But catching it.... oy. It zips all over the place, which made it very difficult to aim. I might use more Nanab berries on future ones.

Group of 6 all above 30 i was at the end of my 5th golem some in group needed to heal (6 raids)
6 raids plenty of time left

No double weakness (or in Articuno's case, not strong against most mon that attack the rock double weakness). And the CP is pretty close to Lugia's too.
Just add a few more and it's easy. Yes, I know, easier said than done.

In theory Zapdos is the easiest bird.

Golem vs any of the birds on offense does 1.96 damage.

On defense, it took 1.4 from ice, and only .714 from fire. But because Moltress attack stat was higher + it's moves did more damage than Articunos, it was fairly similiar to fight. 2 Overheats killed a Golem same as 2 blizzards.

Now, Zap Canon and Thunder are both way weaker than Overheat and even fireblast. And golem takes only .51 instead of .71

Long story short, Golem (and rhydon) take way less damage from Zapados than Moltress/Articuno.

Tyrantir preforms about same vs all 3.

Thank the people who used chanseys.

I had 20 and didn't even make it past my third mon before we took him down. I'm fortunate to work in an area with high concentrations of gyms and motivated trainers. Almost always get at least 10 at a legendary or TRex raid.

Caught her on my first throw. 91 IV with Thunderbolt. Buh uh. Odd thing is that I haven't seen another one all day so far (even though two Lugias appeared).

Was ripping it to pieces in groups of 15+, all starting with Golems. Never lost more than 2 Golems befroe we got the kill.
Saw a guy get a 100% IV, and apparently the same guy got another at the next raid after I left them.

Surround it with double rock Golems and watch it fall.